Wood River (Illinois)
| Wood River | |
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 Downtown Wood River |
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| Location in Madison County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1908 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| County : | Madison County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 52 ′ N , 90 ° 5 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 11,296 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 728.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 15.5 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) of which 15.5 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 133 m |
| Postcodes : | 62095 |
| Area code : | +1 618 |
| FIPS : | 17-83271 |
| GNIS ID : | 421410 |
| Website : | www.woodriver.org |
| Mayor : | Fred Ufert |
Wood River is a city in Madison County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2000 Wood River had 11,296 residents.
Wood River is located on the Mississippi River and is part of the region called Metro-East , which includes the eastern part of the metropolitan area around St. Louis in Missouri in Illinois .
geography
Wood River is 38 ° 51'47 "north latitude and 90 ° 05'19" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 15.5 km², which consists exclusively of land.
Wood River lies at the confluence of the Wood River with the Mississippi River, which forms the border with Missouri. The city lies between Alton in the northwest and Hartford in the south.
Illinois State Route 3 , Illinois State Route 111, and Illinois State Route 143 meet in Wood River . East of the city is the highway-like Illinois State Route 255 , which is an extension of Interstate 255 and forms the eastern bypass of the metropolitan area around St. Louis.
Wood River is 19 miles north-northeast of St. Louis, Illinois' capital city of Springfield is 82 miles north of Wood River.
history
In the winter of 1803-1804, Camp DuBois near what is now the town of Wood River was the starting point for the Lewis and Clark expedition , which had prepared the later conquest by white settlers. Until then, most of the land had been left to the indigenous people and a few fur hunters and traders.
While many cities in the region developed by leaps and bounds in the 19th century, railroad tracks and individual farmhouses determined the image of human settlement in the area of today's city. That changed only with the establishment of a Standard Oil refinery in 1907. Many of the company's workers settled in the area. In the same year, A. E. Benbow , a local entrepreneur, founded the city of Benbow City. The town of Wood River was founded in the neighborhood in 1908 and made a town. Their population increased and the city began to dominate the region. In 1917, Benbow City was incorporated into Wood River.
In the 1920s, Wood River was one of the fastest growing cities in the country and there were more workers than houses. So Standard Oil bought a number of prefabricated houses from Sears' mail order catalog .
Today Wood River is a well developed town with small businesses, shops, schools, and churches. Not far from the junction of Illinois State Routes 3 and 143 is a replica of Camp DuBois, where the time of the French trappers and the Lewis and Clark expedition is remembered every year.
Demographic data
In the 2000 census, the population was 11,296. These were distributed over 4,725 households in 2,995 families. The population density was 728.1 / km². There were 5,013 residential buildings, which corresponded to a building density of 323.1 / km².
The population in 2000 was 97.6% white , 0.6% African American , 0.3% American Indian , 0.5% Asian and 0.4% other. 0.7% said they came from at least two of these groups. 1.2% of the population consisted of Hispanics belonging to any of the above groups.
24.1% were under 18 years of age, 10.2% between 18 and 24, 28.7% between 25 and 44, 20.1% between 45 and 64 and 16.9% 65 and older. The average age was 36 years. For every 100 women there were statistically 90.3 men, and 86.6 among those over 18.
The median income per household was $ 33,875 and the median family income was $ 41,688. The average income for men was $ 35,097 and that of women was $ 24,522. The per capita income was $ 18,098. Around 13.2% of families and 14.8% of the total population had their income below the poverty line .
Rail transport
Wood River is on the edge of the St. Louis railroad junction . The Union Pacific Railroad runs through the town from St. Louis to Chicago . The former routes of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway and the Chicago and Alton Railroad will be jointly with the Kansas City Southern .
The Norfolk Southern uses the earlier routes of the Alton and Eastern Railroad and the St. Louis and Alton Railway from St. Louis to the Federal Yard in Alton and the Wiles Yard in Hartford .
The redundant lines of the Illinois Terminal Railroad have been closed. The Wood River Yard marshalling yard of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, which was last used by the Gateway Western Railway , has also been closed.
Personalities
- Ken Retzer (1934-2020), baseball player
- Jean Stothert (* 1954), politician (Republican Party), Mayor of Omaha since 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ^ Google Maps: Wood River, IL - St. Louis, MO
- ↑ Google Maps: Wood River, IL - Springfield, IL
- ^ US Census Bureau - Wood River, Illinois