Milan (/ˈmaɪlɪn/ MY-lin)[2] is a village in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.

[3] The village is located adjacent to the Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa.

The village is on the Rock River in northwest Illinois, about 4 miles upstream of its outlet to the Mississippi.

Originally platted along the right-of-way for the Hennepin Canal, in 1837, the village site was called in land speculation papers "Hampton" (not the town in Illinois, approximately 13 miles north-northeast, on the Mississippi River—see Hampton, Illinois for more).

"Hampton's" land speculators, George Camden and Franklin Vandruff, sold land along the Rock River, along a north-west flowing creek, which was re-routed north into the Rock's main channel.

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