Greenville (Illinois)
Bond County
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Greenville is a small town and the administrative seat of Bond County in the south of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Greenville had 6,955 inhabitants.
In Greenville, the Greenville College is a liberal arts college, which is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church.
Geography
Greenville is located at 38 ° 53'22 " north latitude and 89 ° 24'13 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 13.2 km ², which consists exclusively of land area.
87 km southwest of Greenville is located in St. Louis, Missouri, where the Mississippi River forms the border between the states of Illinois and Missouri.
On the southern outskirts of U.S. Highway 40 and runs parallel to this Interstate 70 on their way from St. Louis to Indianapolis. After the intersection with Interstate 70 and Highway 40, the Illinois State Route 127 leads to the center of Greenville, where the Illinois State Route 140 crosses.
Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 114 km to the north. Louisville, Kentucky 's largest city, 400 km is located in the southeast. Iowa's capital Des Moines is located 597 km to the northwest.
History
The coaching of Greenville there since 1819, in 1855 the village was raised to the city, the City status was awarded to Greenville in 1872.
For the name of the city there are a number of different explanations. One theory is that named after the Revolutionary War General Nathanael Greene town of Greenville in North Carolina was for the naming sponsor. Another theory leads to the early settler Thomas White, who felt the area " so green and beautiful." A third theory sees the reason for naming the name of the first merchant of the city, Green P. Rice founded.
During the 1840s helped a number of citizens of Bond County about the Underground Railroad escaped slaves from the South to freedom. The slaves often came from Missouri in the Bond County. Rev. John Leeper hid his work for the Underground Railroad, under the guise of the mill operated by it. The practicing as a doctor in the vicinity of Greenville Doctor Henry Perrine also helped in the hidden activities of the Underground Railroad.
In 1855 the Greenville College was established under the then name Almira College.
1858 held both Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas at the congressional speeches in Greenville.
On November 21, 1915, the Liberty Bell was on her way back through the entire country of the World's Fair in San Francisco to Pennsylvania by Greenville. After this trip, the bell remained henceforth in Philadelphia and has never been moved back from there.
During the Great Depression 500 demonstrators marched on April 18, 1934 " Illinois Emergency Relief Commision " (Commission for Notfürsorge of Illinois) to protest against the slow dissemination of relief supplies to the State and the Federal Government.
Ronald Reagan came in 1980 on the occasion of the campaign for the presidential election also to Greenville and held there on the street in front of the courthouse a speech.
When Barack Obama ran in 2004 for a seat in the Senate, he came for the election campaigning and to Greenville.
Well-known residents of Greenville
- Augustana - rock band that emerged from students of Greenville College
- Job Cooper - sixth Governor of Colorado, who was born in Greenville
- Jars of Clay - Christian rock band that emerged from students of Greenville College
- Alfred Harrison Joy - astronomer, son of the former mayor and businessman FP Joy, born in Greenville
- Edwin Gerhard Krebs - biochemist, Nobel laureate, lived as a child in Greenville
- Tom Merritt - editor in chief of CNET, born in Greenville.
- Gretchen Wilson - country singer, attended Greenville High School
- Howard Zahniser - environmental activist visited the Greenville College, wrote the Wilderness Act of 1964.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 6,955 was determined. These distributed to 2,019 households in 1,280 families. The population density was 516.4 / km ². There were 2,173 buildings, which corresponds to a site density of 161.2 / km ².
The population was in 2000 from 82.40 % White, 15.44 % African American, 0.62 % Native Americans, 0.47 % Asian, and 0.37% other. 0.69 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 2.46 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
15.9% were under 18, 18.1 % from 18 to 24, 32.7 % 25-44, 18.7 % from 45 to 64 and 14.6 % 65 and older. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females were statistically 143.6 men in the over 18 year olds 152.5.
The average income per household was $ 35,650, the average family income is $ 45,557. Men's income averaged $ 26,105, and for women about $ 20,889. The per capita income amounted to $ 17,326. Around 8.8 % of families and 11.8 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.