Paderborn (Illinois)
| Paderborn, Il | |||
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Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1861 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | St. Clair County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 22 ′ N , 90 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 43 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 21.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | approx. 2 km 2 (approx. Err mi 2 ) of which 2 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 151 m | ||
| Postal code : | 62298 | ||
| Area code : | +1 618 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-57160 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 2583441 | ||
Paderborn (Illinois, USA) (short: Paderborn, IL ) is a census-designated place in St. Clair County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois .
Paderborn, IL is very small: a church and community hall, together with an inn, form the center of the village, which has only about 10 houses. The place is characterized by agriculture.
geography
The distance to the city center of Waterloo is around 12 km. St. Louis (in neighboring Missouri ) is about 37 km, Chicago about 500 km north. Belleville , the twin town of Paderborn in North Rhine-Westphalia , is also 19 km to the north. The Mississippi flows about 35 km west of Paderborn and forms the border with Missouri.
history
From around 1800 French settlers crossed the country and some of them also settled here. (Hence place names such as "Saint Louis", "Saint Clair".) From 1830 onwards there was an onslaught of German settlers, some of them from other areas of the USA, but most of them directly from Germany.
In 1861 the pastor Wilhelm Busch gave the German settlement “German Settlement of Prairie du Long” the name “Paderborn”.
A Catholic church was built as early as 1859 and was consecrated to St. Michael . The names on the gravestones in the old cemetery next to the church are reminiscent of the German immigrants of the 19th century .
traffic
Streets
The Illinois Route 3 and Illinois Route 156 pass nearby in north-south or east-west direction.
Aviation
Sackman Field Airport (near Columbia, Illinois ) is about 10 miles to the northwest.
Town twinning
The residents of Paderborn as well as the community of St. Libory from Belleville are involved in the activities of the city partner city, which was closed in 1990 , with the East Westphalian city of Paderborn. There is a large sign in front of the church.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b German-American Circle of Friends ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
