Place:Brooklyn, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

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NameBrooklyn
Alt namesLovejoysource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS17002011
TypeVillage
Coordinates38.657°N 90.165°W
Located inSt. Clair, Illinois, United States
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Brooklyn (popularly known as Lovejoy), is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Located just 2 miles north of East St. Louis, Illinois and 3 miles northeast of Downtown St. Louis, Missouri, it is the oldest town incorporated by African Americans in the United States. It has the first African Methodist Episcopal Church, an independent denomination, built west of the Appalachian Mountains and the first in Illinois. Its motto is "Founded by Chance, Sustained by Courage". The current mayor is Nathaniel O'Bannon, Jr.

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