Central City, Illinois Central City, Illinois Central City is a village in Marion County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,371 at the 2000 census. Central City is located at . According to the 2010 census, Central City has a total area of , all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,371 people, 550 households, and 371 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,365.5 people per square mile (912.7/km²). There were 626 housing units at an average density of 1,080.1 per square mile (416.7/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 94.97% White, 1.82% African American, 0.22%
City of London Viking occupied parts of England. The refortified Anglo-Saxon settlement was known as Lundenburh ("London Fort", a borough). The historian Asser said that "Alfred, king of the Anglo-Saxons, restored the city of London splendidly ... and made it habitable once more." Alfred's "restoration" entailed reoccupying and refurbishing the nearly deserted Roman walled city, building quays along the Thames, and laying a new city street plan. Alfred's taking of London and the rebuilding of the old Roman city was a turning point in history, not only as the permanent establishment of the City of London, but also as part of a unifying