Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jacksonville is a city and the county seat of Morgan County, Illinois, United States.The population was 17,616 at the 2020 census, [5] down from 19,446 in 2010. [6] It is home to Illinois College, Illinois School for the Deaf, and the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, and was formerly home to MacMurray College.
In 1944, Rowe was appointed Illinois Secretary of State to fill a vacancy and then in 1946 was elected Illinois State Treasurer. His son was Harris Rowe who served in the Illinois House of Representatives. Rowe died in Jacksonville, Illinois on March 19, 1973. [1] [2] [3]
The population density was 62.5 inhabitants per square mile (24.1/km 2). There were 15,515 housing units at an average density of 27.3 per square mile (10.5/km 2). [10] The racial makeup of the county was 90.9% white, 6.0% black or African American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.8% from other races, and 1.6% from two or more races.
Owen P. Thompson (1852–1933), judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois and a delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois in 1904 Richard Yates (1818–1873), U.S. congressman (1851–1855) and senator (1865–1871); 13th governor of Illinois (1861–1865)
Development in the district began in 1825, when Jacksonville was platted and the public square was created; the first buildings on the square were built the same year. Most of the buildings in the district were built between the 1840s and 1940s, and a large number were built during a late nineteenth century building boom.
After graduating from college, Baise was elected an alderman in Jacksonville. [4] He served as alderman from 1975 through 1978. [6] His employment outside of his elected office was in the admission's department of Illinois College. [4] During the 1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Baise volunteered for the campaign of James R. Thompson. [4]
The Illinois School for the Deaf was established in 1839 by the Illinois Legislature for the education of hearing-impaired students. Aside from these two institutions, the majority of the district is residential and includes many of Jacksonville's most historically and architecturally significant homes.
The son was born in Jacksonville, Illinois on December 12, 1860. [1] He attended public schools and, from 1870 to 1874, the Illinois Woman's College (now MacMurray College). He was the city editor of the Daily Courier in 1878 and 1879, and of the Daily Journal from 1881 to 1883.