Bishop Hill, Illinois
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Henry |
| Coordinates | 41°12′3″N 90°7′6″W / 41.20083°N 90.11833°WCoordinates: 41°12′3″N 90°7′6″W / 41.20083°N 90.11833°W |
| Area | 0.54 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - land | 0.54 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - water | 0.00 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | 128 (2010) |
| Density | 232.0/sq mi (90/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 61419 |
| Area code | 309 |
   Location of Bishop Hill within Illinois
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Bishop Hill is a village in Henry County, Illinois, United States, along the South Edwards River. The population was 128 at the 2010 census, up from 125 in 2000. It is the home of the Bishop Hill State Historic Site, a park operated by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.
Bishop Hill is located at 41°12′3″N 90°7′6″W / 41.20083°N 90.11833°W (41.200711, -90.118327).
According to the 2010 census, Bishop Hill has a total area of 0.53 square miles (1.37 km2), all land.
The village was founded in 1846 by Swedish immigrants affiliated with the Pietist movement, led by Erik Jansson. Prior to founding the Bishop Hill Colony, Jansson preached to his followers in Sweden about what he considered to be the abominations of the Lutheran Church and emphasized the doctrine that the faithful were without sin. As Jansson's ideas became more radical, he began to lose support from many of his sympathizers and was forced to leave Sweden in the midst of growing persecution. Jansson had previously sent Olof Olsson, a trusted follower, as an emissary to the United States to find a suitable location where the Janssonists could set up a utopian community centered on their religious beliefs. According to Jansson, this community would become the "New Jerusalem", and their beliefs would soon spread across the world. As a result, 1400 colonists emigrated from Sweden to their new home in western Illinois.
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