17 Facts About Moline IL

Moline IL is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

Moline IL is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline IL and Rock Island in Illinois and the cities of Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa.

Moline IL is a retail hub for the Illinois Quad Cities, as South Park Mall and numerous big-box shopping plazas are located in the city.

At the time, Moline IL had a population of only a few hundred, mostly involved in work at the mill.

Moline IL's founding fathers were primarily ambitious industrialists from New England.

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Many of these founders clearly envisioned a "Lowell on the Mississippi", after a major industrial city of Massachusetts; Moline IL was marketed as a "Lowell of the West" to potential investors and immigrants.

Soon other Moline IL-based companies became known around the country for their products.

Moline IL emerged as a retail, transportation, and cultural hub on the Illinois side of the river.

The first metropolitan airfield, the Moline IL Airport, opened in 1926 and later provided commercial air service to Chicago and St Louis.

Molette was the first Moline IL neighborhood produced on a mass scale and one of the largest single-unit housing projects in the Midwest at the time.

Moline IL became the first Illinois city outside the Chicago area to adopt this tool of urban planning.

Moline IL still reflects the rich culture of the successive waves of immigrants from France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Eastern Europe, and most recently, Mexico.

Downtown Moline IL plays host to events of regional importance such as Taste of the Quad Cities, Race for the Cure, the Quad City Marathon, and the Lighting of the Commons.

City of Moline IL is nestled beside and on a broad bluff situated between the banks of the Mississippi River and Rock River in Rock Island County, Illinois.

Moline IL is located approximately 165 miles west of Chicago and approximately 164 miles northwest of Springfield, Illinois.

Notable neighborhoods include Moline IL's downtown, now known as Moline IL Centre, which is a historic area bounded approximately by 12th and 34th Streets and the Mississippi River and 6th Avenue.

Moline IL was home to the Tri-Cities Blackhawks, a professional basketball team that evolved into what is today the Atlanta Hawks.