Monticello, Illinois City of Monticello Piatt County Illinois Piatt County Illinois Courthouse in Monticello County Piatt Location of Monticello inside Illinois Monticello (/m nt s lo /, mon-t -ssel-loh) is a town/city in Piatt County, Illinois, United States.
It is the governmental center of county of Piatt County. Monticello is positioned at 40 1 41 N 88 34 23 W (40.028092, -88.573003). According to the 2010 census, Monticello has a total region of 3.829 square miles (9.92 km2), of which 3.8 square miles (9.84 km2) (or 99.24%) is territory and 0.029 square miles (0.08 km2) (or 0.76%) is water. Monticello is positioned in East Central Illinois between the metros/cities of Decatur and Champaign, Illinois.
Monticello is nearly equidistant from Chicago, St.
Robert Allerton Park, which belongs to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and includes a conference center, a garden, summer camp location, and forest art exhibition, is positioned just outside Monticello.
Monticello Post Office Monticello's first resident was George Haworth.
Upon Mc - Reynold's suggestion, the town was christened Monticello after the home of Thomas Jefferson.
Monticello officially became a town on July 1, 1837.
Monticello continued to expanded as the populace increased over the next decade.
The people of Monticello were unhappy with the distance required to travel to the governmental center of county for their legal issues.
Due to the petitions of George Patterson and others, a new county was established on Jan 27 1841: Piatt County titled in honor the first permanent settler, James A.
As it was the only town in the region at that time, Monticello was titled the county seat.
Monticello's star resident appeared in 1885.
Caldwell came to practice medicine in Monticello but his homemade mixture of senna and pepsin brought Monticello to a level of nationwide prominence.
It reads Monticello, Illinois on the left side.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,138 citizens , 2,146 homeholds, and 1,446 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $45,754, and the median income for a family was $57,287.
About 2.3% of families and 3.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Monticello, 150 years later by Swango, Lynn; LC Control No.: 8707 - 0963; ISBN 0-9618443-0-2.
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Monticello, Illinois travel guide from Wikivoyage Municipalities and communities of Piatt County, Illinois, United States County seat: Monticello Monticello Bement Blue Ridge Cerro Gordo Goose Creek Monticello Sangamon Unity Willow Branch This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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