Astoria

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Astoria

Total population

984

Air quality index

29Good

Weather79°F · Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates40.23°, -90.36°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Astoria is an incorporated town in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 929 at the 2020 census. It was originally laid out as the town of Washington in 1836, relocated as Vienna in 1837, and renamed as Astoria in 1839. The name honors fur titan John Jacob Astor, who supposedly owned land in or near the town.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Astoria, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

John Calhoun Phillips

American politician (1870–1943)

Thomas Ray Hamer

American politician (1864-1950)

Smiley Burnette

American country music performer and comedic actor (1911–1967)

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Frederick Olen Mercer

United States federal judge

Thomas Volney Munson

United States viticulturist (1843-1913)

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Lore Bader

American baseball player and coach

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George F. Rebmann

Russell R. Dohner

American general surgeon and private medical practitioner

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Nell Brooker Mayhew

American painter, etcher, and art instructor (1875-1940)

Marie Julia Cérre Soulard

American landowner

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Luella Kirkbride Drumm

American politician and civic leader (1872-1962)

Hugh Cline Gilbert

American politician

Bernice Marie Branson Ferris

American artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Astoria

Sudoku Genius Mind Exercises Volume 1

Astoria Illin State of Mind Collection · 2020

Seeds [catalog]

Astoria Greenhouses · 1927

Fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, climbing vines and perennials [catalog]

Astoria Greenhouses · 1927

New price list

Astoria Greenhouses · 1927

Cut flowers, designs, plants, seeds, trees and shrubs, landscape service

Astoria Greenhouses & Nursery · 1930

Our latest price list [of] tested and reliable seeds, best selections of varieties

Astoria Greenhouses & Nursery . · 1930

They went "West", or more precisely being, Information found in newspapers of Astoria, Fulton Co., Illinois, 1886-1917 and Crawford Co., Ohio, 1891-1939

Edna Gorsage Renner · 1983

Geographical sketches on the western country

Edmund P. Dana · 1819

Search results from Open Library.