Bethalto

The village of Bethalto was laid out and platted by Joel U. Starkey in 1854. Bethalto was incorporated on April 19, 1869.((History of Madison County, Illinois, Illustrated. With Biographical Sketches of many Prominent Men and Pioneers (Edwardsville: W. R. Brink and Company, 1882), 419.)) By 1880, Bethalto had a population of 1,256.((Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883), 139.)) As of the 2010 census, Bethalto village has 9,521 residents.((Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 112.))

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Bethalto Articles (4 Total)

	Bethalto Community Unit School District #8 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	Bethalto’s Original Village Hall December 5, 2018 by Phil Schneider
	Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	The Mill Fires of Bethalto October 23, 2017 by Phil Schneider

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