Collinsville, Illinois
| Collinsville | |
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| Nickname : Horseradish Capital of the World | |
 Main Street in Collinsville |
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| Location of Collinsville in Madison County and Illinois | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1837 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| Counties : |
Madison County St. Clair County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 40 ′ N , 90 ° 0 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 25,579 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 672.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 38.52 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) of which 38.02 km 2 (approx. 15 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 171 m |
| Postcodes : | 62234 |
| Area code : | +1 618 |
| FIPS : | 17-15599 |
| GNIS ID : | 426305 |
| Website : | www2.collinsvilleil.org |
| Mayor : | John Miller |
Collinsville is a town with 25,579 inhabitants (2010) southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . Collinsville is located 20 km north of the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri and in the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area called Metro-East . Collinsville is mostly part of Madison County and a smaller part of St. Clair County .
The city bills itself as "Horseradish Capital of the World" ( horseradish -Hauptstadt the world) and celebrates an annual "International Horseradish Festival". Horseradish is grown in the vicinity of the city, some of which is also exported.
geography
Collinsville's geographic coordinates are 38 ° 40 ′ N , 90 ° 0 ′ W (38.674444, -89.995278). The northern city limits are the course of Interstate 40 . In the south, the city borders on Canteen Creek . In addition to the east-west connection I-40, which partially runs together with the US Highways 55 and 70 , the Illinois State Routes 157 and 159 run in a north-south direction through Collinsville.
According to the 2010 United States Census Bureau , Collinsville has a total area of 38.52 km 2 , of which 38.02 km 2 is land and 0.50 km 2 (or 1.3%) is water.
history
Collinsville was initially founded by the Cook family and a group of German-American settlers who came with Conestogas from Pennsylvania in 1812 and built the Holy Cross Lutheran Church.
During the First World War an angry mob committed a Lychmord of a German-American . A few hundred men took Robert Prager in his house caught and brought him barefoot and wrapped in an American flag through the streets and forced him to sing patriotic songs. The police initially took Prager into protective custody, but released him when a large group threatened to storm and burn the prison. They took him to the edge of town and lynched him. Eleven men were charged with the crime, but all were acquitted.
Demographics
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 2887 | - | |
| 1890 | 3498 | 21.2% | |
| 1900 | 4021 | 15% | |
| 1910 | 7478 | 86% | |
| 1920 | 9753 | 30.4% | |
| 1930 | 9235 | -5.3% | |
| 1940 | 9767 | 5.8% | |
| 1950 | 11,862 | 21.4% | |
| 1960 | 14,217 | 19.9% | |
| 1970 | 18,224 | 28.2% | |
| 1980 | 19,475 | 6.9% | |
| 1990 | 22,446 | 15.3% | |
| 2000 | 24,707 | 10.1% | |
| 2010 | 25,579 | 3.5% | |
| 2016 estimate | 24,635 | -3.7% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
At the time of the 2000 United States Census, Collinsville was inhabited by 24,707 people. The population density was 701.9 people per km 2 . There were 11,025 housing units, averaging 313.2 per km 2 . The Collinsville population was 91.48% White , 5.85% Black or African American , 0.27% Native American , 0.59% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.59% said others Belonging to races and 1.19% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race.
The residents of Collinsville distributed to 10,458 households out of which 29.3% were living in children under the age of 18. 48.1% of households were married, 11.9% had a female head of the household without a husband and 36.2% were not families. 30.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 11.8% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.94.
The population was divided into 23.2% minors, 9.7% 18–24 year olds, 30.5% 25–44 year olds, 21.9% 45–64 year olds and 14.6% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 women there were 93.3 men. For every 100 women over 18, there were 88.3 men.
The median household income in Collinsville was 42,353 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 54,956 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 39,379 compared to $ 27,409 for women. The per capita income was $ 22,048. 7.2% of the population and 5.6% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 11.2% of minors and 6.6% of those aged 65 and over.
