Edwardsville

In 1805 Thomas Kirkpatrick was the original white settler of Edwardsville and named it in honor of Ninian Edwards, the Territorial Governor of Illinois. Edwardsville city was incorporated on February 23, 1819,((Flagg, James S., editor, Our 150 Years, 1812-1962. (Edwardsville: East 10 Publishing, 1962.), 61.)) and by 1840 the population of Edwardsville reached 616 inhabitants.((1840 Census: Sixth Census or Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States (Washington: Blair and Rives, 1841), 386 – 7.)) As of the 2010 census, the city of Edwardsville has a population of 24,293.((Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 62.))

To access the city of Edwardsville’s website, follow this link.

For more, see these Oral Histories

• Carol and John Fritsche Oral History Interview
• Edward Hall Oral History Interview
• Gary Niebur Oral History Interview
• Hal Patton Oral History Interview
• Herman Shaw Oral History Interview

Edwardsville Articles (22 Total)

	Abraham Lincoln’s Visits to Madison County April 23, 2018 by Stephen Hansen
	Charles Gravius Memorial Library November 17, 2016 by Jessica Mills
	Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Community Partnership May 8, 2019 by Kendyl Schmidt
	Granite City Community Unit School District #9 February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson
	Leclaire December 21, 2017 by Cindy Reinhardt
	Lincoln School in Edwardsville November 9, 2016 by Nichol Allen

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