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Vandalia is a city in and the county seat of Fayette County, Illinois, United States. [3] At the 2020 Census , the population was 7,458. Vandalia is on the Kaskaskia River , and 60 miles (97 km) northeast of the St. Louis area.
Named Vandalia, the city was platted by the end of 1820; eastern Bond County was split off into the new Fayette County in early 1821, and Vandalia was declared the county seat. A small log building was soon erected on the site and used both by the legislature and the new county, but this state of affairs ceased when the building was destroyed ...
Vandalia Township is one of twenty townships in Fayette County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,364 and it contained 3,069 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,364 and it contained 3,069 housing units.
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2000 census age pyramid for Fayette County, skewed toward the male side by the Vandalia Correctional Center, an Illinois State prison, located in the county. [ 14 ] As of the 2010 United States census , there were 22,140 people, 8,311 households, and 5,648 families living in the county. [ 15 ]
In 1933, the old courthouse became the Vandalia State House State Memorial, and an extensive interior refitting and reconstruction program began. In 1985, the building became a State Historic Site within the new Illinois Historic Preservation Agency , which maintains the old state house and interprets it to its brief time as Illinois's fourth ...
The 2nd Illinois General Assembly, consisting of the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House of Representatives, met from December 4, 1820, to February 15, 1821, during the second two years of Shadrach Bond's governorship, at The Vandalia State House. [1]
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