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Welcome to the Alorton Home page. The Alorton Home page provides as much information as possible on Alorton. Knowing Alorton’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Alorton’s Home page, you will also find Alorton’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Alorton has a population of 2077. 42.8% of Alorton’s inhabitants are Male, and 57.2 are female. 23.5% of Alorton is married and 41.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $45,088, and the average rent is $616. Household median income in Alorton is $19,764, and the individual median income is $16,659. Alorton’s Ethnic is the following: Black(98.3%), Hispanic(0.7%), White(0.6%), Multiple(0.6%), Pacific(0.4%), Asian(0.1%).


Alorton (formerly Alcoa) was a village in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. Incorporated in 1944, it was one of three municipalities that merged to form the city of Cahokia Heights on May 6, 2021; the other two were the village of Cahokia and the city of Centreville. Prior to merger, Alorton had a population of 1,566 and land area of 1.8 square miles (4.7 km2) in the 2020 Census.Alorton was home to Cahokia Downs, an American horse racing track located on Highway 15 which hosted both Standardbred harness racing and Thoroughbred flat racing events from 1954 until 1979.The name Alorton is most likely an abbreviation of "aluminum ore town".


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