Centralia, Illinois

Centralia, Illinois
Centralia, Illinois
City
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	Location of Centralia in (clockwise) Clinton, Marion, Jefferson, and Washington Counties, Illinois.
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	Coordinates: 38°31′31″N 89°7′57″W / 38.52528°N 89.13250°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
Counties	Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, Washington
Townships	Centralia, Brookside, Grand Prairie, ; Irvington
Founded	1853
Named for	Illinois Central Railroad
Government
• Type	Manager-Council
• Body	City Council
• Mayor	Bryan Kuder
Area
• Total	9.23 sq mi (23.91 km2)
• Land	8.20 sq mi (21.24 km2)
• Water	1.03 sq mi (2.67 km2)
Elevation	502 ft (153 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	12,182
• Density	1,485.61/sq mi (573.61/km2)
Demonym	Centralian
Time zone	UTC−6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)	62801
Area code(s)	618,730
FIPS code	17-12164
GNIS ID	2393787
Public Transit	South Central Transit
Wikimedia Commons	Centralia, Illinois
Website	cityofcentralia.org

Centralia is a city in Clinton, Jefferson, Marion, and Washington counties in the U.S. state of Illinois with the largest portion in Marion County. The city is the largest in three of the counties; Clinton, Marion, and Washington, but is not a county seat of any of them. The population was 12,182 as of the 2020 census, down from 13,032 in 2010.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Centralia, Illinois
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Centralia" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Centralia city, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Centralia, Illinois

[EB1911-2] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Centralia" . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

[CenPopGazetteer2020-3] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[Census_2010-4] "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Centralia city, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

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