Galesburg, Illinois
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 Entrance to Galesburg |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1836 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Knox County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 57 ′ N , 90 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 32,195 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 731.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 44 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 235 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61401 | ||
| Area code : | +1 309 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-28326 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 408847 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.galesburg.il.us | ||
| Mayor : | Salvador Garza | ||
 Amtrak station in Galesburg |
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Galesburg is a city (with the status " City ") and the county seat of Knox County in the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 the city had 32,195 inhabitants.
geography
Galesburg is at 40 ° 56'52 "north latitude and 90 ° 22'16" west longitude and extends over 44 km².
Neighboring towns are Henderson (9.7 km north), Wataga (14.5 km northeast), East Galesburg (5.2 km east), Knoxville (9 km southeast), Abingdon (18.9 km south) and Cameron (17, 5 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Chicago (298 km northeast), Illinois' capital Springfield (176 km southeast), St. Louis , Missouri (313 km south), Iowa's capital Des Moines (336 km west northwest) and the Quad Cities (75.5 km north).
traffic
Interstate 74 runs on the eastern outskirts of the city , from which US Highway 34, which has also been developed into a freeway, branches off in the northeast of the city, which forms the northern and western bypass roads . In the city center, US Highway 150 and Illinois State Routes 41 and 164 meet.
Galesburg is a junction of several railway lines of the BNSF Railway , which operates a large marshalling yard here with the Galesburg Yard . Several Amtrak express trains also run west from Chicago on the BNSF routes .
The Galesburg Municipal Airport is located in the southwest of the urban area . The nearest major airports are General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport, 77 km southeast, and Quad City International Airport, 39 miles north .
history
In 1835 a group of settlers from New York purchased the land for the first settlement a year later.
Knox College , which still exists today, was founded by George Washington Gale in 1837. The newly emerging place was named after Gale.
The first slave liberation association to become part of the Underground Railroad was formed at Knox College in 1837 .
In 1857, the Illinois Parliamentary Assembly passed a law, the Act to Incorporate the City of Galesburg , which made the town a "City".
Since 1973 Galesburg is the county seat of Knox County.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1850 | 323 | - | |
| 1860 | 4953 | 1,433.4% | |
| 1870 | 10.158 | 105.1% | |
| 1880 | 11,437 | 12.6% | |
| 1890 | 15,264 | 33.5% | |
| 1900 | 18.607 | 21.9% | |
| 1910 | 22,089 | 18.7% | |
| 1920 | 23,834 | 7.9% | |
| 1930 | 28,830 | 21% | |
| 1940 | 28,876 | 0.2% | |
| 1950 | 31,425 | 8.8% | |
| 1960 | 37,243 | 18.5% | |
| 1970 | 36,290 | -2.6% | |
| 1980 | 35,305 | -2.7% | |
| 1990 | 33,530 | -5% | |
| 2000 | 33,706 | 0.5% | |
| 2010 | 32,195 | -4.5% | |
| 1850-1990 2000-2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , there were 32,195 people in 13,024 households in Galesburg. The population density was 731.7 people per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 81.1 percent white, 11.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.9 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 3.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.9 percent of the population.
Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 13,024 households.
19.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 33,510 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,799. 20.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Edwin H. Conger (1843–1907), member of the US House of Representatives (1885–1890) and diplomat, lived and studied in Galesburg
- George Washington Gale Ferris (1859–1896), engineer, born in Galesburg
- Carl Sandburg (1878–1967), poet, journalist and historian, born in Galesburg
- Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012), painter, sculptor and writer, born in Galesburg
- John Rusling Block (* 1935), politician, born in Galesburg
- Todd Hamilton (* 1965), professional golfer, born in Galesburg
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Galesburg, IL ( Memento of the original from August 14, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 19, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on April 19, 2012
- ↑ Knox College - Underground Railroad Freedom Station ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) 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 April 19, 2012
- ↑ About Galesburg. Retrieved April 19, 2012
- ^ US Census Bureau. Retrieved April 19, 2012
