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Alton ( AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St. Its population was 25,676 at the 2020 census.

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It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St. It is well known for its limestone bluffs along the river north of the city, and it is the former location of an historical state penitentiary and played a significant role preceding and during the American Civil War.

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Its population was 25,676 at the 2020 census.

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It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St.

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Alton, Illinois.

Its population was 25,676 at the 2020 census. It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St. It is well known for its limestone bluffs along the river north of the city, and it is the former location of an historical state penitentiary and played a significant role preceding and during the American Civil War. Unsaid gifts are made for that: keepsakes and art that mark a family's growth in Alton.

Alton ( AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St.
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It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St.

Alton ( AWL-tən) is a city on the Mississippi River in Madison County, Illinois, United States, about 18 miles (29 km) north of St.
Its population was 25,676 at the 2020 census.
It is a part of the River Bend area in the Metro-East region of the Greater St.
It is well known for its limestone bluffs along the river north of the city, and it is the former location of an historical state penitentiary and played a significant role preceding and during the American Civil War.
It was the site of the last Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debate in October 1858.
The former state penitentiary in Alton was used during the Civil War to hold up to 12,000 Confederate prisoners of war.
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