Schuyler County, Illinois

administration
Schuyler County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Rushville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 200 Rushville, IL 62681-0200
Foundation :	January 13, 1825
Made up from:	Pike County
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	7544 (2010)
Population density :	6.7 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	1143 km²
Water surface :	11 km²
map

Website : www.schuylercountyillinois.com

The Schuyler County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 7,544 residents and a population density of 6.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Rushville .

geography

The county is located in western Illinois on the right bank of the Illinois River , about 50 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Missouri and Iowa . It has an area of 1143 square kilometers, of which eleven square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Schuyler County:

Hancock County	McDonough County	Fulton County
		Mason County
Adams County	Brown County	Cass County

history

Philip Schuyler

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1830	2959	-
1840	6972	135.6%
1850	10,573	51.6%
1860	14,684	38.9%
1870	17,419	18.6%
1880	16,249	-6.7%
1890	16,013	-1.5%
1900	16,129	0.7%
1910	14,852	-7.9%
1920	13,285	-10.6%
1930	11,676	-12.1%
1940	11,430	-2.1%
1950	9613	-15.9%
1960	8746	-9%
1970	8135	-7%
1980	8365	2.8%
1990	7498	-10.4%
2000	7189	-4.1%
2010	7544	4.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Schuyler County was formed on January 13, 1825 as the 31st County in Illinois from parts of Pike County . It was named after Philip Schuyler , a general in the American Revolutionary War and US Senator from New York .

In 1826, Rushville was chosen as the administrative seat after 20 rounds of voting. The first courthouse was built in the same year. On January 18, 1827, the county received the first postal office. The former prison now serves as a museum.

Territorial development

Schuyler County from its founding in 1825 to 1826
1826 to 1830
1830 to 1839
1839 until today

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 7,544 people in 3,081 households in Schuyler County. The population density was 6.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.38 people lived in 3081 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 3.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.6 percent of the population.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.5 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 22,215 USD . The per capita income was $ 43,902. 15.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Schuyler County

City

Rushville

Villages

Unincorporated Communities

structure

Schuyler County is divided into 13 townships :

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Bainbridge Township	639	17-03350
Birmingham Township	151	17-06132
Brooklyn Township	216	17-08693
Browning Township	399	17-08966
Buena Vista Township	1849	17-09395
Camden Township	229	17-10708
Frederick Township	176	17-27793

Township	Population (2010)	FIPS
Hickory Township	154	17-34462
Huntsville Township	150	17-36776
Littleton Township	336	17-44069
Oakland Township	135	17-54794
Rushville Township	2722	17-66352
Woodstock Township	388	17-83362