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About. Us. Created from its historic ties to the railroad dating back to 1854, Galesburg is no ordinary city but rather a place where art and culture form the very core of the community. Take a walk down Seminary Street and shop the exciting downtown area. Take in a concert by the Knox-Galesburg Symphony at the Orpheum Theatre.
Galesburg, city, seat (1873) of Knox county, western Illinois, U.S. It lies about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Peoria. George Washington Gale, a Presbyterian minister for whom the city is named, selected the site for a college community. In 1836 the first settlers arrived, and in 1837 a charter.
Galesburg, founded in 1837 by Reverend George Washington Gale and a group of anti-slavery advocates, was founded simultaneously with Knox College, a small, private, liberal arts college still located in the heart of the city.
