Moline (Illinois)
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Foundation : | 1848 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Illinois | |
County : | Rock Island County | |
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) |
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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 |
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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
- John Deere (1804–1886), farrier, inventor of the steel plow and company founder
- Nicholas Mayall (1906-1993), astronomer
- Warren E. Hearnes (1923–2009), politician, Governor of Missouri
- Pat Patrick (1929–1991), jazz musician
- Tom Railsback (1932-2020), politician
- Ken Berry (1933–2018), actor and dancer
- Diane Johnson (born 1934), writer
- Don Sundquist (born 1936), politician, Governor of Tennessee
- Lisa De Leeuw (* 1958), porn actress
- Christopher Glancy CSV (* 1960), Auxiliary Bishop in Belize City-Belmopan
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .