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Hamburg is a village in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States. The population was 99 at the 2020 census, down from 128 at the 2010 census.

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History

One hundred lots in the town of Hamburg were offered for sale by John Shaw in 1836. Once a thriving river community where apples were loaded and shipped, banks were busy and profitable, stores were laden with goods and shoppers, Hamburg now sits quietly along and sometimes in the waters of the Mississippi. The only public facility is the Hamburg Post Office. A bluff top monument overlooks the village, indicating the burial of riverboat Captain Swarnes who wished to be buried upright to command a panoramic view of the river. National Geographic, September 1975; pages 308 and 309, published a picture of the Delta Queen heading up the Mississippi river past Hamburg, using Captain Swarnes’ monument as the photographer’s vantage point.

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Geography

Hamburg is located at 39°13′53″N 90°42′58″W / 39.23139°N 90.71611°W / 39.23139; -90.71611 (39.231277, -90.716207).

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hamburg has a total area of 0.66 square miles (1.71 km), of which 0.52 square miles (1.35 km) (or 79.57%) is land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km) (or 20.43%) is water.

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