Waterloo, Illinois Name origin: Battle of Waterloo State Illinois Monroe County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Waterloo highlighted.svg Location in Monroe County and the state of Illinois.
Illinois in United States (US48).svg Location of Illinois in the United States Wikimedia Commons: Waterloo, Illinois Waterloo is a town/city in Monroe County, Illinois, United States.
5 Illinois Caverns State Natural Area According to the 2010 census, Waterloo has a total region of 7.66 square miles (19.84 km2), of which 7.52 square miles (19.48 km2) (or 98.17%) is territory and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) (or 1.83%) is water. Illinois Route 3 and Illinois Route 156 intersect inside its bounds, and it is along the historic trail from Kaskaskia to St.
Waterloo's history dates back to the 18th century, with the French being the first Europeans to settle in the area.
This name related to a spring of water a mile south of the site of Waterloo, a incessant campsite on journeys between Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and St.
James Moore and many of the pioneer that followed him had been soldiers in George Rogers Clark's Illinois campaign of 1778.
This name related to a spring of water a mile south of the present-day site of Waterloo, a incessant campsite on journeys between Kaskaskia, Cahokia, and St.
Judge Shadrach Bond, uncle and namesake of Illinois first governor, was also a part of the Moore party of settlers.
At this point in time Illinois was considered a county of Virginia, and so the commission received by Captain Moore came from the Governor of Virginia, Patrick Henry.
Moore's business was one of four raised from Illinois, which along with six the rest raised elsewhere that would later turn into the 17th U.S.
Moore, would later be a delegate to the convention that framed the first Illinois Constitution and was eventually propel to the State Legislature.
Other pioneer came to the region and by 1800, Bellefontaine's populace had reached 286, making it the third biggest town in Illinois and representing over a tenth of the then-total populace of the territory.
Ditch's log home-turned-hotel was converted into a courthouse in 1825, when Waterloo was declared the county seat.
Forquer would later serve as an Illinois State Senator, the 5th Secretary of State of Illinois (1825 1828), the 5th Illinois Attorney General (1829 1832) and, most famously, an early political enemy of Abraham Lincoln.
The town experienced a marked populace increase after 1840, and that is when the German populace got its impetus, the initial German pioneer having appeared in the 1830s or even earlier.
Waterloo received its charter as a town February 12, 1849, and the charter was amended in 1855 and 1859.
The City of Waterloo also has been recognized for its work through Sister Cities International.
On October 2, 1980, Waterloo announced a Sister Cities partnership (officially recognized April 1981) with Porta Westfalica in (then) West Germany.
Due primarily to the accomplishments of Vera Kohlmeier of Waterloo and Helmut Macke of Porta Westfalica, it came about as a result of genealogical research, which concluded that perhaps two-thirds of Monroe County's German populace could trace their lineage back to this region of northern Germany.
View over Porta Westfalica, Germany, Waterloo's sister town/city Trips by large groups typically occur every two years, including visits by the Waterloo German Band and the Blaserkreis, Porta's 70-member youth brass band.
This partnership, which goes by the portmanteau Portaloo, has since assised other communities in the region to establish Sister Cities programs of their own, including Columbia/Gedern, Belleville/Paderborn, and Millstadt/Gro -Bieberau.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 98.78% White, 0.01% African American, 0.29% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.17% from other competitions, 0.42% from two or more competitions, and 0.68% of the populace were Hispanic or Latino.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older.
Waterloo has a number of enhance and parochial schools.
All enhance schools are a part of Waterloo Community Unit District #5.
Waterloo Junior High School (Public 6-8) Home of the Bulldogs (formerly Indians) Waterloo High School (Public) Home of the Bulldogs According to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, schools in Waterloo had a total combined enrollment of 3,284 students being instructed by 210 total teachers. Illinois Caverns State Natural Area Speleothem drapery and flowstone in Chimney Dome, underground, in Illinois Caverns State Natural Area Waterloo Historic District (Illinois) Needles, Illinois politician and businessman, was born in Waterloo.
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