Randolph County (Illinois)

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Randolph County Courthouse
Randolph County Courthouse
administration
US state : Illinois
Administrative headquarters : Chester
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
1 Taylor Street
Chester, IL 62233-1970
Foundation : October 5, 1795
Made up from: St. Clair County
Area code : 001 618
Demographics
Residents : 33,476  (2010)
Population density : 22.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1547 km²
Water surface : 49 km²
map
Map of Randolph County within Illinois
Website : www.randolphco.org

The Randolph County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 33,476 residents and a population density of 22.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Chester .

geography

The county is located in southwest Illinois at the confluence of the Kaskaskia River with the Mississippi , which also forms the border with Missouri . It has an area of ​​1547 square kilometers, of which 49 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Randolph County:

Monroe County St. Clair County Washington County
Compass card (de) .svg Perry County
Ste. Genevieve County,
Missouri
Perry County,
Missouri
Jackson County

history

Randolph
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1800 1103 -
1810 7275 559.6%
1820 3492 -52%
1830 4429 26.8%
1840 7944 79.4%
1850 11,079 39.5%
1860 17.205 55.3%
1870 20,859 21.2%
1880 25,690 23.2%
1890 25,049 -2.5%
1900 28.001 11.8%
1910 29,120 4%
1920 29,109 -0%
1930 29,313 0.7%
1940 33,608 14.7%
1950 31,673 -5.8%
1960 29,988 -5.3%
1970 31,379 4.6%
1980 35,652 13.6%
1990 34,583 -3%
2000 33,893 -2%
2010 33,476 -1.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Randolph County was formed from part of St. Clair County in the Illinois Territory on October 5, 1795 , 23 years before the state was founded. It was named after Edmund Randolph (1753–1813), a former governor of Virginia (1786–1788) and later Secretary of State of the United States (1794–1795).

Randolph County's history begins with the indigenous people of various tribes who settled in the area. The area was first explored by Europeans in 1673 when Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette of Canada came down the Mississippi River . The next European would have been La Salle , who came via the southern route and began his expedition in 1682. He named the initial area based on the French king Louisiana and took possession of it for France. He may also have been the founder of Kaskaskia and Cahokia. There is evidence that he founded Fort St. Louis . This gave the French access to this area.

The next conqueror was the Frenchman Phillip Renault . He founded St. Phillips in 1719 in the southwest of what is now Monroe County. He began to build mines in search of gold and silver. This led to an enlargement of the explored area, but he found nothing. Fort Chartres was built by a Boisbriant from 1720 , and Kaskaskia was a trading post in 1721.

In 1762 the Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed between the French and the British, whereby all French possessions east of the Mississippi fell to the British. As a result, the previously sparsely populated land emptied again, as many French did not want to live in the now British-administered area and British settlers slowly moved into this area. The American settlers began with the settlement after 1778. Until 1809 the area, like most of today's Illinois, was under different rule before it became the Free Territory of Illinois.

Territorial development

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Randolph County had 33,476 people in 12,093 households. The population density was 22.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.33 people in each of the 12,093 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.6 percent white, 9.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.6 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.8 percent were 65 years or older. 45.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,160  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,938. 13.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Randolph County localities

Citys

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Randolph County is divided into 20 precincts :

Presinct Population
(2010)
FIPS
Baldwin precinct 879    17-90306
Bremen precinct 443    17-90504
Brewerville precinct 285    17-90522
Central precinct 445    17-90702
Chester precinct 9314    17-90738
Coulterville precinct 1418    17-90864
Ellis Grove precinct 953    17-91170
Evansville precinct 1015    17-91206
Kaskaskia precinct 47    17-91818
Palestine precinct 601    17-92358
Presinct Population
(2010)
FIPS
Percy precinct 1223    17-92394
Prairie du Rocher precinct 974    17-92520
Red Bud precinct 4692    17-92970
Rockwood precinct 270    17-93042
Ruma precinct 817    17-93060
Sparta precinct 5387    17-93222
Steeleville precinct 2668    17-93240
Tilden precinct 1156    17-93438
Walsh precinct 454    17-93600
Wine Hill precinct 435    17-93834

See also

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 1784967. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Randolph County, IL Retrieved January 3, 2013
  3. a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved January 3, 2013
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 15, 2011
  6. Missouri Census Data Center - Illinois  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 3, 2013@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / mcdc.missouri.edu  

Web links

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Coordinates: 38 ° 3 ′  N , 89 ° 49 ′  W