Monmouth | |
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City | |
| Nickname: The Maple City | |
| Motto: Make it Monmouth! | |
 Location of Monmouth in Warren County, Illinois. | |
.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States | |
| Coordinates:40°54′50″N90°38′33″W / 40.91389°N 90.64250°W /40.91389; -90.64250[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Warren |
| Township | Monmouth |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.26 sq mi (11.04 km2) |
| • Land | 4.24 sq mi (10.99 km2) |
| • Water | 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
| Elevation | 751 ft (229 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 8,902 |
| • Density | 2,098.7/sq mi (810.31/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 61462 |
| Area code | 309 |
| FIPS code | 17-50010 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2395371[1] |
| Wikimedia Commons | Monmouth, Illinois |
| Website | cityofmonmouth |
Monmouth is a city in and thecounty seat ofWarren County, Illinois, United States.[3] The population was 8,902 at the 2020 census, down from 9,444 in 2010. It is the home ofMonmouth College.
Local parks and insitutions located within Monmouth include Monmouth Park, Harmon Park, North Park, Warfield Park, West Park, South Park, Garwood Park, Buster White Park and the Citizens Lake & Campground. It is the host of the Prime Beef festival,[4] held annually the week after Labor Day. The festival is kicked off with one of the largest parades in Western Illinois. Monmouth is also known regionally as the "Maple City". It is part of theGalesburgMicropolitan Statistical Area.
Monmouth was settled in about 1824.[5] The town established in 1831 was originally going to be calledKosciusko (the name was drawn out of a hat), but the founders of the town feared that it would be difficult to spell and pronounce. The name 'Monmouth' was put forward by a resident who had lived inMonmouth County,New Jersey.[6]
In 1841,Latter Day Saint movement founderJoseph Smith appeared before JudgeStephen A. Douglas in an extradition hearing held at Monmouth's Warren County courthouse. The hearing, which was to determine whether Smith should be returned to Missouri to face murder charges, resulted in freedom for the defendant, as it was determined that his arrest had been invalid. AttorneyOrville Browning, who would assume Douglas's Senate seat following his death, represented Smith.
Gunfighter and law manWyatt Earp was born in Monmouth. Controversial Civil War generalEleazer A. Paine practiced law there for many years.Abner C. Harding, Civil War General and Republican Congressman, lived in Monmouth and is buried in Monmouth Cemetery.[7]Ronald Reagan lived in Monmouth for a while as a child when his father worked as a shoe salesman at the Colwell Department Store. Mass murdererRichard Speck lived in Monmouth briefly as a child, and again in the spring of 1966.
Monmouth College, a private liberal arts college affiliated with thePresbyterian Church (U.S.A.), was founded in Monmouth in 1853 by Cedar Creek & South Henderson Presbyterian Churches. With James Cochran Porter & Robert Ross founding in 1852 Monmouth Academy, The Rev. David Alexander Wallace served as the first President 1856–1878. It is the second-largest employer in the city.Pi Beta Phi, the first national secret college society of women to be modeled after theGreek-letter fraternities of men, was founded on its campus in 1867. Just three years later in 1870,Kappa Kappa Gamma, international fraternity for women, was founded on its campus.[8]
Monmouth was home tominor league baseball from 1890 to 1913. TheMonmouth Browns and Monmouth Maple Cities (1890) played as members of theCentral Association (1910–1913),Illinois-Missouri League (1908–1909),Central Interstate League (1889) andIllinois-Iowa League (1890). Monmouth teams played at 11th Street Park.[9]
A hospital is located in Monmouth.[5]
Monmouth was once home to one of the most unusually named high school sports organizations, the Zippers. Originally known as The Maroons, the Zipper nickname came about in the late 1930s when the school had a fast basketball team that would "Zip" up and down the court. Earl Bennett, a sportswriter nicknamed them "The Zippers" and the name stuck. The school went with the "Zipper" nickname until the 2004–2005 school year when Monmouth consolidated withRoseville and the new Monmouth–Roseville High School adopted the nickname "The Titans". The class of 2005 was the last class named the Zippers. The Class of 2006 was the first class named the Titans.
Monmouth was the home of Western Stoneware, known for its "Maple Leaf" imprint and for producing "Sleepy Eye" collectible ceramics, which are recognizable by the blue-on-white bas-relief Indian profile. Western Stoneware closed in June 2006. Three former employees of Western Stoneware now operate the facility under the name "WS", Incorporated and have leased the building and logo from the city of Monmouth.[10]
Monmouth is located in Western Illinois where US Route 34, US Route 67, Illinois Route 164, and now the new Chicago to Kansas City Expressway (Illinois Route 110) intersect.
