Mascoutah
| Mascoutah | |
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| City | |
 Location of Mascoutah in St. Clair County, Illinois. |
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.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 38°29.5′N 89°47.8′W / 38.4917°N 89.7967°WCoordinates: 38°29.5′N 89°47.8′W / 38.4917°N 89.7967°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | St. Clair |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.69 sq mi (25.09 km2) |
| • Land | 9.54 sq mi (24.71 km2) |
| • Water | 0.15 sq mi (0.38 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 7,483 |
| • Estimate (2016) | 7,963 |
| • Density | 834.78/sq mi (322.31/km2) |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 62258 |
| Area code(s) | 618 Exchange: 566 |
| FIPS code | 17-47423 |
| Mascoutah, Illinois | |
| Website | www |
Mascoutah is a small city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States, named for the Mascoutens, a tribe of the Illinois Indians. The population was 7,483 at the 2010 census.
The town of Mascoutah was originally established in 1837 as Mechanicsburg. This was disputed with the establishment of a Post Office; the inhabitants were informed that another township in Illinois was already named Mechanicsburg. The town was renamed after the Mascouten tribe, and was officially designated Mascoutah in 1839.
Mascoutah was considered a progressive town near the turn of the 20th century. The town saw steady growth thanks to the construction of a train depot in 1870, courtesy of the Southern Railway Company. The largest Turner Hall in Southern Illinois was established in Mascoutah in 1873 which served as the center of town social life, and the town constructed its own citizen owned power plant in 1894. The Mascoutah Herald was established in 1885 and remains in production to this day. In 1903 the Belleville And Mascoutah Electric Railway Company planned an electric rail system to Belleville that was delayed and never completed.
Although the train depot shut down and the Turner Hall eventually became the chamber of commerce, the city still operates a municipal power plant today.
The Mascoutah Civic Center is located at 38°29.5′N 89°47.8′W / 38.4917°N 89.7967°W (38.4922, -89.7968).
According to the 2010 census, Mascoutah has a total area of 9.65 square miles (24.99 km2), of which 9.5 square miles (24.60 km2) (or 98.45%) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km2) (or 1.55%) is water.
Mascoutah was the United States center of population point in 1970. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,659 people, 2,162 households, and 1,571 families residing in the city. The population density was 655.1 people per square mile (252.9/km²). There were 2,309 housing units at an average density of 267.3 per square mile (103.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.73% White, 4.19% African American, 0.35% Native American, 0.97% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.85% from other races, and 1.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.75% of the population.
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