Livingston

In the late 19^th century, John and Mary Livingston owned a 297-acre farm in Olive Township. Shortly after their deaths in 1897 and 1898, rich veins of coal were discovered on their land,((Livingston Centennial Committee, History of Livingston, Illinois, 1905 – 2005, Madison Historical, accessed January 29, 2018, 10.)) and their children and heirs, particularly David Livingston, laid out a coal mining town on their land in 1904.((W. T. Norton, ed., Centennial History of Madison County, Illinois, and Its People, 1812 to 1912. (Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1912), 613 – 614.)) The Staunton Coal Company started mining coal in 1904,((Livingston Centennial Committee, History of Livingston, Illinois, 1905 – 2005, Madison Historical, accessed January 29, 2018, 4.)) and the village of Livingston was incorporated November 15, 1905.((Flagg, James S., editor, Our 150 Years, 1812-1962. (Edwardsville: East 10 Publishing, 1962.), 61.)) In 1910, Livingston had a population of 1,092.((Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, Population Volume I (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931), 303.)) As of the 2010 census, the village of Livingston has a population of 858.((llinois: 2010, Summary Population and Housing Characteristics, 2010 Census of Population and Housing (Washington: Bureau of the Census, 2012), 64.))

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	Route 66 in Madison County April 9, 2018 by Cheryl Eichar Jett
	Staunton Community Unit School District #6 December 18, 2017 by Ben Ostermeier

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