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Illinois, United States · Population 3,308
River status first — Galena's defining risk — then the everyday parking answer (the town's most-documented complaint) and the bicentennial calendar.
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Is the River Rising?
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Where to Park Downtown
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What's On in 2026
Local picks from the people who live here — where to eat off Main, what's open in winter, who to call for an old house. Reading's open to all; sign in to add yours.
The county's door-to-door bus — rides around Galena, across the county, and out to Dubuque for the doctor — what each costs and how to book.
Most of Galena is a National Historic District. Pick the job you have in mind — paint, windows, a fence, an addition — and see whether it needs a Certificate of Appropriateness before you start, and who signs it off.
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Below flood stage
3.3 ft at the gauge