Monticello (Illinois)
| Monticello | |||
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 Piatt County Courthouse |
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| Location in Illinois | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1829 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Piatt County | ||
| Coordinates : | 40 ° 2 ′ N , 88 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,138 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 658.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.8 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 201 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61856 | ||
| Area code : | +1 217 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-50244 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 413750 | ||
| Website : | www.monticelloillinois.net | ||
| Mayor : | Chris Corrie | ||
Monticello is a small town in Piatt County in the US state of Illinois . After the census from 2000 Monticello had 5,138 inhabitants. The city is the seat of the county government ( County Seat ).
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 3.0 square miles , which corresponds to (7.7 km² ).
Attractions
One of the places of interest is Robert Allerton Park , which is directly adjacent to the city , and there is also a conference center for the University of Illinois in Urbana - Champaign . The park is named after a wealthy private citizen who had it laid out and decorated with statues. The most famous statue is the "Sun Singer" located in the center of the park.
history
The first settler in Monticello was George Haworth in 1822, who acted as a liaison with local Indian tribes . However, the beginning of permanent settlement falls in 1829 and goes back to James A. Piatt, after whom the county was later named.
In 1837 the actual city came into being. Abraham Marquiss, William Barnes, James McReynolds, and James A. Piatt Jr. formed a public company and purchased land from James A. Piatt. Under the proposal, McReynolds' According to the city after the estate of was Thomas Jefferson in the name of Monticello baptized. The city's official founding date is July 1, 1837, but the founding celebrations did not take place until three days later. As early as January 27, 1841, the local county with Monticello as the county seat was established.
Demographic data
In 2000, 5,138 people in 2,146 households and 1,446 families lived in Monticello . The population density was 665.7 inhabitants / km². There were 2,226 residential buildings with an average density of 288.4 / km². The population parts in the census were 99.01% white, 0.08% African-American , 0.14% indigenous population, 0.14% Asians, 0.02% Oceanians, 0.08% other, and 0.54% of divided descent. Hispanics and Latinos had a share of 0.80%.
Of the 2,146 households, 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living in the household. 58.4% of the households belonged to married couples, 6.8% to single mothers, 32.6% did not form families. 29.7% were single households, 16.6% were single households whose corresponding person was older than 65 years. The average household size in 2000 was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.91. The city shows a balanced age structure with relatively similar proportions of the individual age cohorts. The average age of the residents was 42 years.
sons and daughters of the town
- Rolla C. McMillen (1880–1961), politician
- William Henry Babcock (1849–1916), lawyer, writer and poet