Hancock County, Illinois

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Hancock County Courthouse
Hancock County Courthouse
administration
US state : Illinois
Administrative headquarters : Carthage
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
500 Main Street
Carthage, IL 62321-0000
Foundation : January 13, 1825
Made up from: Pike County
Area code : 001 217
Demographics
Residents : 19,104  (2010)
Population density : 9.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2110 km²
Water surface : 52 km²
map
Map of Hancock County within Illinois
Website : www.hancockcountycourthouse.org

The Hancock County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 19,104 residents and a population density of 9.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Carthage .

geography

The county is located in western Illinois on the Mississippi River , which forms the border with the neighboring states of Iowa and Missouri . Hancock County covers an area of ​​2,110 square kilometers, of which 52 square kilometers are water. It borders on the following neighboring counties:

Lee County,
Iowa
Henderson County
Clark County,
Missouri
Compass card (de) .svg McDonough County
Lewis County,
Missouri
Adams County Schuyler County

history

J. Hancock

Hancock County was formed in the Illinois Territory on January 13, 1825, adjacent to Pike County, and named after John Hancock , a member of Congress and governor of Massachusetts .

The first courthouse was built in Montebello , on the banks of the Mississippi River . In 1833 the administrative headquarters were moved to Carthage. The courthouse, which still exists today, was built in 1908. Mormons also settled in Nauvoo around 1839 . From 1839 to 1846, Nauvoo was the largest city in Illinois.

In 1844, Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum Smith were murdered by an angry mob in Carthage Prison. The Nauvoo Exodus began in early 1846 when the Mormons moved to their new headquarters in Utah .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1840 483 -
1850 9946 1,959.2%
1860 14,652 47.3%
1870 29.001 97.9%
1880 35,035 20.8%
1890 31,907 -8.9%
1900 32,215 1 %
1910 30,638 -4.9%
1920 28,523 -6.9%
1930 26,420 -7.4%
1940 26,297 -0.5%
1950 25,790 -1.9%
1960 24,574 -4.7%
1970 23,645 -3.8%
1980 23,877 1 %
1990 21,373 -10.5%
2000 20.121 -5.9%
2010 19,104 -5.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , there were 19,104 people in 8,024 households in Hancock County. The population density was 9.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in the 8,024 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.

22.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,774  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,098. 11.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Hancock County

Citys

Town

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Henderson County
2 - partly in Adams County

structure

Hancock County is divided into 25 townships :

Township Population
(2010)
FIPS
Appanoose Township 435    17-01621
Augusta Township 795    17-02999
Bear Creek Township 345    17-04338
Carthage Township 3052    17-11540
Chili Township 657    17-14104
Dallas City Township 996    17-18433
Durham Township 278    17-21306
Fountain Green Township 288    17-27325
Hancock Township 255    17-32629
Harmony Township 326    17-32993
La Harpe Township 1473    17-40845
Montebello Township 3579    17-50140
Nauvoo Township 1156    17-51804
Township Population
(2010)
FIPS
Pilot Grove Township 280    17-59845
Pontoosuc Township 413    17-61093
Prairie Township 380    17-61496
Rock Creek Township 350    17-64876
Rocky Run Township 158    17-65234
St. Albans Township 377    17-66612
St. Mary Township 640    17-67054
Sonora Township 494    17-70499
Walker Township 333    17-78422
Warsaw Township 1607    17-78955
Wilcox Township 189    17-81607
Wythe Township 248    17-83713
 

See also

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 424235. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Hancock County, IL ( Memento of the original from July 11, 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 December 6, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / quickfacts.census.gov
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 6, 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 archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 6, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

Commons : Hancock County, Illinois  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 24 ′  N , 91 ° 10 ′  W