Breese | |
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 Breese water tower along U.S. Route 50 | |
| Motto(s): "Proud of our past, planning for our future" | |
 Location of Breese in Clinton County, Illinois. | |
.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 38°36′50″N 89°31′23″W / 38.61389°N 89.52306°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Clinton |
| Named for | Sidney Breese |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kevin Timmermann |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.70 sq mi (6.99 km2) |
| • Land | 2.67 sq mi (6.92 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
| Elevation | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 4,641 |
| • Density | 1,736.90/sq mi (670.50/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 62230[3] |
| Area code | 618 |
| FIPS code | 17-07913 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2393409[1] |
| Public Transit | South Central Transit |
| Wikimedia Commons | Breese, Illinois |
| Website | Official Website |
Breese is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Breese is the most populous city completely within Clinton County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,641, the majority of whom are of German ancestry.[4] Breese is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area.
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Breese, Illinois
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Breese IL ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved July 17, 2022.