Hudson, Illinois
| Hudson | |
| Village | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Illinois |
| County | McLean |
| Township | Hudson |
| Elevation | 766 ft (233 m) |
| Coordinates | 40°36′21″N 88°59′14″W / 40.60583°N 88.98722°WCoordinates: 40°36′21″N 88°59′14″W / 40.60583°N 88.98722°W |
| Area | 0.83 sq mi (2 km2) |
| - land | 0.83 sq mi (2 km2) |
| - water | 0.00 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | 1,838 (2010) |
| Density | 2,272.1/sq mi (877/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 61748 |
| Area code | 309 |
   Location of Hudson within Illinois
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Hudson is a village in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,838 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomington–Normal Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Hudson is located at 40°36′21″N 88°59′14″W / 40.605723°N 88.987117°W.
According to the 2010 census, Hudson has a total area of 0.83 square miles (2.15 km2), all land.
Hudson, Illinois was laid out by Horatio Petit on August 13, 1836. It was one of eight towns founded in McLean County during the great real estate boom that swept through central Illinois between 1835 and 1837. It also shares the distinction of being one of two "colonial" settlements in the county; the other was the Rhode Island colony in the southwestern part of the county. Traditional Sources say that the town was named for the town of Hudson, New York in Columbia County which, so it was said, was the home of its early settlers. However, in her Book on the Hudson, Ruth Biting Hamm has pointed out that, while some settlers were from Queens County, New York, none came from near the town of Hudson. She suggests that it is more likely town was simply named for the Hudson River.
Hudson was created by the Illinois Land Association who developed it as what was then called a colony. Colonial schemes such as this were popular in the 1830s. Rather than settlers migrating individually and buying land on their own, participants in a colony would band together, pool their money, appoint a committee to select a large tract of land, which would then be divided among the participants. Such colonial developments do not imply that the group had any common social or religious agenda. Sometimes, the people involved came from a single area but often, as was the case in Hudson, they were clusters of individuals who had no connection forming the colony: several of the founders of Hudson were from New York, but others were from Maine, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Illinois. The Illinois Land Association was formed in February 1836 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Each participant would contribute $235 to the common pool and would receive four kinds of property: Three lots in the main part of the town; one out lot (see below); 160 acres (650,000 m2) of prairie land for farming; and 20 acres (81,000 m2) of timber for fences, firewood, and building material. The association also anticipated a profit from the sale of untaken land and this would be shared among the participants. An executive committee selected the land, supervised the laying out of the town, and presided the drawing of lots to select the division of the property.
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