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词条 Jefferson County, Illinois
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

     Climate and weather  Major highways  Adjacent counties 

  3. Demographics

  4. Agencies

  5. Politics

  6. Communities

     Cities  Villages  Census-designated place  Other unincorporated communities  Townships 

  7. See also

  8. References

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2018}}{{Infobox U.S. County
| county = Jefferson County
| state = Illinois
| seal =
| founded = 1819
| seat wl= Mount Vernon
| largest city wl= Mount Vernon
| area_total_sq_mi = 584
| area_land_sq_mi = 571
| area_water_sq_mi = 13
| area percentage = 2.2%
| census yr = 2010
| pop = 38827
| density_sq_mi = 68
| time zone = Central
| footnotes =
| web = http://www.jeffersoncountyillinois.com/
| ex image = Jefferson County Courthouse in Mount Vernon.jpg
| ex image cap = Jefferson County Courthouse in Mount Vernon
| district = 12th
| named for = Thomas Jefferson
}}Jefferson County is a county located in the southern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 38,827.[1] The county seat is Mount Vernon.[2]

Jefferson County comprises the Mount Vernon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is located in the southern portion known locally as "Little Egypt".

The western border of the county adjoins the Greater St. Louis consolidated metropolitan statistical area, the Metro-East region, and the St. Louis commuter region and market and viewing area.

History

The first settler in Jefferson County is believed to have been Andrew Moore. In 1810, he settled near the southeast corner of the county, near where the Goshen Road emerges from the forest of Hamilton County into what is now known as Moore's Prairie. Moore arrived from the Goshen Settlement, near Edwardsville. His migration was therefore retrograde, from the west toward the interior of the State.

In 1814, Andrew Moore departed with his eight-year-old son for Jordan's settlement, a journey from which he never returned. A skull that was believed to have been Moore's was found several years later about two miles from his cabin. Jordan's Settlement, also called Jordan's Fort, was southeast of modern Thompsonville, Illinois, about twenty miles south of Moore's cabin. This episode occurred during the War of 1812 when many of the Indian tribes were allied with the British.

In 1816, Carter Wilkey, Daniel Crenshaw and Robert Cook settled in Moore's Prairie. Daniel Crenshaw moved into Moore's cabin. This settlement is believed to be the first permanent settlement in the County.

Jefferson County was organized in 1819, out of parts of White, Edwards and Franklin Counties. It was named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, principal draftsman of the Northwest Ordinance, among other things.[3] The baseline along the northern border of the County crosses the Third Principal Meridian at the northwest corner of the County.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|584|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|571|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|13|sqmi}} (2.2%) is water.[4]

Climate and weather

{{climate chart
|Mount Vernon, Illinois
|19|37|2.45
|23|43|2.69
|33|54|3.98
|43|65|4.44
|53|75|4.58
|62|84|3.61
|66|88|3.57
|64|86|3.27
|56|79|3.11
|43|68|2.92
|34|54|4.37
|24|42|3.20
|float=right
|units=imperial
|clear=both
|source=The Weather Channel[4]}}

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Mount Vernon have ranged from a low of {{convert|19|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|88|°F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-21|°F}} was recorded in January 1994 and a record high of {{convert|114|°F}} was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|2.45|in}} in January to {{convert|4.58|in}} in May.[4]

Major highways

  • Interstate 57
  • Interstate 64
  • U.S. Highway 51
  • Illinois Route 15
  • Illinois Route 37
  • Illinois Route 142
  • Illinois Route 148

Adjacent counties

  • Marion County - north
  • Wayne County - northeast
  • Hamilton County - southeast
  • Franklin County - south
  • Perry County - southwest
  • Washington County - west

Demographics

{{US Census population
|1820= 691
|1830= 2555
|1840= 5762
|1850= 8109
|1860= 12965
|1870= 17864
|1880= 20686
|1890= 22590
|1900= 28133
|1910= 29111
|1920= 28480
|1930= 31034
|1940= 34375
|1950= 35892
|1960= 32315
|1970= 31446
|1980= 36552
|1990= 37020
|2000= 40045
|2010= 38827
|estyear=2016
|estimate=38460
|estref=[5]
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8]
1990-2000[9] 2010-2013[1]
}}{{Stack|}}

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 38,827 people, 15,365 households, and 10,140 families residing in the county.[10] The population density was {{convert|68.0|PD/sqmi}}. There were 16,954 housing units at an average density of {{convert|29.7|/sqmi}}.[11] The racial makeup of the county was 88.4% white, 8.4% black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.8% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.1% of the population.[10] In terms of ancestry, 24.3% were German, 15.8% were Irish, 13.6% were English, and 10.2% were American.[12]

Of the 15,365 households, 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.0% were non-families, and 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age was 40.6 years.[10]

The median income for a household in the county was $41,161 and the median income for a family was $51,262. Males had a median income of $41,193 versus $29,645 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,370. About 12.4% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 24.8% of those under age 18 and 10.7% of those age 65 or over.[13]

Agencies

In 2015 the county police department announced that the words "In God We Trust" will be on police squad cars.[14]

Travis Allen is the current Sheriff of Jefferson County.

