Holiday Shores, Illinois Explained

Official Name:Holiday Shores, Illinois
Settlement Type:Census-designated place
Pushpin Map:Illinois#USA
Pushpin Label:Holiday Shores
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Illinois
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Madison
Subdivision Type3:Townships
Subdivision Name3:Fort Russell, Moro, Omphghent
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Footnotes:[1]
Area Total Km2:5.30
Area Land Km2:4.10
Area Water Km2:1.20
Area Total Sq Mi:2.04
Area Land Sq Mi:1.58
Area Water Sq Mi:0.46
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:2840
Population Density Km2:692.99
Population Density Sq Mi:1795.20
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:518
Coordinates:38.9219°N -89.9406°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Codes
Postal Code:62025 (Edwardsville)
62097 (Worden)
Area Code:618
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:410387
Blank1 Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Info:17-35541

Holiday Shores is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 2,840 as of the 2020 census.[2]

Geography

Holiday Shores is in northern Madison County and consists of housing surrounding Holiday Lake, a reservoir on Joulters Creek. The lake outlet is a quarter mile north of Paddock Creek, a south-flowing tributary of Cahokia Creek, which continues southwest to the Mississippi River near Hartford.

The community is east of Alton, 10miles north of Edwardsville, the Madison county seat, and northeast of St. Louis.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Illinois . United States Census Bureau . February 22, 2023.
  2. Web site: P1. Race – Holiday Shores CDP, Illinois: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171). U.S. Census Bureau. February 22, 2023.