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CENTRALIA , a See also:city of See also:Marion See also:county, See also:Illinois, U.S.A., in the S. See also:part of the See also:state, about 62 m. E. of St See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis. Pop. (1890) 4763; (1900) 6721 (571 See also:foreign-See also:born); (1910) 9680. The city is served by the See also:Chicago, See also:Burlington & See also:Quincy, the Illinois Central, the Illinois See also:Southern, and the Southern See also:railways; the first two have repair shops here. Centralia is situated in the central part of southern Illinois, popularly known as " See also:Egypt." Among its manufactures are window See also:glass, envelopes, cigars, See also:concrete blocks and See also:flour. In and near the city See also:coal is See also:mined, and apples, strawberries and other fruits are raised, and the city is a See also:shipping point for coal and See also:fruit. Centralia was first settled in 1853, and was first chartered as a city in 1859.
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