Holiday Shores, Illinois

Census-designated place in Illinois, United States

38°55′19″N 89°56′26″W / 38.92194°N 89.94056°W / 38.92194; -89.94056CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyMadisonTownships Fort Russell, Moro, OmphghentArea

^[1]

• Total2.04 sq mi (5.30 km²) • Land1.58 sq mi (4.10 km²) • Water0.46 sq mi (1.20 km²)Elevation

518 ft (158 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total2,840 • Density1,795.20/sq mi (692.99/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP Codes

62025 (Edwardsville)
62097 (Worden)

Area code618GNIS feature ID410387^[3]FIPS code17-35541

Holiday Shores is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 2,840 as of the 2020 census.^[2]

Geography

Holiday Shores is in northern Madison County and consists of housing surrounding Holiday Lake, a reservoir on Joulters Creek. The lake outlet is a quarter mile north of Paddock Creek, a south-flowing tributary of Cahokia Creek, which continues southwest to the Mississippi River near Hartford.

The community is 15 miles (24 km) east of Alton, 10 miles (16 km) north of Edwardsville, the Madison county seat, and 30 miles (48 km) northeast of St. Louis.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	2,882	—
2020	2,840	−1.5%
U.S. Decennial Census^[4]

References

^ "2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "P1. Race – Holiday Shores CDP, Illinois: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Holiday Shores, Illinois
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.