Moline (Illinois)

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Moline (Illinois)
Moline
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Basic data
Foundation : 1848
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Rock Island County
Coordinates : 41 ° 29 ′  N , 90 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 29 ′  N , 90 ° 30 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
43,471 (as of 2010)
377,291 (as of 2006)
Population density : 1,076 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 40.9 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) of
which 40.4 km 2  (approx. 16 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 176 m
Postcodes : 61265, 61266
FIPS : 17-49867
GNIS ID : 413710
Website : www.moline.il.us
Mayor : Stephanie Acri

Moline is a town on the Mississippi River in the skirt Iceland County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . Moline is about 275 km west of Chicago , halfway between Minneapolis in the north and St. Louis in the south and has 43,768 inhabitants (2005).

Together with the neighboring cities of Rock Island as well as Davenport and Bettendorf , Moline, which was elevated to a city in 1872, is part of the so-called Quad Cities . With the Quad City International Airport Moline owns the third largest airport in Illinois.

The world's largest manufacturer of agricultural machinery Deere & Company has its headquarters here. Western Illinois University's Quad City campus is also located in Moline.

The name Moline is derived from the French word Moulin ( mill ).

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Moline  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b City History. (No longer available online.) Www.moline.il.us, archived from the original on February 4, 2009 ; accessed on March 13, 2009 .