Clinton County (Illinois)

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Clinton County Courthouse
Clinton County Courthouse
administration
US state : Illinois
Administrative headquarters : Carlyle
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 308
Carlyle, IL 62231-0308
Foundation : December 27, 1824
Made up from: Washington County ,
Bond County ,
Fayette County
Area code : 001 618
Demographics
Residents : 37,762  (2010)
Population density : 30.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1304 km²
Water surface : 76 km²
map
Map of Clinton County within Illinois
Website : www.clintonco.illinois.gov

The Clinton County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 37,762 residents and a population density of 30.8 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Carlyle . The largest local recreation area is Carlyle Lake and its immediate surroundings.

Clinton County is located in the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area known as Metro-East around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .

geography

The Carlyle Lake dam

The county is located in southern Illinois and has an area of ​​1,304 square kilometers, of which 76 square kilometers are water.

Carlyle Lake, which was created by damming the Kaskaskia River , is the largest reservoir in Illinois, mainly in Clinton County .

The following neighboring counties border Clinton County:

Madison County Bond County Fayette County
St. Clair County Compass card (de) .svg Marion County
Washington County

history

DeWitt Clinton

The first settlement took place in 1811 by a Mister Hill. The Hill Log House was the first registered building and stood on the site of what is now Carlyle. The Goshen Trace , an old Indian trail , led through the country to a salt mine. When the first paved road from Vincennes to St. Louis was built in 1820, she used this path as a foundation. Hill was also the first to introduce ferry services across the Kaskaskia River. In 1817 more settlers were added and in 1824 1,100 people are said to have lived here, 137 of them in Carlyle.

On December 27, 1814, the county was formed from parts of Washington, Bond and Fayette Counties and named after DeWitt Clinton , a mayor of New York and later governor of New York state.

In 1857 a railway line was laid in the area by the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad and by 1878 several thousand people were already living in the county. The next leap in settlement began in 1911 with the oil boom.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1830 2330 -
1840 3718 59.6%
1850 5139 38.2%
1860 10,941 112.9%
1870 16,285 48.8%
1880 18,714 14.9%
1890 17,411 -7%
1900 19,824 13.9%
1910 22,832 15.2%
1920 22,947 0.5%
1930 21,369 -6.9%
1940 22,912 7.2%
1950 22,594 -1.4%
1960 24,029 6.4%
1970 28,315 17.8%
1980 32,617 15.2%
1990 33,944 4.1%
2000 35,535 4.7%
2010 37,762 6.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010
The General Dean Suspension Bridge , listed on NRHP No. 73000693

As of the 2010 census , Clinton County had 37,762 people in 13,871 households. The population density was 30.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.41 people lived in each of the 13,871 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.4 percent white, 3.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.1 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 53,873  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,722. 8.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clinton County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Washington , Jefferson and Marion County
2 - partly in Bond County
3 - partly in St. Clair County

structure

Clinton County is divided into 15 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Breese Township 5417    17-07926
Brookside Township 5503    17-08732
Carlyle Township 3932    17-11241
Clement Township 475    17-14884
East Fork Township 400    17-21748
Germantown Township 2070    17-29054
Irishtown Township 1167    17-37673
Lake Township 960    17-40871
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Looking Glass Township 6354    17-44667
Meridian Township 547    17-48476
St. Rose Township 1422    17-67171
Santa Fe Township 1136    17-67652
Sugar Creek Township 6184    17-73365
Wade Township 1717    17-78344
Wheatfield Township 478    17-80996
 

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 424215. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clinton County, IL Retrieved November 22, 2012
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties. Retrieved November 22, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved on February 14, 2011
  6. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  7. ↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 22, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Clinton County, Illinois  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 37 ′  N , 89 ° 25 ′  W