Carlyle, Illinois Carlyle, Illinois State Illinois Clinton County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Carlyle highlighted.svg Location in Clinton County and the state of Illinois.
Illinois in United States (US48).svg Location of Illinois in the United States Wikimedia Commons: Carlyle, Illinois Carlyle is a town/city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States.
The populace was 3,281 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Clinton County. Carlyle is positioned approximately 50 miles (80 km) east of St.
Louis, Missouri, and is home to Illinois' biggest man-made lake, Carlyle Lake, and to the General Dean Suspension Bridge, a suspension bridge that is the only one of its kind in Illinois and crosses the Kaskaskia River.
John Hill assembled the first home to be positioned in what has turn into Carlyle.
He also established what could be considered Carlyle's first business: a ferry to carry traffic athwart the Kaskaskia River, including a small shelter at the river which served as a toll home.
On March 10, 1819, a postal service was first established under the name Carlisle, Illinois.
The region was settled after the 1809 creation of the Illinois Territory but before Illinois accomplished statehood, six to seven years after John Hill had already assembled his establishment.
Illinois' first state capitol was positioned in Kaskaskia, but in 1820 the state decided that it should be moved.
In 1824, the State of Illinois created Clinton County by carving it out of Washington, Bond, and Fayette counties.
Carlyle was to be the governmental center of county should territory be donated for this purpose.
Charles Slade donated 20 acres (8.1 ha) of property so that the governmental center of county would be positioned in Carlyle. Charles Slade pushed difficult for Carlyle to turn into the state capital of Illinois, but lost by one vote to Vandalia in 1819.
In 1824, Clinton County was formed, and Carlyle became the governmental center of county in July 1825, both at the initiative of Charles Slade. Carlyle is positioned slightly east of the center of Clinton County at 38 36 46 N 89 22 15 W (38.612642, -89.370789). The Kaskaskia River flows through the easternmost part of the town/city out of Carlyle Dam, positioned just northeast of the town/city limits and which impounds Carlyle Lake, the biggest lake wholly in Illinois.
Route 50 passes through the city, dominant east 23 miles (37 km) to Salem and west 50 miles (80 km) to St.
Illinois Route 127 leads north 21 miles (34 km) to Greenville and south 19 miles (31 km) to Nashville, Illinois.
According to the 2010 census, Carlyle has a total region of 3.371 square miles (8.73 km2), of which 3.37 square miles (8.73 km2) (or 99.97%) is territory and 0.001 square miles (0.00 km2) (or 0.03%) is water. In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.3% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 21.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
Sidney Breese, circuit court judge, US senator, Illinois Supreme Court justice, Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Carlyle city, Illinois".
The Annals of Carlyle, Illinois: 1809-1956 (1956).
History of Marion and Clinton Counties, Illinois (1881).
Carlyle and Carlyle Lake Official Website Municipalities and communities of Clinton County, Illinois, United States
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Cities in Clinton County, Illinois - Cities in Illinois - County seats in Illinois - Populated places established in 1818 - 1818 establishments in Illinois Territory
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