Marine, Illinois

The Marine Chapter House is a historic building located on Silver Street in Marine, Illinois. The building was constructed between 1909 and 1910 as a meetinghouse for Marine's chapter of the American Woman's League. The American Woman's League was a political and social organization founded by magazine publisher Edward Gardner Lewis in 1908. The organization was created to promote feminist causes, particularly the women's suffrage movement; Lewis also intended for the organization to promote and sell his women's magazines. Lewis commissioned the St. Louis architectural firm of Helfensteller, Hirsch & Watson to design five classes of buildings which the League would use as meetinghouses. The Marine Chapter House is an example of a Class I building, which was designed for clubs with 30 to 60 members. The building was designed in the Prairie School style and cost $1,200. After the club disbanded, the building was converted to a library.The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 28, 1980. It is one of nine American Woman's League chapter houses on the National Register in Illinois.

Marine Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,243 and it contained 920 housing units.

St. Louis Metro-East Airport (FAA LID: IL48), also known as Shafer Field, is a private use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of St. Jacob, in Madison County, Illinois, United States. It is privately owned by Edward B. Shafer.

St. Jacob or Saint Jacob is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,358 at the 2020 census, up from 1,098 in 2010.

Kaufman is an unincorporated community in Madison County, Illinois, United States.

Alhambra Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,674 and it contained 634 housing units.

St. Jacob Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,578 and it contained 981 housing units.

Pin Oak Township is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,916 and it contained 1,379 housing units.

Triad High School is a high school located in Troy, Illinois. Triad serves the communities of Troy, St. Jacob, and Marine, Illinois, and small portions of Collinsville, Maryville, Glen Carbon, Edwardsville and Highland. The school district has a total area of 121.5 square miles (315 km2). The majority of Triad High School students live in Troy, Illinois, a town 18 miles (29 km) northeast of St. Louis, Missouri.

Highland High School is a public high school located in Highland, Illinois. HHS is in the southeast corner of Madison County and is part of Highland Community Unit School District 5.

Highland is a city in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,991 at the 2020 census. Highland began as a Swiss settlement and derived its name from later German immigrants. Highland is a sister city of Sursee in Switzerland. Highland is a part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.

Alhambra is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 622 at the 2020 census.Alhambra is part of the Metro-East region of the St. Louis, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.