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%
7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment St Martin's Hall, Long Acre, London, on 16 April 1859 that led the War Office to authorise the recruitment of Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs). Richards himself enlisted 1000 men to form the 'Workmen's Volunteer Brigade'. Although the unit began holding parades at the City of London's Guildhall in the autumn of 1860, the first officers' commissions were not issued until 26 April 1861, when the unit was formally adopted as the 3rd City of London RVC. The men were generally less well-off than some other London RVCs recruited from the professions and middle classes, but the unit received some financial