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{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Beckemeyer | official_name = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | settlement_type = [[List of towns and villages in Illinois|Village]] | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | image_seal = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | anthem = | image_map = File:Clinton County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Beckemeyer Highlighted.svg | mapsize = 260px | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Beckemeyer in Clinton County, Illinois. | image_map1 = Illinois in United States (US48).svg | mapsize1 = | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Location of Illinois in the United States | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|38|36|21|N|89|25|56|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | grid_name = | grid_position = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Illinois | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = [[Clinton County, Illinois|Clinton]] | subdivision_type3 = Township | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | extinct_title = | extinct_date = | founder = | named_for = Beckemeyer family | seat_type = | seat = | seat1_type = | seat1 = | government_footnotes = | government_type = | governing_body = | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Josh Mensing | leader_title1 = Village president | leader_name1 = | total_type = | unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_17.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 1.60 | area_total_sq_mi = 0.62 | area_land_km2 = 1.60 | area_land_sq_mi = 0.62 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 | area_water_percent = | area_metro_footnotes = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 456 | population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]] | population_footnotes = | population_total = 923 | pop_est_as_of = | pop_est_footnotes = | population_est = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = 577.74 | population_density_sq_mi = 1495.95 | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]] | utc_offset1 = -6 | timezone1_DST = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]] | utc_offset1_DST = -5 | timezone2 = | utc_offset2 = | timezone2_DST = | utc_offset2_DST = | postal_code_type = [[ZIP code|ZIP Code(s)]] | postal_code = 62219 | area_code_type = | area_code = [[Area code 618#United States|618]] | geocode = | iso_code = | blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]] | blank_info = 17-04533 | blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID | blank1_info = 2398063<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2398063}}</ref> | blank2_name = | blank2_info = | blank2_name_sec2 = Wikimedia Commons | blank2_info_sec2 = Beckemeyer, Illinois | blank3_name = [[Public Transit]] | blank3_info = [[South Central Transit]] | website = http://beckemeyeril.gov/ | footnotes = }} '''Beckemeyer''' is a village in [[Wade Township, Clinton County, Illinois|Wade Township]], [[Clinton County, Illinois|Clinton County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 923 as of the 2020 census. == History == Samuel B. Watkins was reported to be the first settler in the area, ''circa'' 1817. Beckemeyer began as a way station on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. It was organized and laid out in 1866 and originally named "Buxton" in honor of a railroad attorney.{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} A large coal seam underlying the village and surrounding area was mined starting in 1894, resulting in growth of Buxton. It was renamed "Beckemeyer" after an election held in 1905. The first school and bank were opened in 1906.<ref>[http://www.beckemeyeril.gov/History.html Village of Beckemeyer website]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clinton.ilgenweb.net/history/1913commer/beck.htm |title=1913 Clinton County Commercial History |access-date=November 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723154332/http://clinton.ilgenweb.net/history/1913commer/beck.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On March 25, 1947, the Centralia [[1947 Centralia mine disaster|Coal mine exploded]] killing 111 people. Nine of the people killed were citizens of Beckemeyer. In 1997 a memorial was built in Beckemeyer, the memorial called "Miners Memorial Park" is dedicated to the miners from Beckemeyer that died in the explosion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Illinois Coal & Coal Mining History & Genealogy |url=https://hinton-gen.com/coal/monuments.html#beckemeyer |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220218034139/https://hinton-gen.com/coal/monuments.html#beckemeyer |archive-date=February 18, 2022 |website=Wayne's World of History & Genealogy |url-status=usurped |access-date=February 18, 2022}}</ref> On February 7, 1976, a [[1976 Beckemeyer train accident|train crashed into a truck]] going 56 mph killing 12 people including 11 children, and left another four injured. The accident was the worst in Clinton County History.<ref>{{cite news |title=11 Children Killed as Train Rams Camper |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/09/archives/11-children-killed-as-train-rams-camper.html |access-date=February 17, 2022 |agency=The New York times |date=February 9, 1976}}</ref> A Zinc smelter plant called Circle Smelting Corp operated in the village from 1904 to 1994, in 1993 a study indicated the town was highly contaminated with over 10,000 cubic yards of industrial waste high in lead content from the industry. In 1994 the EPA forced the plant to shut down and declared it a [[Superfund]] site. About 35,000 cubic yards of material was removed from over 300 properties and deposited under a concrete cover.<ref>{{cite web |title=CIRCLE SMELTING CORP. BECKEMEYER, IL |url=https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.cleanup&id=0500350 |website=EPA |access-date=September 15, 2021}}</ref> == Geography == According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Beckemeyer has a total area of {{convert|0.61|sqmi|km2|2}}, all land.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |author=US Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> == Demographics == {{US Census population |1910= 764 |1920= 1153 |1930= 850 |1940= 900 |1950= 1045 |1960= 1056 |1970= 1069 |1980= 1119 |1990= 1070 |2000= 1043 |2010= 1040 |2020= 923 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref> }} As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1704533 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> there were 923 people, 448 households, and 270 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|1,505.71|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 423 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|690.05|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 91.22% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.33% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.11% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.65% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.17% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 5.53% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.53% of the population. There were 448 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.44% were married couples living together, 7.14% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.73% were non-families. 33.93% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.74% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 2.35. The village's age distribution consisted of 19.0% under the age of 18, 2.8% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.3 males. The median income for a household in the village was $51,719, and the median income for a family was $59,097. Males had a median income of $41,413 versus $25,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $23,015. About 3.7% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over. ==Schools== Since Beckemeyer is a village, most residents' children go to neighboring towns, such as Breese or Carlyle, for their education. The village does have one elementary school, Breese/Becky District #12; the school houses grades 2 to 4, while older and younger students go to the elementary/middle school, District #12, in the town of Breese.{{Citation needed|date=April 2012}} It is in the service area of [[Central Community High School]], formed as a consolidation of the Breese and Aviston high schools in 1971.<ref name=profile>{{cite web|url=https://www.centralcougars.org/schdistcommpro.pdf|title=School / District / Community Profile|publisher=Central Community High School|access-date=April 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150206094953/http://www.centralcougars.org/schdistcommpro.pdf|archive-date=February 6, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == {{reflist|colwidth=33em}} {{Clinton County, Illinois}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Villages in Clinton County, Illinois]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1866]] [[Category:1866 establishments in Illinois]] [[Category:Villages in Illinois]]
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