Glen Carbon, Illinois

Madison County

17-29639

Glen Carbon is a village with 10,425 inhabitants ( 2000) in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located 23 km north-east of St. Louis in neighboring Missouri and is part of Madison County.

The place is located in the Metro - East called the eastern part of the metropolitan area of Greater St. Louis.

Geography

Glen Carbon Geographical coordinates loud 38 ° 46 ' N, 89 ° 58' W38.759722222222 - 89.969166666667 ( 38.759801, -89.969204 ). According to the U.S. Census Bureau from the year 2010, the Village has an area of 26.4 km ², of which 26.0 km ² of land and 0.39 km ² omitted ( = 1.47 %) to water. The boundaries of the north-east of St. Louis situated town is hilly, irregularly shaped, and the building is not contiguous. In the northwest, north and northeast of Glen Carbon adjacent to Edwardsville, are on the other sides uninkorporierte parts of Edwardsville Township. Glen Carbon is to the east crossed by the west by Interstate 270 in north-south direction, the Illinois State Route 159, the town boundary runs through the town, the Illinois State Route 157 is to the northwest. The leading in west-east direction Illinois State Route 152 just south of the urban area. A former railway line runs through the southwest Glen Carbon and forms to the southeast the city limits. The eastern city limits coincide with the route of a disused railway line.

The urban area is drained by several rivers that flow south to Judy's Branch. Thus Collinsville is located in the catchment area of Cahokia Creek and about this the Mississippi River. Within the urban area there are several lakes and water reservoirs.

History

The village got its name from James Harry Lister, a native Englishman who was one of the first local councils. Originally it was known as Glen Carbon, which means " Valley of coal " means something, but according to tradition, the sequences of the two words was reversed because Lister's daughter took the view that it would sound better. A post office was established on January 6, 1892.

Demography

At the time of the census of 2000, there were 10,425 persons Glen Carbon. The population density was 542.5 people per km ². There were 4236 housing units at an average 220.4 per km ². The population consisted of Glen Carbon 89.09 % White, 6.96 % African American, 0.20 % Native American, 2.12% Asian, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 0.41 % reported other to belong to races and 1.17 % from two or more races. 1.50 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The residents of Glen Carbon distributed to 4011 households out of which 34.9 % were living in children under 18 years. 59.6 % married couples living together, 8.1 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8 % were non-families. 22.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.8 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size is 3.06.

The population was spread out with 25.3 % under the, 10.2% of 18-24 year olds, 30.0 % 25 -44- year-old, 23.5% 45-64 year olds and 11.0 % under the age of 65 years or more. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women, 91.5 men.

The median household income in Glen Carbon was 55 841 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 72 182 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 50.086 U.S. dollars, compared to 31 689 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 26 374 U.S. dollars. 5.8 % of the population and 3.2% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 5.8 % of minors and 6.2 % of those age 65 or over.

Documents

Census-designated places (CDP ) Holiday Shores | Mitchell | Rosewood Heights

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