Beardstown, Illinois Beardstown Location of Beardstown inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Beardstown, Illinois Beardstown is a town/city in Cass County, Illinois, United States.
The enhance schools are in Beardstown Community Unit School District 15.
5 The Beardstown Ladies Beardstown is positioned at 40 0 44 N 90 25 43 W (40.012189, -90.428711) on the Illinois River.
According to the 2010 census, Beardstown has a total region of 3.627 square miles (9.39 km2), of which 3.57 square miles (9.25 km2) (or 98.43%) is territory and 0.057 square miles (0.15 km2) (or 1.57%) is water. Beardstown is positioned on the Illinois River, which plays an meaningful part in the economy and history of the community, and is the site of two grain terminals where farm products are transferred to barges for transport.
A large pork slaughterhouse, formerly owned by Kraft and Cargill now by JBS, is a primary employer and has thriving a substantial immigrant populace to Beardstown in recent years. In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 19.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,104, and the median income for a family was $31,951.
About 17.0% of families and 19.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.
Beardstown was first settled by Thomas Beard in 1819; he erected a log cabin at the edge of the Illinois River, from which he interchanged with the small-town Native Americans and ran a ferry.
This inn is alleged to have sheltered Abraham Lincoln on his visits to Beardstown, but that is legend and unconfirmed.
The town is also the site of famous Lincoln/Douglas debate at the Beardstown Courthouse.
The Beardstown Ladies Main article: Beardstown Ladies The Beardstown Ladies, with an average age of 70 (1994), were asked to appear on The Donahue Show, CBS's Morning Show, NBC's The Today Show, and ABC's Good Morning America.
In 1993, they produced their first home video for investors called, The Beardstown Ladies: Cooking Up Profits on Wall Street.
By 1994, they wrote their first book, The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide, which sold over 800,000 copies by 1998 and was a New York Times Best Seller.
The Beardstown Ladies turn into a global phenomenon and TV stations from Germany, Brazil, and Japan were interviewing them and taping their monthly meetings in Beardstown.
As of 2006, the Beardstown Ladies were still buying stocks.
William "Duff" Armstrong, accused murderer, was tried in Beardstown and successfully defended by Abraham Lincoln.
Walter Flanigan, co-founder of National Football League, born in Beardstown.
Red Norvo, jazz vibraphone pioneer, born in Beardstown.
Janice O'Hara, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player, born in Beardstown.
Beardstown Community Unit School District 15 Beardstown Grand Opera House "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Where Are They Now: The Beardstown Ladies".
For example, The Beardstown Ladies' Common-Sense Investment Guide.
Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica article Beardstown.
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