Mound City, IL

Mound City is a city in and the county seat of Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census counted 526 residents. Mound City is located along the Ohio River just north of its confluence with the Mississippi River. During the Civil War, Admiral Andrew Hull Foote made Cairo the naval station for the Mississippi River Squadron of over 200 ironclads, timberclads, hospital ships, transports, and other vessels. Mound City makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Mound City is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place.

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The Mound City Naval Station included a shipyard with marine ways, a foundry, marine barracks, supply offices, and a hospital; but many repair facilities remained afloat because the Mound City land was frequently inundated by flood waters. The majority of the Native American mounds for which the city was named have been destroyed by development and farming. Mound City is home to Lovejoy High School (ca.