Lebanon (Illinois)
| Lebanon | |||
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 St. Louis Street in Lebanon |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1814 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | St. Clair County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 36 ′ N , 89 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 4,418 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 690.3 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 6.4 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 6.4 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 156 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62254 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-42496 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 426404 | ||
| Mayor : | Scott Abner | ||
 Downtown Lebanon |
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Lebanon is a small town (with the status " City ") in St. Clair County of middle-Southwest US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Lebanon had 4418 inhabitants.
The city is located in the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area called Metro-East around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .
geography
Lebanon is located around 35 east of the Mississippi at 38 ° 36'14 "north latitude and 89 ° 48'26" west longitude and extends over 6.4 km². The place is mainly in the Lebanon Township and to a smaller extent in the O'Fallon Township .
Neighboring places of Lebanon are Summerfield (5.7 km east), Mascoutah (13.1 km south), Shiloh (10.3 km southwest), O'Fallon (11.2 km west), Troy (19.8 km northwest ) and St. Jacob (15.9 km north-northeast).
The Scott Air Force Base is located 13.4 km southwest of Lebanon.
Downtown St. Louis is 25 miles west of Lebanon. The nearest other major cities are Chicago (459 km northeast), Indiana's capital Indianapolis (366 km east northeast), Louisville , Kentucky (385 km east), Tennessee's capital Nashville (464 km southeast), Memphis (478 km south) and Kansas City (438 km to the west).
traffic
A few miles south of the outskirts of Lebanon is Interstate 64 , which runs from St. Louis to Louisville. In the center of Lebanon, US Highway 50, which runs in a west-east direction, crosses Illinois State Route 4, which runs from north to south . All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.
A CSX Transportation railroad runs parallel to Highway 50 .
The nearest airports are St. Louis Metro-East Airport, 15.7 km north, and St. Louis Downtown Airport , 39.8 km west ; the nearest major airport is Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, 59.3 km west-northwest .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Lebanon had 4,418 people in 1,642 households. The population density was 690.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.39 people lived in the 1642 households.
The racial the population was composed of 79.4 percent white, 16.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.3 percent of the population.
17.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 44,544 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,455. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder.Retrieved December 31, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed December 31, 2012
