The community was originally named Ionia. Its present name comes from the Shanghai rooster, an aggressive rooster once commonly used in cockfighting. At its peak in the 1850s, Shanghai City had roughly 250 residents and several businesses, including a wagon factory. Its population steadily declined in the twentieth century, and after a 1968 tornado it was reduced to six homes and a school building.[2]
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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shanghai City, Illinois
shanghai, city, illinois, shanghai, city, unincorporated, community, warren, county, illinois, united, states, shanghai, city, miles, east, southeast, alexis, unincorporated, communityshow, illinoisshow, united, statescoordinates, 05083, 49667, 05083, 49667cou. Shanghai City is an unincorporated community in Warren County Illinois United States Shanghai City is 3 miles 4 8 km east southeast of Alexis Shanghai City IllinoisUnincorporated communityShanghai City IllinoisShow map of IllinoisShanghai City IllinoisShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 41 03 03 N 90 29 48 W 41 05083 N 90 49667 W 41 05083 90 49667CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyWarrenElevation725 ft 221 m Time zoneUTC 6 Central CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code309GNIS feature ID421689 1 The community was originally named Ionia Its present name comes from the Shanghai rooster an aggressive rooster once commonly used in cockfighting At its peak in the 1850s Shanghai City had roughly 250 residents and several businesses including a wagon factory Its population steadily declined in the twentieth century and after a 1968 tornado it was reduced to six homes and a school building 2 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Shanghai City Illinois Spurgin Bob July 8 1972 Ghost Town The Rock Island Argus p 22 Retrieved December 26 2021 via Newspapers com nbsp This Warren County Illinois location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shanghai City Illinois amp oldid 1167670346, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