Politics

Jefferson is politically a fairly typical “anti-Yankee” Southern Illinois county. Opposition to the “Yankee” Republican Party and that party’s Civil War meant that Jefferson County voted solidly Democratic until Theodore Roosevelt carried the county in his 1904 landslide. It was to again vote Republican in the greater landslides of 1920 and 1928, but otherwise was firmly Democratic until World War II.

Following the New Deal, Jasper became something of a bellwether county, voting for every winning Presidential candidate between 1928 and 2004 except in the Catholicism-influenced 1960 election, and that of 1988 which was heavily influenced by a major Midwestern drought. Disagreement with the Democratic Party’s liberal views on social issues since the 1990s has caused a powerful swing to the GOP in the past quarter-century:[15] as is typical of the Upland South, Barack Obama in 2012 and Hillary Clinton did far worse than any previous Democrat.

{{Hidden begin
|titlestyle = background:#ccccff;
|title = Presidential elections results
}}
Presidential elections results[16]
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
68.8% 11,6955.2% 879
60.1% 9,8112.6% 420
54.0% 9,3022.7% 457
60.0% 10,1600.4% 75
54.4% 8,3622.0% 313
39.6% 5,93711.9% 1,781
31.2% 5,49719.5% 3,435
49.4% 7,6240.5% 73
57.1% 9,6420.3% 43
54.9% 8,9723.7% 607
44.9% 7,4220.7% 109
59.4% 9,4480.4% 61
47.6% 7,36710.5% 1,624
39.3% 6,248196044.2% 7,7840.0% 0
54.4% 9,637195246.9% 8,6980.1% 19
45.3% 7,3930.0% 0
47.8% 7,9160.8% 139
44.1% 8,6920.7% 136
41.3% 7,2900.8% 138
35.5% 5,3331.2% 177
55.1% 7,3260.5% 70
44.6% 5,4063.8% 466
53.6% 5,7111.7% 177
46.4% 6,0282.3% 292
27.7% 1,83423.3% 1,543
47.3% 3,2103.0% 200
51.3% 3,0637.4% 442
44.2% 2,8053.3% 206
41.3% 2,6031.8% 116
37.2% 1,94918.2% 953
{{Hidden end}}

Communities

Cities

  • Mount Vernon
  • Nason

Villages

{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
  • Belle Rive
  • Bluford
  • Bonnie
  • Dix
  • Ina
  • Waltonville
  • Woodlawn
{{div col end}}

Census-designated place

  • Opdyke

Other unincorporated communities

{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
  • Bakerville
  • Boyd
  • Camp Ground
  • Cravat
  • Divide
  • Drivers
  • Idlewood
  • Harmony
  • Marcoe
  • Marlow
  • Miller Lake
  • Roaches
  • Scheller
  • Summersville
  • Texico
{{div col end}}

Townships

Jefferson County is divided into sixteen townships:

{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
  • Bald Hill
  • Blissville
  • Casner
  • Dodds
  • Elk Prairie
  • Farrington
  • Field
  • Grand Prairie
  • McClellan
  • Moore's Prairie
  • Mt. Vernon
  • Pendleton
  • Rome
  • Shiloh
  • Spring Garden
  • Webber
{{div col end}}

See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Illinois

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17081.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 6, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/607HwFHLW?url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17081.html|archivedate=July 12, 2011|df=mdy-all}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |accessdate=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archivedate=May 31, 2011 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA168#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=168}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL0815 |title=Monthly Averages for Mount Vernon, Illinois |accessdate=January 27, 2011 |publisher=The Weather Channel}}
5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 6, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX?url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archivedate=May 12, 2015|df= }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|accessdate=July 6, 2014}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/il190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 6, 2014}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 6, 2014}}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US17081 |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data |accessdate=July 11, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17081 |accessdate=July 11, 2015 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US17081 |title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |accessdate=July 11, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US17081 |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |accessdate=July 11, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}
14. ^"'In God We Trust' to be placed on Jefferson Co., IL squad cars" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6aSm61nMB?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150801181841/http://www.kfvs12.com/story/29683669/in-god-we-trust-to-be-placed-on-jefferson-co-il-squad-cars Archive]). KFVS. August 1, 2015. Retrieved on August 2, 2015.
15. ^Cohn, Nate; [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/southern-whites-loyalty-to-gop-nearing-that-of-blacks-to-democrats.html ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’], New York Times, April 24, 2014
16. ^{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=November 6, 2018}}
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Jefferson County, Illinois
|North = Marion County
|Northeast = Wayne County
|East =
|Southeast = Hamilton County
|South = Franklin County
|Southwest = Perry County
|West = Washington County
|Northwest =
}}{{Jefferson County, Illinois}}{{Metro-East}}{{St. Louis MSA}}{{Southern-Illinois |state=collapsed}}{{Illinois}}{{coord|38.30|-88.92|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-IL_source:UScensus1990}}

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