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Marblehead, Illinois

Coordinates: 39°50′23″N 91°22′07″W / 39.83972°N 91.36861°W / 39.83972; -91.36861
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Marblehead
Marblehead is located in Illinois
Marblehead
Marblehead
Location of Marblehead within Illinois
Marblehead is located in the United States
Marblehead
Marblehead
Marblehead (the United States)
Coordinates: 39°50′23″N 91°22′07″W / 39.83972°N 91.36861°W / 39.83972; -91.36861
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyAdams
TownshipFall Creek
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)

Marblehead is an unincorporated community in Adams County, Illinois, United States, just south of Quincy. Illinois State Route 57 is the main auxiliary route through the town and travels north to the business district of Quincy or south to Interstate 72 (near Hannibal, Missouri).

The community is part of the Quincy, IL–MO Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Lake Marblehead

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Marblehead is prone to flooding and during the Flood of 2008, the town was flooded with water from the Mississippi River. A temporary (and satirically named) "Lake Marblehead" was formed when the flood plain flooded.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "WGEM.com: Quincy News, Weather, Sports, and Radio -Going with the flow in Marblehead". Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
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