Macoupin County

administration
Macoupin County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Carlinville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Macoupin County Office 215 S. East Street Carlinville, IL 62626
Foundation :	January 17, 1829
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	47,765 (2010)
Population density :	21.4 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	2247 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

Website : www.macoupincountyonline.net

The Macoupin County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 47,765 people and a population density of 21.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Carlinville .

Parts of Macoupin County are part of the eastern part of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area called Metro-East around the city of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Illinois in the eastern suburb of St. Louis . It has an area of 2247 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Macoupin County:

Morgan County		Sangamon County
Greene County , Jersey County		Montgomery County
	Madison County

In the north of Macoupim County is the Otter Lake , a 3 km² reservoir created by damming the Otter Creek . It was built for flood protection reasons and is now also used as a recreation and leisure facility.

history

Macoupin County was formed on January 17, 1829 from parts of Greene County and Madison County. It was named after the Indian word Macaupiana. The Indians used this word for the American lotus growing along rivers and streams .

The first verifiable whites to set foot on this land were around 350 soldiers from Fort Russell in 1812, led by Territorial Governor Ninian Edwards . The first courthouse was built in 1820 and was a typical log cabin. The cost was $ 128. The second courthouse was built of stone from 1867 to 1870 and cost around a million dollars. It was the largest county courthouse of its time in the United States and is still used as such today.

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	1990	-
1840	7826	293.3%
1850	12,355	57.9%
1860	24,602	99.1%
1870	32,726	33%
1880	37,692	15.2%
1890	40,352	7.1%
1900	42,256	4.7%
1910	50,685	19.9%
1920	57,274	13%
1930	48,703	-15%
1940	46,304	-4.9%
1950	44.210	-4.5%
1960	43,524	-1.6%
1970	44,557	2.4%
1980	49,384	10.8%
1990	47,679	-3.5%
2000	49.019	2.8%
2010	47,765	-2.6%
1830-1890 1900-1990 2000 2010

As of the 2010 census , Macoupin County had 47,765 people in 19,612 households. The population density was 21.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.35 people lived in each of the 19,612 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.1 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,673 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,993. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Macoupin County localities

Citys

Towns

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Sangamon County

2 - partly in Jersey County}

structure

Macoupin County is divided into 26 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Barr Township	329	17-03792
Bird Township	308	17-06067
Brighton Township	4039	17-08277
Brushy Mound Township	714	17-09135
Bunker Hill Township	3346	17-09590
Cahokia Township	3378	17-10357
Carlinville Township	6665	17-11209
Chesterfield Township	855	17-13178
Dorchester Township	1550	17-20383
Gillespie Township	3882	17-29249
Girard Township	2466	17-29405
Hillyard Township	686	17-35242
Honey Point Township	155	17-35996

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Mount Olive Township	3274	17-51037
Nilwood Township	637	17-53052
North Otter Township	816	17-54040
North Palmyra Township	854	17-54053
Polk Township	563	17-60924
Scottville Township	333	17-68419
Shaws Point Township	532	17-69121
Shipman Township	1433	17-69576
South Otter Township	465	17-71123
South Palmyra Township	747	17-71136
Staunton Township	5795	17-72416
Virden Township	3671	17-78162
Western Mound Township	272	17-80229

Macoupin County's townships

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 424257. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

↑ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Macoupin County, IL ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2011 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 December 18, 2012 @1@ 2

^ ^A ^b National Association of Counties.Retrieved December 18, 2012

^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011

^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011

↑ Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 18, 2012@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu

Web links

Commons : Macoupin County, Illinois - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

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[1] GNIS-ID: 424257. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).