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Encyclopedia Britannica



CENTRALIA

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 680 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAU-CHA
CENTRALIA , a city of Marion county,
Illinois
 , U.S.A., in the S.
part
  of the state, about 62 m. E. of St Louis. Pop. (1890) 4763; (1900) 6721 (571
foreign
 -born); (1910) 9680. The city is served by the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy
 , the
Illinois
  Central, the Illinois Southern, and the Southern
railways
 ; the first two have repair shops here. Centralia is situated in the central
part
  of southern Illinois, popularly known as "
Egypt
 ." Among its manufactures are window glass, envelopes, cigars,
concrete
  blocks and
flour
 . In and near the city coal is
mined
 , and apples, strawberries and other fruits are raised, and the city is a shipping point for coal and
fruit
 . Centralia was first settled in 1853, and was first chartered as a city in 1859.


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