According to the 2010 census, Monmouth has a total area of 4.231 square miles (10.96 km2), of which 4.21 square miles (10.90 km2) (or 99.5%) is land and 0.021 square miles (0.05 km2) (or 0.5%) is water.[11]
| Climate data for Monmouth, Illinois (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 69 (21) | 79 (26) | 88 (31) | 93 (34) | 102 (39) | 104 (40) | 110 (43) | 105 (41) | 103 (39) | 93 (34) | 82 (28) | 73 (23) | 110 (43) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 31.4 (−0.3) | 36.2 (2.3) | 49.7 (9.8) | 62.8 (17.1) | 72.9 (22.7) | 81.2 (27.3) | 84.1 (28.9) | 82.8 (28.2) | 77.3 (25.2) | 64.8 (18.2) | 49.2 (9.6) | 36.5 (2.5) | 60.7 (15.9) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 23.1 (−4.9) | 27.5 (−2.5) | 39.4 (4.1) | 51.3 (10.7) | 61.9 (16.6) | 70.8 (21.6) | 73.8 (23.2) | 72.2 (22.3) | 65.4 (18.6) | 53.5 (11.9) | 39.9 (4.4) | 28.6 (−1.9) | 50.6 (10.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 14.7 (−9.6) | 18.7 (−7.4) | 29.1 (−1.6) | 39.7 (4.3) | 50.9 (10.5) | 60.3 (15.7) | 63.6 (17.6) | 61.5 (16.4) | 53.6 (12.0) | 42.2 (5.7) | 30.6 (−0.8) | 20.8 (−6.2) | 40.5 (4.7) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −25 (−32) | −27 (−33) | −14 (−26) | 10 (−12) | 25 (−4) | 33 (1) | 43 (6) | 38 (3) | 18 (−8) | 7 (−14) | −4 (−20) | −22 (−30) | −27 (−33) |
| Averageprecipitation inches (mm) | 1.85 (47) | 1.98 (50) | 2.61 (66) | 3.95 (100) | 5.18 (132) | 4.53 (115) | 3.96 (101) | 3.92 (100) | 3.70 (94) | 3.01 (76) | 2.58 (66) | 2.15 (55) | 39.42 (1,001) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 8.7 (22) | 6.1 (15) | 3.3 (8.4) | 1.1 (2.8) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.2 (0.51) | 1.4 (3.6) | 4.8 (12) | 25.6 (65) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.01 in) | 7.0 | 6.6 | 8.1 | 9.9 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 6.9 | 7.9 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 98.5 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 0.1 in) | 3.7 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 12.5 |
| Source:NOAA[12][13] | |||||||||||||
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 797 | — | |
| 1860 | 2,506 | 214.4% | |
| 1870 | 4,662 | 86.0% | |
| 1880 | 5,000 | 7.3% | |
| 1890 | 5,936 | 18.7% | |
| 1900 | 7,460 | 25.7% | |
| 1910 | 9,128 | 22.4% | |
| 1920 | 8,116 | −11.1% | |
| 1930 | 8,666 | 6.8% | |
| 1940 | 9,096 | 5.0% | |
| 1950 | 10,193 | 12.1% | |
| 1960 | 10,372 | 1.8% | |
| 1970 | 11,022 | 6.3% | |
| 1980 | 10,706 | −2.9% | |
| 1990 | 9,489 | −11.4% | |
| 2000 | 9,841 | 3.7% | |
| 2010 | 9,444 | −4.0% | |
| 2020 | 8,902 | −5.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[14] | |||
As of thecensus[15] of 2000, there were 9,841 people, 3,688 households, and 2,323 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,442.3 inhabitants per square mile (943.0/km2). There were 3,986 housing units at an average density of 989.2 per square mile (381.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 92.72%White, 2.80%African American, 0.23%Native American, 0.47%Asian, 0.19%Pacific Islander, 1.91% fromother races, and 1.67% from two or more races.Hispanic orLatino of any race were 4.35% of the population.
There were 3,688 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% weremarried couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the city the population was spread out, with 23.0% under the age of 18, 17.1% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 20.3% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $33,641, and the median income for a family was $41,004. Males had a median income of $30,006 versus $20,144 for females. Theper capita income for the city was $15,839. About 8.0% of families and 11.1% of the population were below thepoverty line, including 14.5% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.
Burlington Trailways provides intercity bus service to the city on a route betweenIndianapolis andDenver.[16]
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