Shelbyville, Illinois
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Shelbyville is a city in Shelby County, Illinois, along the Kaskaskia River. The population was 4,971 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Shelby County.GR6 Shelby Memorial Hospital, located in town, is the county's only hospital.
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[edit] Geography
Shelbyville is located at (39.408142, -88.799730).GR1
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.0 km² (3.9 mi²). 9.6 km² (3.7 mi²) of it is land and 0.5 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (4.90%) is water.
Shelbyville was founded in 1827 and named in honor of Isaac Shelby, hero of the Revolutionary War and Governor of Kentucky. The history of Shelbyville begins with Barnett Bone, a Tennessean who, in 1835, built a log cabin along the Kaskaskia River. His cabin eventually became the county courthouse. The first businesses were blacksmith shops, a general store and stage coach stop, and a grist mill.
The terminal moraine of the Wisconsin Glacier is located near Shelbyville. This is referred to as the Shelbyville Moraine.[1]
[edit] Shelbyville Dam
The Kaskaskia River has been dammed where it breaches the Shelbyville Moraine, forming Lake Shelbyville. The picture to the right was taken from the top of the dam.
The Army Corps of Engineers broke ground on the dam in 1963, and construction was completed in the early summer of 1970.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 4,971 people, 2,133 households, and 1,345 families residing in the city. The population density was 518.7/km² (1,345.0/mi²). There were 2,291 housing units at an average density of 239.1/km² (619.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.55% White, 0.14% African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.76% of the population.
There were 2,133 households out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.9% were non-families. 33.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 25.3% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 91.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $32,458, and the median income for a family was $39,205. Males had a median income of $31,477 versus $18,710 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,596. About 6.2% of families and 9.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.2% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.
Shelbyville is also home to the regionally-known American Tonalist painter Robert Marshall Root, most famous for his painting of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Charleston, Illinois in 1856. It is also home to Sparks College, a nationally-renown business trade school, founded in the early-1900s.
[edit] External links
- http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/Shelbyville/lakeshelbyville.htm
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Municipalities and Communities of Shelby County, Illinois (County Seat: Shelbyville) |
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| Cities, Towns and Villages | Cowden | Dollville | Duvall | Fancher | Findlay | Henton | Herborn | Herrick | Hinton | Kingman | Middlesworth | Mode | Mowequa | Oconee | Radford | Shelbyville | Sigel | Stewardson | Strasburg | Tower Hill | Westervelt | Windsor | Yantisville |
| Townships | Ash Grove | Big Spring | Clarksburg | Cold Spring | Dry Point | Flat Branch | Herrick | Holland | Lakewood | Moweaqua | Oconee | Okaw | Penn | Pickaway | Prairie | Richland | Ridge | Rose | Rural | Shelbyville | Sigel | Todds Point | Tower Hill | Windsor |
