Glen Carbon
December 15, 2017
Last modified: April 13, 2020
In 1801, Colonel Samuel Judy was the first American to settle the area that would become Glen Carbon. The region at the time was known as the Goshen Settlement.1 Glen Carbon was incorporated as a village on June 6, 1892 as a coal mining town and a hub for railroads. By 1900, Glen Carbon had a population of 1,348 people.2 As of the 2010 census, the village of Glen Carbon has a population of 12,934.3
Glen Carbon in 2017
From the Maps & Plats GIS Division of the Madison County Chief County Assessment Office
To access the village of Glen Carbon’s website, follow this link.
For more, see these Oral Histories
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), 454. |
| 2. | arrow_upward | W. T. Norton, ed., Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912. (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 618. |
| 3. | arrow_upward | Illinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 126. |
Glen Carbon Articles (5 Total)
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Collinsville Community Unit School District #10February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson |
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Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson |
Edwardsville-Glen Carbon Community PartnershipMay 8, 2019 by Kendyl Schmidt |
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Southwestern Illinois Inter-City Baseball LeagueJune 4, 2020 by Shannan Mason |
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Triad Community Unit School District #2February 14, 2017 by Lesley Thomson |
Cite this article: Nichol Allen and Ben Ostermeier, "Glen Carbon," Madison Historical: The Online Encyclopedia and Digital Archive for Madison County, Illinois, last modified April 13, 2020, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/encyclopedia/glen-carbon/.
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