Marine is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 912 at the 2020 census. The village of Marine, originally referred to as Marinetown, was settled in 1834 by George W. Welsh, James Semple, Jordan W. Jeffress, and Abram "Abraham" Breath, who were sailors. The prairie grass blowing in the fields had reminded the…Marine is a village in Madison County, Illinois, United States. The population was 912 at the 2020 census. The village of Marine, originally referred to as Marinetown, was settled in 1834 by George W. Welsh, James Semple, Jordan W. Jeffress, and Abram "Abraham" Breath, who were sailors. The prairie grass blowing in the fields had reminded them of the sea, hence the name Marine. It was incorporated as a village in 1867 and reincorporated in 1888.
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