Godfrey
October 29, 2017
Last modified: March 27, 2018
Nathan Scaritt was the first American to farm in Township 6 north, range 10 west, however, Joseph Reynolds was the first to build a cabin in 1826.1 The township received its name from Captain Benjamin Godfrey, an early and prominent citizen.3 The village of Godfrey was originally known as Monticello,2 and in 1840 had a population of 788.4 As of the 2010 census the village of Godfrey has 17,982 residents.5
Godfrey in 2017
From the Maps & Plats GIS Division of the Madison County Chief County Assessment Office
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Endnotes
| 1. | arrow_upward | History of Madison County, Illinois, Illustrated. With Biographical Sketches of many Prominent Men and Pioneers (Edwardsville: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), 506. |
| 2. | arrow_upward | Ibid., 514. |
| 3. | arrow_upward | Ibid., 505. |
| 4. | arrow_upward | 1840 Census: Sixth Census or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States (Washington: Blair and Rives, 1841), 386 – 7. |
| 5. | arrow_upward | Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 64. |
Godfrey Articles (3 Total)
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Alton Community Unit School District #11February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson |
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Godfrey, Benjamin (1794-1862)February 22, 2019 by Brendon Floyd |
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Owens-Illinois Glass CompanyDecember 5, 2016 by Jessica Mills |
Cite this article: Nichol Allen and Ben Ostermeier, "Godfrey," Madison Historical: The Online Encyclopedia and Digital Archive for Madison County, Illinois, last modified March 27, 2018, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/encyclopedia/godfrey/.
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