Hamilton County (Illinois)

administration
Hamilton County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	McLeansboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Hamilton County Courthouse 100 S. Jackson, 3rd Floor McLeansboro, IL 62859
Foundation :	February 8, 1821
Made up from:	White County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	8457 (2010 estimate)
Population density :	7.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1129 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map

The Hamilton County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 8,457 residents and a population density of 7.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is in McLeansboro .

geography

The county is located in south-southeast Illinois. It has an area of 1129 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Hamilton County:

Jefferson County	Wayne County
Franklin County		White County
	Saline County	Gallatin County

history

Alexander Hamilton

Hamilton County was formed on February 8, 1821 from the western part of White County. It was named after Alexander Hamilton , a politician and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States , a hero of the American Revolutionary War and the United States' first Secretary of the Treasury.

The county government's first official meeting was held on June 18, 1821 at the home of William Wilson, a judge on the Illinois Supreme Court. The second on November 19th of the same year. The first steam powered mill was built in 1850.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2616	-
1840	3945	50.8%
1850	6362	61.3%
1860	9915	55.8%
1870	13,014	31.3%
1880	16,712	28.4%
1890	17,800	6.5%
1900	20,197	13.5%
1910	18,227	-9.8%
1920	15,920	-12.7%
1930	12,995	-18.4%
1940	13,454	3.5%
1950	12,256	-8.9%
1960	10,010	-18.3%
1970	8665	-13.4%
1980	9172	5.9%
1990	8499	-7.3%
2000	8621	1.4%
2010	8457	-1.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Hamilton County had 8,457 people in 3,503 households. The population density was 7.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.39 people lived in each of the 3503 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.1 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,032 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,602. 14.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Hamilton County localities

City

McLeansboro

Towns

Belle Prairie City

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Franklin County}

structure

Hamilton County is divided into twelve townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Beaver Creek Township	271	17-04481
Crook Township	312	17-17627
Crouch Township	374	17-17809
Dahlgren Township	1220	17-18316
Flannigan Township	304	17-26324
Knight Prairie Township	574	17-40299

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
McLeansboro Township	3830	17-45837
Mayberry Township	486	17-47657
South Crouch Township	260	17-70655
South Flannigan Township	116	17-70785
South Twigg Township	132	17-71305
Twigg Township	578	17-76472