Map of Alhambra village, Illinois

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.

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History

Alhambra was laid out in 1849. The name was inspired by Tales of the Alhambra by Washington Irving.

The first cooperative soybean processing unit in Illinois, the Alhambra Grain & Feed Co., was located in the village. It began full production on March 1, 1945.

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Geography

Alhambra is located in northeastern Madison County at 38°53′19″N 89°43′57″W / 38.88861°N 89.73250°W / 38.88861; -89.73250 (38.888614, -89.732616). Illinois Route 140 passes through the village as Main Street, leading west 6 miles (10 km) to Hamel and east 17 miles (27 km) to Greenville. St. Louis, Missouri, is 36 miles (58 km) to the southwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Alhambra has a total area of 0.76 square miles (1.97 km), of which 0.01 square miles (0.03 km), or 1.05%, are water. The village drains southwest to Silver Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Kaskaskia River.

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