Amboy, Illinois

Amboy, Illinois
Amboy, Illinois
City
	Downtown Amboy, Illinois
	Location of Amboy in Lee County, Illinois.
	Location of Illinois in the United States
	Coordinates: 41°42′52″N 89°19′58″W / 41.71444°N 89.33278°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Lee
Government
• Mayor	Honorable Frank Stenzel
Area
• Total	6.21 sq mi (16.09 km2)
• Land	6.21 sq mi (16.09 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,278
• Density	366.77/sq mi (141.61/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)	61310
Area codes	815, 779
FIPS code	17-01270
Wikimedia Commons	Amboy, Illinois
Website	cityofamboy.com

Amboy is a city in Lee County, Illinois, United States, along the Green River. The population was 2,500 at the 2010 census. The chain of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. began in Amboy when Samuel Carson opened his first dry goods store there in 1854. The Christian denomination Community of Christ, formerly the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, had a general conference in Amboy on April 6, 1860, at which time Joseph Smith III reorganized the church founded by his father Joseph Smith, Jr.^[2]

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ Joseph Smith III Comes to the Amboy Conference History of the Church 3:242–273

[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[2] Joseph Smith III Comes to the Amboy Conference History of the Church 3:242–273

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