Pope County, Illinois

administration
Pope County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Golconda
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Pope County Courthouse Golconda, IL 62938
Foundation :	January 10, 1816
Made up from:	Gallatin County Johnson County
Area code :	001 618
Demographics
Residents :	4470 (2010)
Population density :	4.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	970 km²
Water surface :	10 km²
map

The Pope County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 the county had 4,470 residents and a population density of 4.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Golconda .

geography

The county is located in southern Illinois on the Ohio River , which forms the border with Kentucky . It has an area of 970 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Pope County:

Williamson County	Saline County
Johnson County		Hardin County
Massac County		Livingston County, Kentucky

history

Nathaniel Pope

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	2610	-
1830	3316	27%
1840	4094	23.5%
1850	3975	-2.9%
1860	6742	69.6%
1870	11,437	69.6%
1880	13,256	15.9%
1890	14,016	5.7%
1900	13,585	-3.1%
1910	11,215	-17.4%
1920	9625	-14.2%
1930	7996	-16.9%
1940	7999	0%
1950	5779	-27.8%
1960	4061	-29.7%
1970	3857	-5%
1980	4404	14.2%
1990	4373	-0.7%
2000	4413	0.9%
2010	4470	1.3%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Pope County was formed on January 10, 1816 from Gallatin Counties and Johnson Counties. It was named after Nathaniel Pope (1784-1850), the first secretary of the Illinois Territory (1809 to 1816) and the last Illinois Territory delegate in Congress.

The first settlers were Scots and Irish, after which mainly German immigrants came to this area. In 1839, the eastern portion of Pope County was separated, from which Hardin County was formed. Golconda, the seat of the county administration, was founded in 1797, albeit under the name Sahrahsville, after Sarah Lusk, daughter of a Virginia senator and widow of Major Lusk, who built and operated the first ferry there in 1797. Sarah Lusk got the license to continue operating the ferry in 1804 and was the first woman in America to receive such a license. The first courthouse was completed in 1820 and the one still in use today in 1873.

Territorial development

Pope County from its founding in 1816 to 1839
1839 to 1843
1843 to 1847
1847 until today

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Pope County had 4,470 people in 1,751 households. The population density was 4.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in 1751 households.

The racial the population was composed of 91.7 percent white, 6.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

18.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 47.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 37,177 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,681. 18.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Pope County localities

City

Golconda

Village

Eddyville

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Pope County is divided into six precincts :

district	Population (2010)	FIPS
Eddyville No. 6 precinct	792	17-91116
Golconda No. 1 precinct	707	17-91386
Golconda No. 2 precinct	952	17-91404
Golconda No. 3 precinct	668	17-91422
Jefferson No. 4 precinct	485	17-91746
Webster No. 5 precinct	866	17-93654