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American Revolutionary War: US Victory 0 United States vs Great Britain: Battle of St. Louis: May 25, 1780 Present-day Cahokia, Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri: Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish/US Victory 25+ United States and Spain vs Great Britain and Indian Nations: Battle of Fort Dearborn: August 15, 1812 Present-day Chicago, Illinois: War of 1812
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]
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% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 37.83% of the population.
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.
The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 2.76. The village's age distribution consisted of 21.7% under the age of 18, 4.2% from 18 to 24, 12.4% from 25 to 44, 34.8% from 45 to 64, and 26.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
[5] [6] The village was named for John A. Dahlgren (1809–1870), a U.S. naval officer prominent during the American Civil War. [7] On March 29, 1872, the official founding date of the village, A. M. Sturman executed a Deed of Dedication whereby he ceded 1 square mile of land centered on present day Main and 3rd Streets to formally layout the town.
The population density was 1,179.2 inhabitants per square mile (455.3/km 2). There were 1,166 housing units at an average density of 471.4 per square mile (182.0/km 2 ). The racial makeup of the city was 97.70% White , 0.41% African American , 0.14% Native American , 0.31% Asian , 0.31% from other races , and 1.13% from two or more races.
Groveland is an unincorporated community in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States.It has a small library, a school which is now a church, gas station, war memorial, country store with restaurant and chapel, churches, Pyramid Printing Inc. and a handful of other small businesses.