Bishop Hill, Illinois
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| FIPS code | 17-06171 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Bishop Hill, Illinois |
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Bishop Hill is a village in
Geography
Bishop Hill is located at 41°12′3″N 90°7′6″W / 41.20083°N 90.11833°W (41.200711, -90.118327).[2]
According to the 2010 census, Bishop Hill has a total area of 0.53 square miles (1.37 km2), all land.[3]
History
Erik Jansson
The village was founded in 1846 by
The colony struggled early on after its founding. Many of the first 1000 colonists died from disease on the way to Bishop Hill (named for Eric Jansson's birthplace,
After Jansson and today
The Bishop Hill colony underwent a major upheaval in 1850 after the murder of Erik Jansson. Jansson was assassinated by a former colony member, John Root, who was upset with Jansson for interfering with his marriage to one of Jansson's cousins. After their leader's death, the people of Bishop Hill appointed a group of seven trustees to run the affairs of the colony. Among the trustees were Jonas Olsson and Olof Johnson, who would become the primary leaders of the colony as they had been two of Jansson's closest aides. Under these two men and the rest of the trustees, the colony continued to grow and flourish. The workforce was reorganized to become more efficient and more buildings were erected. However, despite Bishop Hill's success, in 1857 financial problems arose in the midst of accusations of mismanagement against Olof Johnson. Johnson had made several large investments, without colony approval, that had turned out to be disastrous. As Bishop Hill headed for financial ruin, colonists voted to end the communal system. In 1861 the formal dissolution of the colony was official, and many of its people would soon be forced to move away.
The Janssonist emigrants were a significant group of men and women to move from
Descendants of Erik Jansson still lived in the colony until December 20, 2004, when Erik's great-great-grandson and Bishop Hill volunteer fireman Theodore Arthur Myhre Sr. died south of the Colony while on a fire service call. Other known descendants remain in Illinois.
Surviving buildings built by the Janssonists are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Bishop Hill is interpreted as a living community of Swedish-American heritage. Due to state budget cuts the Bishop Hill State Historic Site was closed for nearly 5 months from December 1, 2008, to April 23, 2009. Today the Site is open Wednesday to Friday during normal business hours.[4]
Demographics
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 350 | — | |
| 1890 | 330 | −5.7% | |
| 1900 | 345 | 4.5% | |
| 1910 | 289 | −16.2% | |
| 1920 | 274 | −5.2% | |
| 1930 | 208 | −24.1% | |
| 1940 | 199 | −4.3% | |
| 1950 | 202 | 1.5% | |
| 1960 | 164 | −18.8% | |
| 1970 | 191 | 16.5% | |
| 1980 | 166 | −13.1% | |
| 1990 | 131 | −21.1% | |
| 2000 | 125 | −4.6% | |
| 2010 | 128 | 2.4% | |
| 2020 | 113 | −11.7% | |
| U.S. Decennial Census[5] | |||
As of the
There were 56 households, out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.7% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 28.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.69.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 18.4% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 16.0% from 25 to 44, 38.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $47,083, and the median income for a family was $50,000. Males had a median income of $38,214 versus $18,750 for females. The
2010 Census
According to the 2010 Census, the population was 128, all of which were White, none of whom were Hispanic or Latino (of any race)[7]
Notable person
- Hick Cady, catcher for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies
- Roy Magnuson, composer and professor of music at Illinois State University
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
- ^ Boock, Doug (April 23, 2009). "BH state site now re-open". Galva News. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "2010 Census Population of Bishop Hill, Illinois - CensusViewer". censusviewer.com. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
Further reading
- Mikkelsen, Michael A. "The Bishop Hill Colony: A Religious Communistic Settlement in Henry County, Illinois." Church and State Columbus And America. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins Press, 1892. 11–80.
- Wagner, Jon. "Eric Jannson and the Bishop Hill Colony." America's Communal Utopias. Ed. Donald Pitzer. North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press, 1997. 297–318.
- Hallström, Jan Erik "The Patriarch from Helsingland - Jonas Olson of Bishop Hill. Early Swedish emigration to America", 2017 (ISBN 978-91-639-2188-9)
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