Mulkeytown

History

Mulkeytown is named for preacher John Mulkey and his family; Mulkey founded the Mulkeytown Christian Church, the oldest in the community, in 1818. Centennial and sesquicentennial farms are those family farms that have been held within a family for more than 100 or 150 years. *Davis - 1848 *Greenwood - 1854 *Berner - 1871

Geography

Mulkeytown is located south of Chicago (via I-57 south to IL 14 west), and southeast of St. Louis (via I-64 east to US 51 south to IL 14 east). Mulkeytown is located on Illinois Route 184, west of Christopher, in Tyrone Township, in the west-central portion of Franklin County. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Mulkeytown has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.36%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  928
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  888
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  751
• Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

  Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  740
• Ring-billed Gull

  Larus delawarensis Ord, 1815 · Aves
  703
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  693
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  608
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  569