Greenville

Greenville is a city in Bond County, Illinois, United States, 46 miles (74 km) east of St. Louis. The estimated population as of July 2009 is 7,284. The population was 6,955 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bond County. Greenville is home to Greenville College, a private Free Methodist college. Greenville had its first Federal Post Office built in 1819. Greenville was incorporated as a town in 1855 and as a city in 1872. At one time, it had neighborhoods called New Jerusalem, Piety Hill, Cobtown, and Buzzard Roost. A few possible reasons have been put forth for the naming of the town. Some think the town was named after Greenville, North Carolina, which had been named after Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene. Others...