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Milan is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, adjacent to the Quad Cities, and its name is pronounced "MY-lin," not like the Italian city.

Milan had a population of 5,097 at the 2020 census - almost exactly the same as its 5,099 residents in 2010 - with 2,409 households counted in 2020.

Milan stands on the Rock River about 4 miles upstream from where the river flows into the Mississippi River.

Milan occupies the site of the southern camps of Saukenuk, the great Sauk and Fox (Meskwaki) village that was once the second-largest Native American settlement in North America.

Milan was originally platted in 1837 along the right-of-way of the planned Hennepin Canal, and land speculators George Camden and Franklin Vandruff sold the townsite under the name "Hampton."

By 1841 the village had been renamed Camden Mills, after the wool-carding mills and the "pearl" button factories along Mill Creek that made buttons from river clamshells.

Milan is home to John Deere's North American Parts Distribution Center, one of the largest warehouses in the world.

The Eagle Food Centers supermarket chain was headquartered in Milan until the company ceased operations in 2003.

Most of Milan is served by the Rock Island-Milan School District 41, which it shares with the neighboring city of Rock Island.

Milan's population peaked at 6,371 in 1980 and has eased downward since, even as the village remains one of Rock Island County's largest communities.