Attractions
The Collinsville water tower - the 51 m high Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower - is "the largest ketchup bottle in the world" and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places . This landmark is celebrated annually with a festival.
The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is within the Collinsville city limits. Once the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of what is now Mexico, it was one of the first eight World Heritage Sites in the United States. It reached its peak around the year 1200 with a population of 20–30,000 - it was only after 1800 that more people were to live in one place again in what is now the United States. The site includes Monks Mound , the largest prehistoric mound in America, as well as 70 smaller mounds today . The base of Monks Mound itself is larger than that of the Great Pyramid . The museum and visitor center provide information to visitors.
The Collinsville City Hall and Fire Station was built in 1885 and is still used as the city hall today. Once built on property owned by the Collins family, the building was built in the Italianate style . Not far away is the former State Bank of Collinsville on the corner of Center Street and Main Street . The building, designed by Robert G. Kirsch in 1916, has a limestone facade and an interior with marble walls . A little further west on Main Street is the Collinsville Public Library. The brick house built in the colonial style was completed in 1937. Additional wings were made in 1967 and 1980.
National Register of Historic Places
| Ref.No. | NRHP-Nae | address | Recording date |
| 02000847 | Brooks Catsup Bottle Water Tower | 800 Morrison Ave. | August 13, 2002 |
| 66000899 | Cahokia Mounds | 7850 Collinsville Rd., Cahokia Mounds State Park | October 15, 1966 |
| 02001385 | Daniel Dove Collins House | 621 W. Main St. | November 21, 2002 |
| 04000865 | Collinsville City Hall and Fire Station | 125 S. Center St. | August 20, 2004 |
| 05000430 | Collinsville Masonic Temple Lodge # 712 AF & AM | 213 W. Clay St. | May 22, 2005 |
| 85001913 | Miners Institute Building | 204 W. Main | August 29, 1985 |
| 09000233 | State Bank Building | 102 W. Main | April 23, 2010 |
Sports
The Fairmount Park Racetrack is one of three active horse racing tracks in Illinois and the only one outside of Chicago. It is an oval one mile long and opened in 1925. The Fairmont Derby was held here in the 1920s, and the St. Louis Derby was held here in 2006.
The Collinsville High School teams have won state championships multiple times in a variety of sports, including 1961 and 1965 (basketball), 1980 (baseball), 1981, 1986, 1991 and 1992 (soccer), and 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 (team dancing). The sports teams are called Kahoks , a fictional Indian tribe.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Art Fletcher (1885–1950), player, manager, and coach of the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies
- Moses Harrison (1932–2013), Illinois Supreme Court Justice
- Tony Malinosky (1909-2011), baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers
- George Musso (1910-2000), American football player for the Chicago Bears
- John Shimkus (* 1958), US Congressman
- Kevin Stallings (* 1960), basketball coach
Other personalities
- Terry Moore (1912-1995), baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals ; lived and died in Collinsville
- Robert Prager (1888–1918), German immigrant, was lynched in Collinsville during the First World War
- Michael Stipe (* 1960), lead singer of REM ; graduated from high school here
- Tom Jager (* 1964), swimming Olympic champion; went to high school here
- Ken Oberkfell (* 1958); St. Louis Cardinals baseball player, attended high school here
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ International Horseradish Festival ( English ) Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ↑ US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990 . United States Census Bureau . February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ↑ G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1 ( English ) United States Census Bureau . Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ↑ David M. Kennedy: Over Here. The First World War and American Society. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-517400-3 , p. 68 .
- ↑ Population and Housing Unit Estimates ( English ) Retrieved on 19 August 2018th
- ^ Census of Population and Housing ( English ) Census.gov. Archived from the original on May 12, 2015. Retrieved on August 19, 2018.
- ↑ Archived copy . Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ↑ World's Largest Catsup Bottle Festival ( English ) Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ↑ Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site ( English ) Retrieved on 19 August 2018th
- ↑ Strebel, Neal. "Collinsville in Vintage Postcards". Collinsville Historical Museum. 2005.