Bishop Hill, Illinois

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Bishop Hill is a village in Henry County, Illinois, along the South Edwards River. The population was 125 at the 2000 census. It is the home of the Bishop Hill State Historic Site, a park operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demographics
4 External links

[edit] Geography

Bishop Hill is located at 41°12′3″N, 90°7′6″W (41.200711, -90.118327).^GR1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.4 km² (0.5 mi²), all land.

[edit] History

The village was founded in 1846 by Swedish immigrants affiliated with the Pietist movement, led by Erik Jansson, seeking a haven from religious persecution. Villagers lived as a collective religious colony in 1846-1861; as the Civil War broke out, the congregation dissolved.

The Janssonist emigrants were the first significant group of men and women to move from Sweden to the United States. Letters home from Janssonists to their friends and family, telling of the fertile agricultural land in the interior of North America, stimulated substantial migration for several decades and the formation of the Swedish-American ethnic community of the American Midwest.

Surviving buildings built by the Janssonists are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bishop Hill is interpreted as a living community of Swedish-American heritage.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 125 people, 56 households, and 38 families residing in the village. The population density was 89.4/km² (232.0/mi²). There were 59 housing units at an average density of 42.2/km² (109.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 100.00% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.80% of the population.

There were 56 households out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.69.

In the village the population was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 16.0% from 25 to 44, 38.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $47,083, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $38,214 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the village was $26,145. None of the population and none of the families were below the poverty line.

[edit] External links

Bishop Hill information
www.bishophill.com
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	Municipalities and Communities of Henry County, Illinois (County Seat: Cambridge)
Cities, Towns and Villages	Alpha \| Andover \| Annawan \| Atkinson \| Bishop Hill \| Cambridge \| Cleveland \| Coal Valley \| Colona \| Fairbank \| Galva \| Geneseo \| Green Rock \| Hooppole \| Kewanee \| Lynn Center \| Nekoma \| Opheim \| Ophiem \| Orion \| Sunny Hill Estates \| Sunny Hill \| Swedona \| Ulah \| Warner \| Woodhull
Townships	Alba \| Andover \| Annawan \| Atkinson \| Burns \| Cambridge \| Clover \| Colona \| Cornwall \| Edford \| Galva \| Geneseo \| Hanna \| Kewanee \| Loraine \| Lynn \| Munson \| Osco \| Oxford \| Phoenix \| Weller \| Western \| Wethersfield \| Yorktown