Montgomery County, Illinois

administration
Montgomery County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Hillsboro
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Historic County Courthouse P.O. Box 595 Hillsboro, IL 62049
Foundation :	February 12, 1821
Made up from:	Madison County Bond County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	30,104 (2010)
Population density :	16.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1838 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

Website : montgomeryco.com

The Montgomery County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 30,104 residents and a population density of 16.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Hillsboro .

geography

The county is located in central southwest Illinois. It has an area of 1838 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Montgomery County:

	Sangamon County	Christian County
Macoupin County		Shelby County
Madison County	Bond County	Fayette County

history

Richard Montgomery

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2953	-
1840	4490	52%
1850	6277	39.8%
1860	13,979	122.7%
1870	25,314	81.1%
1880	28,078	10.9%
1890	30.003	6.9%
1900	30,836	2.8%
1910	35,311	14.5%
1920	41,403	17.3%
1930	35,278	-14.8%
1940	34,499	-2.2%
1950	32,460	-5.9%
1960	31,244	-3.7%
1970	30,260	-3.1%
1980	31,686	4.7%
1990	30,728	-3%
2000	30,652	-0.2%
2010	30,104	-1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Montgomery County was formed on February 12, 1821 from parts of Madison County and Bond County. It was named after Richard Montgomery , a general of Irish descent during the Revolutionary War.

When the first settlers arrived in the Montgomery County area around 1810, it was still home to the Kickapoo Indians, who migrated to the southeast. The newcomers built their first log cabins along Hurricane Creek . After the War of 1812, the government granted each soldier a bonus of 160 acres in Illinois for their participation in the war.

On March 21, 1821, the self-appointed county commission of three people determined that the new county administration should be about three miles away from present-day Hillsboro and named this place Hamilton. So a new settlement of log houses with this name was built at this point. Gradually shops, stores and a courthouse were added. The county seat was later moved to Newton Coffey, on the site of what is now Hillboro-Downtown. The first courthouse was built in 1824. The second followed in 1833 and the third in 1854. The fourth courthouse, which is still in use today, was completed in 1873 and cost $ 100,000 at the time.

Territorial development

Montgomery County from its founding in 1821 to 1827
1827 to 1839
1839 until today

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Montgomery County had 30,104 people in 11,667 households. The population density was 16.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 11,667 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 3.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 47.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 41,925 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,205. 14.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Montgomery County

Citys

Nokomis
Witt

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partly in Bond County

2 - partly in Christian County

3 - partly in Christian and Sangamon Counties}

structure

Montgomery County is divided into 19 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Audubon Township	552	17-02960
Bois D'Arc Township	956	17-07107
Butler Grove Township	775	17-10175
East Fork Township	4138	17-21761
Fillmore Township	616	17-26090
Grisham Township	629	17-31836
Harvel Township	243	17-33370
Hillsboro Township	5501	17-35060
Irving Township	1006	17-37751
Nokomis Township	2939	17-53182

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
North Litchfield Township	5148	17-53949
Pitman Township	508	17-60183
Raymond Township	1200	17-62978
Rountree Township	240	17-66092
South Fillmore Township	244	17-70772
South Litchfield Township	3408	17-70928
Walshville Township	347	17-78669
Witt Township	1163	17-82738
Zanesville Township	491	17-84129