Madison (Illinois)

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Madison
Madison (Illinois)
Madison
Madison
Location in Illinois
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
Counties : Madison County
St. Clair County
Coordinates : 38 ° 41 ′  N , 90 ° 9 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 41 ′  N , 90 ° 9 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,891 (as of 2010)
Population density : 102.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 45 km 2  (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of
which 38 km 2  (approx. 15 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 126 m
Postal code : 62060
Area code : +1 618
FIPS : 17-45993
GNIS ID : 412824
Website : cityofmadisonil.com
Mayor : John W. Hamm

Madison is a city (with the status " City ") in Madison County and to a lesser extent in St. Clair County in the west of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Madison had 3891 residents.

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

The Chain of Rocks Bridge between Madison and St. Louis, listed in the NRHP since 2006
Chain of Rocks Canal with the lowest Mississippi lock

Madison is located in the northeastern suburb of St. Louis on the Mississippi , which forms the border with the state of Missouri. Madison lies at 38 ° 40'57 "north latitude and 90 ° 09'25" west longitude and extends over 45 km², which is spread over 38 km² of land and 7 km² of water.

At the level of the city of Madison, the Mississippi is not navigable, so river navigation overcomes this section via the Chain of Rocks Canal . The Chain of Rocks Lock is also the lowest and last lock on the upper Mississippi and the only one below the mouth of the Missouri .

The listed Chain of Rocks Bridge spans the parallel Mississippi. Since the New Chain of Rocks Bridge was completed, the old bridge has been closed to motor vehicle traffic and can only be crossed by pedestrians and cyclists.

In the northeast, the urban area borders on Horseshoe Lake State Park , which is located on an oxbow lake that is no longer connected to the Mississippi.

The city of Madison is located in the Venice , Nameoki and Chouteau Townships of Madison Counties and the Canteen and Stites Townships of St. Clair Counties .

Neighboring places to Madison are Granite City (on the northern outskirts), Fairmont City (on the eastern outskirts), Washington Park (11 km southeast), Brooklyn (on the southwestern outskirts), Venice (on the western outskirts). On the opposite bank of the Mississippi, in the northwest, are the towns of Glasgow Village and Bellefontaine Neighbors . Further south joins the urban area of ​​St. Louis, the center of which is 10.1 km southwest.

traffic

The new (front) and the old (rear) Chain of Rocks Bridge

Interstates 55 and 70 run along the south-eastern outskirts on a shared route . Along the Mississippi herein the Illinois portion extending Great River Road forming Illinois State Route 3 . Illinois State Routes 111 and 203 also meet in the urban area of ​​Madison . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads and inner-city roads.

In the urban area of ​​Madison run several railway lines of the Union Pacific Railroad and Norfolk Southern Railway , which lead from here to St. Louis.

The St. Louis Downtown Airport is 17 km south, the larger Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport is 23.7 km northwest of Madison.

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Madison had 3,891 people in 1,573 households. The population density was 102.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.45 people in each of the 1573 households.

The racial the population was composed of 39.7 percent white, 55.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 29,896  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,311. 26.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Personalities

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 30, 2012
  2. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 06001091. Retrieved June 30, 2012
  3. structurae - Chain of Rocks Bridge.Retrieved June 30, 2012
  4. Trailnet, operator of the bridge Accessed June 30, 2012
  5. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 30, 2012

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