Mulkeytown, Illinois

Mulkeytown, Illinois
Census-designated place
Mulkeytown
Coordinates: 37°58′15″N 89°06′41″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Franklin
Township	Tyrone
Government
• Type	No Formalized Government
Area
• Total	0.28 sq mi (0.71 km2)
• Land	0.28 sq mi (0.71 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	449 ft (137 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	162
• Density	589.09/sq mi (227.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	62865
Area code	618
GNIS feature ID	414225

Mulkeytown is an unincorporated and census-designated place in Franklin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 175.

Geography

Mulkeytown is located 309 miles (497 km) south of Chicago (via I-57 south to IL 14 west), and 95 miles (153 km) southeast of St. Louis (via I-64 east to US 51 south to IL 14 east).

Mulkeytown is located on Illinois Route 184, 3 miles (5 km) west of Christopher, in Tyrone Township, in the west-central portion of Franklin County.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mulkeytown CDP has a total area of 0.276 square miles (0.714 km²), of which 0.423 acres (1,713 m²), or 0.24%, is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
2020	162		—
U.S. Decennial Census

As of the 2010 census, its population was 175. The racial makeup was 99.4% white and 0.6% Asian. As of 2014 the median age of residents was 53.9

History

Centennial and sesquicentennial farms

Centennial and sesquicentennial farms are those family farms that have been held within a family for more than 100 or 150 years.

• Davis - 1848
• Greenwood - 1854
• Berner - 1871

Education

• Mulkeytown Grade School (closed 1987 and consolidated with Christopher Elementary School) - Now re-purposed as the West Franklin Historical District and Genealogical Society.
• Christopher Unit School District #99
• Rend Lake College
• John A. Logan College
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Religious organizations

• Greenwood Methodist Church
• Minor Church of Christ
• Mulkeytown Christian Church - (Est. 1818)
• Mulkeytown Baptist Church

Cemeteries

• Cook Cemetery 37°57′58.41″N 89°6′56.9196″W
• Greenwood Cemetery 38°1′35.9652″N 89°8′14.6688″W
• Mulkeytown Cemetery 37°58′00.9″N 89°06′18.9″W
• Naylor Cemetery 37°58′55.8″N 89°05′48.1″W
• Old Mulkeytown Cemetery 37°57′51.9″N 89°06′17.8″W
• Reed-Kirpatrick Cemetery 38°0′6.4872″N 89°8′14.6688″W
• Ward Cemetery

Historical

• West Franklin Historical Museum 37°58′5.0232″N 89°6′45.9036″W
• Silkwood Inn Museum 37°58′51.492″N 89°6′57.2688″W

Notable people

• Snyder Solomon Kirkpatrick (b. February 21, 1848; d. April 5, 1909) - Attorney, U.S. Representative from Kansas, Kansas State House of Representatives
• James F. Rea - Illinois state legislator