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Beardstown was first settled by Thomas Beard in 1819; he erected a log cabin at the edge of the Illinois River, from which he traded with the local Native Americans and ran a ferry. The town was laid out in 1827 and was incorporated as a city in 1896. During the Black Hawk War in 1832, it was a base of supplies for the Illinois troops. [8]
Black Hawk War: Native Victory 1+ United States vs Kickapoo: St. Vrain Massacre: May 19, 1832 Near present-day Pearl City, Illinois: Black Hawk War: Native Victory 4 United States vs Ho-Chunk or Sauk and Fox: Plum River raid: May 21, 1832 Near present-day Savanna, Illinois: Black Hawk War: 0 United States vs Sauk or Fox: Battle of Kellogg's ...
The population density was 229.63 inhabitants per square mile (88.66/km 2). There were 2,716 housing units at an average density of 92.82 per square mile (35.84/km 2 ). The racial makeup of the township was 54.06% White , 10.25% African American , 1.56% Native American , 1.44% Asian , 0.49% Pacific Islander , 22.00% from other races , and 10.19 ...
The population density was 36.3 inhabitants per square mile (14.0/km 2). There were 5,836 housing units at an average density of 15.5 per square mile (6.0/km 2 ). [ 4 ] The racial makeup of the county was 86.3% white, 3.1% black or African American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 8.7% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races.
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.16% of the population. There were 219 households, out of which 42.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.30% were married couples living together, 11.42% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 19.18% were non-families. 7.80% of all households were made up of individuals ...
Illinois Route 125 (IL-125) is a major 37.10 miles (59.71 km) [1] highway in the central portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. Illinois 125 runs east from the concurrent U.S. Route 67 and Illinois Route 100 near Beardstown to Illinois Route 97 in Farmingdale , west of Springfield .
Beardstown reached a peak of more than 6,300 residents in 1980 but within a decade withered by 17 percent to a 90-year low of fewer than 5,300 people (still 99 percent white).
Illinois Route 103 (IL 103) is a 9.18-mile-long (14.77 km) state route in west-central Illinois, United States. [1] The route, entirely in Schuyler County , runs from U.S. Route 24 (US 24) near Ripley east to the intersection of US 67 and IL 100 across the Illinois River from Beardstown .