Nashville (Illinois)
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | June 8, 1830 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| County : | Washington County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 21 ′ N , 89 ° 23 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,147 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 456.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 7.2 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 6.9 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 158 m |
| Postal code : | 62263 |
| Area code : | +1 618 |
| FIPS : | 17-51700 |
| GNIS ID : | 414290 |
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Nashville is a city and county seat of Washington County, Illinois in the south of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2000 the population was 3,147. The Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court , Harry Blackmun , was born in 1908 in Nashville.
geography
Nashville's geographic coordinates are 38 ° 21 ' N , 89 ° 23' W (38.348076, -89.381660). The place is on the eastern edge of the township named after her , at the intersection of Illinois State Route 15 (in an east-west direction; Main Street or East St. Louis Street ) and Illinois Route 127 (in a north-south direction, Mill Street ). In addition, the Missouri-Illinois Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (today the CSX Transportation route ) crossed here, with a connecting curve from east to southwest. The tracks of the former Missouri-Illinois Railroad including the connecting curve have now been dismantled.
According to the 2010 United States Census Bureau , Nashville has a total area of 7.28 km 2 , of which 7.04 km 2 (or 96.83%) is land and 0.23 km 2 (or 3.17%) There are no bodies of water.
Nashville is not far from the source of Nashville Creek , a tributary of the Little Crooked Creek flowing in a northwest direction to the Kaskaskia River . Directly southeast of Nashville is the headwaters of Beaucoup Creek , which flows south to the Big Muddy River .
history
Nashville was categorized under the name New Nashville in 1830; The place was founded by three men who named it after their hometown Nashville, Tennessee . On October 31, 1831, a post office was set up under the name Nashville.
Personalities
- Harry Blackmun , US Supreme Court Justice, was born in Nashville in 1908
- William St. John Forman , former Congressman and Mayor of Nashville, lived here from 1851
- Hugh Green was born on a farm near Nashville in 1887
- Byron O. House , Illinois Supreme Court judge , lived in Nashville
- Lloyd A. Karmeier , Illinois Supreme Court judge, lives in Nashville and has served as a Circuit Court judge covering the area
- Ralph L. Maxwell , Illinois Supreme Court judge, was born in Nashville in 1905
- Thomas B. Needles , politician, ran a shop here
- Kirk Rueter , former pitcher for the San Francisco Giants , graduated from high school in Nashville and lives just outside the city limits
National Register of Historic Places
Nashville is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
| Ref.No. | Surname | address | date |
| 85000496 | Louisville and Nashville Depot | 101 E. Railroad St. | March 1, 1985 |
Demographics
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 872 | - | |
| 1870 | 1640 | 88.1% | |
| 1880 | 2222 | 35.5% | |
| 1890 | 2084 | -6.2% | |
| 1900 | 2184 | 4.8% | |
| 1910 | 2135 | -2.2% | |
| 1920 | 2209 | 3.5% | |
| 1930 | 2243 | 1.5% | |
| 1940 | 2418 | 7.8% | |
| 1950 | 2432 | 0.6% | |
| 1960 | 2606 | 7.2% | |
| 1970 | 3027 | 16.2% | |
| 1980 | 3186 | 5.3% | |
| 1990 | 3202 | 0.5% | |
| 2000 | 3147 | -1.7% | |
| 2010 | 3258 | 3.5% | |
| 2016 estimate | 3109 | -4.6% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
At the time of the United States Census 2000, Nashville was inhabited by 3,147 people. The population density was 453.4 people per km 2 . There were 1421 housing units, an average of 204.7 per km 2 . The Nashville population was 98.73% White , 0.16% Black or African American , 0.13% Native American , 0.38% Asian , 0.10% Pacific Islander , 0.19% said others Belonging to races and 0.32% named two or more races. 0.79% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Nashville were distributed among 1,324 households out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18. 54.3% of households were married, 10.3% had a female head of household without a husband, and 33.2% were not families. 30.4% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 17.4% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.92.
The population was divided into 24.6% minors, 7.4% 18–24 year olds, 27.5% 25–44 year olds, 22.3% 45–64 year olds and 18.3% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 women there were 87.1 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 85.2 men.
The median household income in Nashville was 42,097 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 51,875 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 34,020 compared with $ 24,010 for women. The per capita income was $ 21,935. 4.4% of the population and 1.9% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 2.8% of minors and 9.6% of those aged 65 and over.
supporting documents
- ↑ G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1 ( English ) United States Census Bureau . Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ^ History of Washington County, Illinois: With Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers ( English ). Brink, McDonough, 1879, p. 43.
- ↑ Edward Callary: Place Names of Illinois ( English ). University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago 2009, ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8 .
- ^ National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Population and Housing Unit Estimates ( English ) Retrieved on March 18, 2018th
- ^ Census of Population and Housing ( English ) Census.gov. Retrieved March 18, 2018.