Collinsville, Illinois
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| Motto: "Horseradish Capital of the World" | ||
| Country | United States | |
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| State | Illinois | |
| County | Madison | |
| Coordinates | 38°40′28″N 89°59′43″W / 38.67444°N 89.99528°WCoordinates: 38°40′28″N 89°59′43″W / 38.67444°N 89.99528°W | |
| Area | 14.87 sq mi (38.51 km2) | |
| - land | 14.68 sq mi (38 km2) | |
| - water | 0.19 sq mi (0 km2), 1.28% | |
| Population | 25,579 (2010) | |
| Density | 1,817.4/sq mi (701.7/km2) | |
| Government | Council-Manager | |
| Timezone | CST (UTC−6) | |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC−5) | |
| Postal code | 62234 | |
  Location of Collinsville within Illinois
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 Location of Illinois in the United States
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| Website: Collinsville, Illinois] | ||
Collinsville is a city located mainly in Madison County, and partially in St. Clair County, both in Illinois. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 25,579, an increase from 24,707 in 2000. Collinsville is approximately 12 miles from St. Louis, Missouri and is considered part of that city's Metro-East area. It is the home of the Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower, the world's largest ketchup bottle, and is the world's horseradish capital.Monks Mound, the largest man-made earthwork in North America, and now part of the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, is located here.
Collinsville is located at 38°40′28″N 89°59′43″W / 38.67444°N 89.99528°W (38.674398, -89.995402), approximately 12 miles due east of St Louis.
According to the 2010 census, Collinsville has a total area of 14.874 square miles (38.52 km2), of which 14.68 square miles (38.02 km2) (or 98.7%) is land and 0.194 square miles (0.50 km2) (or 1.3%) is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 25,579 people, 10,458 households, and 6,672 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,817.4 people per square mile (701.9/km²). There were 11,025 housing units at an average density of 811.0 per square mile (313.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 87.4% White, 11.2% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, and 1.7% from other races (according to the "race alone of in combination" section of the Census Summary File 1).
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