Edwards County, Illinois

Edwards County Courthouse
administration
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Albion
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Edwards County Courthouse 50 East Main Street Albion, IL 62806
Foundation :	November 28, 1814
Made up from:	Gallatin County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	6721  (2010)
Population density :	11.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	577 km²
Water surface :	1 km²
map

The Edwards County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 6,721 people and a population density of 11.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Albion .

geography

The county is one of the smallest in the state and is located in southeast Illinois. It has an area of ​​577 square kilometers, one square kilometer of which is water. The following neighboring counties border Edwards County:

	Richland County
Wayne County		Wabash County
	White County

history

N. Edwards

Edwards County was formed from Gallatin County in 1814 and named after Ninian Edwards , the only governor of the Illinois Territory . The first seat of the county government was Palmyra in what is now Wabash County . The first settlers came from Bristol in England and landed in Philadelphia on May 25, 1818 , whereby not all of them made the arduous journey to Edwards County, but settled in Philadelphia and the surrounding area. More settlers came from the US east coast.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1820	3444		-
1830	1649		-52.1%
1840	3070		86.2%
1850	3524		14.8%
1860	5454		54.8%
1870	7565		38.7%
1880	8597		13.6%
1890	9444		9.9%
1900	10,345		9.5%
1910	10,049		-2.9%
1920	9431		-6.1%
1930	8303		-12%
1940	8974		8.1%
1950	9056		0.9%
1960	7940		-12.3%
1970	7090		-10.7%
1980	7961		12.3%
1990	7440		-6.5%
2000	6971		-6.3%
2010	6721		-3.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Edwards County had 6,721 people in 2,788 households. The population density was 11.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 2,788 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 40,430  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,113. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Edwards County localities

Citys

• Albion
• Grayville ¹

Villages

• Bone gap
• Browns ²
• West Salem

Unincorporated Communities

Bennington Black Ellery 3 Maple Grove

Marion Red top Samsville

^{1 - partly in White County
2 - partly in Wabash County
3 - partly in Wayne County}

structure

Edwards County is divided into twelve precincts :

Precinct Population (2010) FIPS Albion No. 1 1218    17-90039 Albion No. 2 749    17-90041 Albion No. 3 653    17-90044 Bone gap 499    17-90486 Browns 318    17-90540 Dixon 276    17-90954

Precinct Population (2010) FIPS Ellery 153    17-91152 French Creek 1024    17-91296 Salem No. 1 575    17-93081 Salem No. 2 708    17-93084 Shelby No. 1 302    17-93153 Shelby No. 2 246    17-93156

See also

• List of Entries on the Edwards County, Illinois National Register of Historic Places

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 424225. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Edwards County, IL ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 30, 2012 
3. ↑ ^{a b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved November 30, 2012
4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
6. ↑ 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 30, 2012  

Web links

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

• www.city-data.com - Edwards County, IL

Coordinates: 38 ° 25 ′  N , 88 ° 4 ′  W