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Alton, IL
Illinois · St. Louis city · St. Louis Metro
Alton is a small city in Illinois with a population of 25,430. Residents earn $53,005 per year, which is 29% below the national average.
3.0
/5.0
B
Good
25,430
Population
1,623/sq mi density
$53,005
Median Income
$28,970 per capita
$99,500
Home Value
$100,385 Zillow
$948
Median Rent
31.4% income on rent
56°F
Avg Temperature
293 sunny days/yr
1,017
Violent Crime/100K
4,177 property/100K
B
Overall
3.0 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B
Economy
3.3 / 5.0
$53,005 median income, 3.1% unemployment
A+
Affordability
5.0 / 5.0
$99,500 home value, $948/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
1,017 violent crimes/100K (168% above avg)
C+
Education
2.7 / 5.0
21.2% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Alton
Haunted Places
7
Locations with documented reports of paranormal activity and sightings
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Historic Markers
4
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Mines
2
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Bigfoot Sightings
1
Eyewitness reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
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Haunted Places Near Alton, IL
7 reported haunted locations found near Alton, IL.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Lovejoy Monument cemetery | In the cemetery is buried a little girl that died suddenly from a mysterious illness and she walks around the cemetery and darts behind the gravestones like she is playing hide and seek. You can also see the ghost of Elijah P. Lovejoy walking around his monument. If you go into the cemetery at night you will constantly walk into chill spots and it could be 90 degrees out. |
| Lovejoy School | Many reports of ghostly walking, doors opening and closing, on their own, lights going on and off, and objects being projected across the floors. It is believed that the school is partially located on Indian burial grounds. There have also been ghostly sightings and the scent of strong perfume. |
| McPike Mansion | The owners have an outside annual Halloween bonfire. The house is extremely creepy looking, the owners are trying to restore the mansion. It is now condemned by the city of Alton, so you cannot go inside the mansion. There is a lot of history and unexplained things that go on here. Presences felt, perfume smelled, apparitions, and strange electrical phenomena. Check out the Main Page of the house. McPike Homepage |
| Milton School | Built in 1900and once attended by Robert Wadlow (The Alton Giant), and home to at least three spirits who are very active. This is a must see if in, or near Alton!! Touching, voices, noises, to full bodied apparitions. psychics claim the spirit of a young student killed by a faculty member, a janitor, and the killer himself. |
| Mineral Springs Hotel | The Lavender-Lady is one about a woman who loved the lavender smell. She had an affair and her husband found out. He chased her down some steps and nobody really knows the rest of the story except that he killed her. There is also a story about the pool area at the basement level. A woman drowned in the pool and it was because of a man. WARNING: There is a fee to see the hotel |
| St. Anthony’s hospital | this is a very haunted hospital. there is at least three ghosts there. on is a small boy on the third floor in the administration area. another is said to be on the second floor near the endoscopes dept. the third is on the first floor in the sterile processing dept. this ghost is said to be one of the nuns from the order that is in residence at the hospital. |
| The Milton School | Built in 1900 and once attended by Robert Wadlow (The Alton Giant), and home to at least three spirits who are very active. This is a must see if in, or near Alton!! Touching, voices, noises, to full bodied apparitions. Psychics claim the spirit of a young student killed by a faculty member, a janitor, and the killer himself. |