Marshall (Illinois)

Clark County

17-47163

Marshall is a town and the administrative seat of Clark County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Marshall had 3,771 inhabitants.

About 4 km southwest of Marshall is the Lincoln Trail State Park, which is used as a recreation area.

Geography

Marshall is located at 39 ° 23'34 " north latitude and 87 ° 41'37 " west longitude. The city stretches over 8.2 km ² to 8.1 nbsp; distribute km ² land and 0.1 km ² water surface.

Marshall is located about 15 km west of the border with the state of Indiana.

Through the city leads the running in the south-west north-east U.S. Highway 40, the Illinois State Route 1 crosses the city center. About 2 km north of the city runs parallel to Highway 40 and Interstate 70

About 27.4 km from Terre Haute, there are 142 kilometers in a north-easterly direction to Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana. Chicago is located 296 km to the north, Illinois ' capital Springfield 198 km west- north-westerly direction, St. Louis, Missouri 253 km to the southwest and Kentucky's largest city of Louisville 277 km to the south.

History

Marshall was created in 1835 by William B. Archer. 1863, ie during the Civil War, Marshall was the scene of clashes between the government and the so-called Copperheads. In March 1863 a unit of the Union Army from Indiana took down some deserters. Then, a local judge ordered the immediate release of the deserters, and had two sergeants of the army arrested for kidnapping. The result was that 250 soldiers were under the command of Colonel herbeordert Henry B. Carrington from Indianapolis. The courthouse was occupied, freeing the sergeant again and put those responsible in jail.

Marshall was the home of mobile phone in 1950 Writers' Colony, including the best-selling author James Jones belonged. He built a house in Marshall and lived here from 1952 until 1957.

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 3,771 was determined. These distributed to 1,655 households in 1,002 families. The population density was 463.7 / km ². There were 1,832 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 225.3 / km ².

The population was in 2000 from 98.33 % White, 0.29 % African American, 0.13 % Native Americans, 0.16 % Asian, and 0.24 % other. 0.85 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.48 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

23.7% were under the age of 18, 8.0 % from 18 to 24, 26.7 % 25-44, 19.8% from 45 to 64 and 21.9 % 65 and older. The average age was 39 years. For every 100 females were statistically 84.4 men in the over 18 -year-olds 80.9.

The average income per household was $ 33,413, the average family income is $ 42,909. Men's income averaged $ 31,108, and for women about $ 21,144. The per capita income amounted to $ 19,851. Around 3.6 % of families and 6.2 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.