Edwardsville, Illinois
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| Foundation : | 1818 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Madison County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 49 ′ N , 89 ° 57 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
24,293 (as of 2010) 2,698,687 (as of 2009) |
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| Population density : | 674.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 36.52 km 2 (about 14 mi 2 ) of which 36.0 km 2 (about 14 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 165 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 62025, 62026 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-22697 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 407807 | ||
| Website : | cityofedwardsville.com | ||
| Mayor : | Gary Niebur | ||
Edwardsville is the third oldest city in the US state of Illinois . Its population is 24,293 (2010 census) . It is located 29 km in Southern Illinois , northeast of the city of St. Louis in Metro-East , the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area . Edwardsville is one of St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area and is the administrative center ( the county seat ) of Madison County . The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a state university in the city.
geography
According to the data of the United States Census Bureau from 2010, the city has a total area of 52.2 km 2 , of which 50.7 km 2 is land and 1.6 km 2 (= 2.97%) is water. Several lines of the Chicago and North Western Railway and the Norfolk and Western Railroad once ran through the city . In the eastern part of the urban area is Dunlop Lake , which is drained by Mooney Creek . This flows north of the city into the Cahokia Creek , and thus Edwardsville and the surrounding area are in the catchment area of the Mississippi River . The State Highway 143 , 157 and 159 intersect at the intersection of running east-west direction Vandalia Street with the running in a north-south direction Main Street, but the road network is irregular and not oriented to the north. The Interstate 55 runs east out of the city area, about five kilometers from the center. South of Edwardsville, Interstate 270 serves as a connection to I-55 and Interstate 70 , Illinois State Route 255 , which runs north-south west of Edwardsville , leads south to Interstate 255 .
history
Edwardsville was originally incorporated in 1818, making it the third oldest city in Illinois. The first settler of European descent was Thomas Kirkpatrick, who arrived in 1805, who then laid out the settlement and served as justice of the peace . He named the place after his acquaintance, Ninian Edwards , the then territorial governor of the state of Illinois, which was only founded in 1818.
The Post Office opened on 21 November 1821. In 1890, the Industrial NO Nelson from St. Louis opted for a piece of the country south of Edwardsville, to build an instrument factory and built the factory housing Leclaire, after the French economist Edme-Jean Leclaire is named . In contrast to other factory settlements such as Pullman near Chicago, emphasis was placed in this factory settlement on ensuring that the workers and their families living here achieve prosperity and a quality of life.
In 1934 Leclaire was incorporated into the City of Edwardsville. The neighborhood has a park with a lake, a baseball field and the Edwardsville Children's Museum in the former schoolhouse. Various buildings of the factory Nelson founded have been renovated and converted into the NO Nelson campus of Lewis and Clark Community College . The neighborhood has been listed as a Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places .
In 1983 Edwardsville's historic Saint Louis Street was also added to the National Register of Historic Places. The beginnings of this area of the city go back to the year 1809. This historical district comprises about 50 residential houses over a length of about one mile, which were built between the middle of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th century. The protection and maintenance of Saint Louis Street is regulated by the Historic Saint Louis Street Association .
Five governors of Illinois lived in Edwardsville: was in addition to the already mentioned Ninian Edwards, the 1809 territorial governor and 1826-1830 the governorship within, had this to the 1,822 elected governor opponents of were slavery Edward Coles , who in Pennsylvania -born and from 1830 to John Reynolds reigned in 1834, Thomas Ford reigned from 1842 to 1846, and Charles Deneen , who was governor of the state from 1909 to 1913.
The future President Abraham Lincoln stayed twice in Edwardsville, once as a lawyer in the courthouse built in 1814 and on September 11, 1858 as a speaker in front of the courthouse built in 1857. Today's courthouse is a square four-story neoclassical building with a facade made of white marble with a six-story rear building and was built between 1913 and 1915. Former President Bill Clinton delivered a pre-election speech for his wife Hillary Clinton on January 30, 2008 at the University's Dunham Theater .
sons and daughters of the town
- Hedy Burress (born 1973), actress
- Charles S. Deneen (1863–1940), politician, 25th Governor of Illinois from 1905 to 1913
- Billie Poole (1929-2005), jazz and blues singer
media
Edwardsville is home to the weekday Edwardsville Intelligencer and Wednesdays weekly The Edwardsville Journal . WSIE-FM on 88.7 MHz is the radio station of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Most St. Louis , Missouri radio stations can also be received .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2010 Census US Gazetteer Files for Places - Illinois ( English ) United States Census. Archived from the original on January 12, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 8, 2013.
- ^ A b c Edward Callary: Place Names of Illinois ( English ). University of Illinois Press, 2008, ISBN 0252033566 , p. 105.
- ^ Cindy Reinhardt: The cooperative village of Leclaire, 1890-1934 . In: Illinois Heritage . 12, No. 4, 2009, pp. 11-13.
