{"gt_parse": {"text_sequence": "s land and is water. The southwestern bou ndary of the village is a wal l of limestone bluffs along the Mississip pi River. Approximately u pstream is the mo uth of the Illinois River. The Mis souri River empties into the Mississip pi downstream. Godfrey retains t he status of a village and is a mixture of small business, agriculture, an d upper middle class housing dev elopments.The village is named for Ca ptain Benjamin Godfrey, a native New Englander, who arrived in the area in 1 832. 1838"}}