(Redirected from Cahokia Mounds) This article is about a Native American site at Cahokia Mounds. For the modern city about 10 miles (16 km) to the southwest, see Cahokia, Illinois. For the former Native American tribe unrelated to the builders of the Cahokia Mounds, see Cahokia tribe.
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By 1814, with St. Clair County's jurisdiction decreasing to its present size, demands for a centrally located county seat, and floods constantly threatening Cahokia, the county seat was moved to the newly created town of Belleville.
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Cahokia is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. It is part of Greater St. Louis, the metropolitan area around St. Louis. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 15,241, a decline from 16,391 in 2000.
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Cahokia, Illinois. This article is about the modern city. For the World Heritage Native American site located about 10 miles (16 km) to the northeast, see Cahokia. For the extinct Native American tribe unrelated to the builders of the Cahokia Mounds, see Cahokia (tribe).
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In the following years, Cahokia suffered, mainly from the French loss in the French and Indian War in 1763. Defeated by Great Britain in what was an extension of the Seven Years' War in Europe, the French were forced to cede large parts of the Illinois Country to the victors.
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The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site /kəˈhoʊkiə/ (11 MS 2) is the site of a pre-Columbian Native American city (c. 600–1400 CE) directly across the Mississippi River from modern St. Louis, Missouri. This historic park lies in southern Illinois between East St. Louis and Collinsville.
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In 1789 the Northwest Territory was created by the Continental Congress and in a ceremony in 1790 in Cahokia a proclamation issued by Governor Arthur St. Clair, the new governor of the territory, was read laying out the county that bears his name and establishing the county seat at Cahokia.
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Directions: FROM IL-3 South into Cahokia (Mississippi Avenue  will change into Water Street,) take a right onto West First Street, go two blocks to Elm Street. FROM IL-3 North into Cahokia (Water Street,) take a take a left onto West First Street, go two blocks to Elm Street. FROM IL-157 into Cahokia (St. Nicholas Drive) to IL-3 (Water Street) take a left, go one block to West First Street, take a right, go two blocks to Elm Street. Learn more about the Cahokia area.
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Father Pinet and the Seminary of Foreign Missions of Quebec built a log church. It is dedicated to the Holy Family. During the next 100 years, Cahokia became one of the largest French colonial towns in the Illinois Country.
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Cahokia, IL. Online Offers. Cahokia is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a population of 16,391. The name is a reference to one of the clans of the historic Illini confederacy, who were encountered by early French explorers to the region. Early European settlers also named Cahokia Mounds after the Illini.
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what county is cahokia il in
Cahokia is in St. Clair County, Illinois. Cahokia is in Saint Clair County, Illinois.