Marshall, Illinois

Marshall Downtown Marshall Location of Marshall inside Illinois Location of Marshall inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Marshall, Illinois Website: City of Marshall, Illinois Marshall is a town/city in Clark County, Illinois, United States, positioned about 20 miles (32 km) west of Terre Haute, Indiana.

Marshall was officially organized by William B.

Archer in 1835, eight years after the National Road entered the community. The town/city was titled after John Marshall, chief justice of the U.S.

Supreme Court. Marshall was incorporated on May 14, 1873. The most famous writer associated with the Colony was the novelist James Jones, who assembled a home in Marshall and lived there ca.

Marshall is positioned at 39 23 34 N 87 41 37 W (39.392848, -87.693627). According to the 2010 census, Marshall has a total region of 3.736 square miles (9.68 km2), of which 3.72 square miles (9.63 km2) (or 99.57%) is territory and 0.016 square miles (0.04 km2) (or 0.43%) is water. The Archer House Hotel is one of seven sites in Marshall listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.33% White, 0.29% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 0.11% Pacific Islander, 0.13% from other competitions, and 0.85% from two or more competitions.

In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 21.9% who were 65 years of age or older.

The town's primary employer, TRW Automotive, operates an automotive electronics manufacturing facility, employing a thousand region residents. Marshall is the site of the earliest continually directed hotel in Illinois, the Archer House.

Every autumn Marshall holds a Fall Festival.

The City of Marshall City Council consists of nine members: eight aldermen and the mayor.

Current officeholders are: Camie Sanders, Mayor (term expires 2017); Cheryl Raisner, Alderman Ward 1 (term expires 2017); Tim Sanders, Alderman Ward 1 (term expires 2015); Vickie Wallace, Alderman Ward 2 (term expires 2017); Beverly Church, Alderman Ward 2 (term expires 2015); Jim Mc - Kittrick, Alderman Ward 3 (term expires 2017); Warren Le - Fever, Alderman Ward 3 (term expires 2015); Cathy Macke, Alderman Ward 4 (term expires 2017); Mark Strait, Alderman Ward 4 (term expires 2015); John Trefz, City Clerk; and Larry Woodard, City Treasurer. Birch, American outlaw, raised in Marshall Ed Carpenter (racing driver), Indy - Car Series driver, 2013 Indy pole sitter; born and raised in Marshall Constable, Attorney, Illinois State Senator, Judge, and real estate entrepreneur; close friend of Abraham Lincoln; lived in Marshall Gerald Forsythe, businessman and auto racing magnate; owner of Forsythe Championship Racing; born in Marshall James Jones, novelist, lived in Marshall ca.

Jacob Zimmerman, United States Representative, journal editor, and businessman; lived in Marshall "City of Marshall, Illinois".

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City of Marshall, Illinois Website Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Illinois, United States County seat: Marshall