Bethalto
December 7, 2017
Last modified: February 26, 2018
The village of Bethalto was laid out and platted by Joel U. Starkey in 1854. Bethalto was incorporated on April 19, 1869.1 By 1880, Bethalto had a population of 1,256.3 As of the 2010 census, Bethalto village has 9,521 residents.2
Bethalto in 2017
From the Maps & Plats GIS Division of the Madison County Chief County Assessment Office
To access the village of Bethalto’s website, follow this link.
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), 419. |
| 2. | arrow_upward | Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 112. |
| 3. | arrow_upward | Statistics of the Population of the United States at the Tenth Census (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883), 139. |
Bethalto Articles (4 Total)
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Bethalto Community Unit School District #8February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson |
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Bethalto’s Original Village HallDecember 5, 2018 by Phil Schneider |
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Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson |
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The Mill Fires of BethaltoOctober 23, 2017 by Phil Schneider |
Cite this article: Nichol Allen, "Bethalto," Madison Historical: The Online Encyclopedia and Digital Archive for Madison County, Illinois, last modified February 26, 2018, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/encyclopedia/bethalto/.
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