Editing Dupo, Illinois

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'''Dupo''' is a village in [[St. Clair County, Illinois]], United States. The population was 4,138 at the 2010 census, an increase from 3,933 in 2000. The village was settled in about 1750 and was incorporated in 1907.<ref name="history-of">{{Cite web | url = http://www.villageofdupo.org/history-of-dupo/ | title = History of Dupo | publisher = Village of Dupo | access-date = May 7, 2023}}</ref> Its modern name, adopted in the early 20th century, is shortened from {{lang|fr|Prairie du Pont}} ("Bridge Prairie").

==Geography==
Dupo is located at {{coord|38|30|57|N|90|12|29|W|type:city}} (38.515702, -90.207992).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is located in the [[American Bottom]] [[floodplain]] of the [[Mississippi River]].

According to the 2010 census, Dupo has a total area of {{convert|4.42|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1721254
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=August 2, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213084826/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1721254
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

== History ==
[[File:Falling Springs Cahokia Illinois.jpg|thumb|Falling Springs, or St. Michael's Bluff, where the Sulpician mission established a mill in the 18th century.<ref>{{Cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RObKfEPc8zAC&pg=PA86 | page = 86 | title = French Colonial Archaeology: The Illinois Country and the Western Great Lakes | editor = Illinois Historic Preservation Agency | publisher = University of Illinois Press | year = 1991 | chapter = The French Colonial Villages of Cahokia and Prairie du Pont, Illinois | author1 = Bonnie L. Gums | author2 = William R. Iseminger | author3 = Molly E. McKinzie | author4 = Dennis D. Nichols| isbn = 9780252017971 }}</ref>]]

In the [[Mississippian culture|Mississippian period]], Dupo was the site of one of several multi-mound communities in the floodplain near [[Cahokia]].<ref>{{Cite book | title = Common Fields: An Environmental History of St. Louis | editor = Andrew Hurley | publisher = Missouri History Museum | year = 1997 | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=HwH3kdOgvfAC&pg=PA39 | page = 39 | chapter = Culture and Environment in the American Bottom: The Rise and Fall of Cahokia Mounds | author = William R. Iseminger| isbn = 9781883982157 }}</ref> These mounds remained standing at least as recently as 1915.<ref>{{cite book|last=Society|first=Illinois State Historical|title=Papers in Illinois History and Transactions|url=https://archive.org/details/papersinillinoi00socigoog|year=1915|publisher=Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/papersinillinoi00socigoog/page/n123 97]}}</ref>

The French village of Prairie du Pont was first settled around 1750 by townspeople moving out of Cahokia. It was located at a bridge over what is now known as Prairie du Pont Creek, on the trail from Cahokia to Kaskaskia, which was the first wagon road in Illinois.<ref name="becomes-dupo">{{Cite web | website = Chemins de la Francophonie | title = In early American history Dupo was Prairie du Dupont on the King's Highway | url = https://louisiane.cheminsdelafrancophonie.org/en/prairie-du-pont-becomes-dupo/ | author = Jean-Marc Agator | date = January 18, 2019 | access-date = May 7, 2023}}</ref> The settlement may have been motivated by Dupo being located 10–12 feet higher than Cahokia and thus being more protected from floods on the Mississippi River.<ref name="history-1881">{{Cite book | title = St. Clair County History | location = Philadelphia | publisher =  Brink, McDonough, and Company | year = 1881 | url = https://archive.org/details/cu31924028805948/page/n389/mode/2up | page = 296 | ref = {{harvid|St. Clair County|1881}} }}</ref>  The [[Sulpician]] mission established a mill near the bridge, which became the core of the town's development.<ref name="history-1881"/> By 1765 fourteen families lived in Prairie du Pont.<ref name="history-1881"/> The village's growth was further spurred by the prominent local citizen Antoine Girardin, who parceled off parts of the Cahokia commons to residents of Prairie du Pont.{{sfn|Ekberg|1998|p=63}}

The early French village at Prairie du Pont followed a tripartite system of land ownership that was common in the Illinois country: private houses in a row, "common fields" enclosed by a shared fence but divided into narrow strips owned and farmed by a particular family, and the actual [[commons]] used jointly by the inhabitants for grazing their livestock.<ref>{{Cite book | author-first = Carl J. | author-last = Ekberg | title = French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times | isbn = 9780252069246 | publisher = University of Illinois Press | year = 1998 | pages = 61–62}}</ref> The village elected a village council, or [[syndic]], to maintain the fence around the common fields.{{sfn|Ekberg|1998|p=135}}

Among the early inhabitants of Prairie du Pont was the noted gunsmith [[Philip Creamer]], who settled in the area in 1805.<ref name="history-1881"/> Some parts of the historic Prairie du Pont community, such as the [[Pierre Martin House]], are now located in unincorporated [[North Dupo, Illinois]].

A Prairie du Pont school district was established by legislative enactment in 1847, to be funded by leases of the village commons, but no school was actually held in the village until 1861, due to inadequate funds.<ref name="history-1881"/>

In the 1880s, the town of Prairie du Pont had about 50 inhabitants, of whom about 20% were African American.{{sfn|St. Clair County|1881|p=297}}

The modern town of Dupo was platted in 1905 and incorporated in 1907.<ref name="history-of"/> It grew around the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]] switching yards.<ref name="callary">{{Cite book | title = Place Names of Illinois | author = Edward Callary | publisher = University of Illinois Press | year = 2010 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvHgwa-XImcC&pg=PA101 | page = 101| isbn = 9780252090707 }}</ref> At the instigation of the railroad, the name was shortened from Prairie du Pont to Dupo.<ref name="history-of"/>

In 1928, the [[Ohio Oil Company]] discovered oil in Dupo.<ref>{{Cite journal | title = Petroleum Production and Development in Illinois During 1928 | author = Gail F. Moulton | page = 15 | journal = Illinois Petroleum | volume = 17 | date = March 2, 1929}}</ref> This led to an oil boom in the town, in which oil wells were sunk in people's front yards.<ref name="illinois-descriptive">{{Cite book | url = https://archive.org/details/illinoisdescript00writrich/page/494/mode/2up?q=dupo | title = Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide | publisher = A. C. McClurg & Company | author = Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois | year = 1939 }}</ref> However, the oil boom was short-lived and the economy of the town returned to depending primarily on the rail yard.<ref name="illinois-descriptive"/>

In 1997, the town considered switching its name back to Prairie Du Pont to put the industrial period behind it and better attract tourism, but ultimately left its name unchanged.<ref name="callary"/>

In 2019, a Union Pacific freight train derailed at the Dupo Yard, leading to the evacuation of several neighborhoods in Dupo.<ref name="carrying-solvent">{{Cite news | newspaper = Belleville News-Democrat | url = https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article234930792.html | author1 = Mike Koziatek | author2 = Hana Muslic | date = September 10, 2019 | title = Tanker in Dupo train derailment fire apparently was carrying a solvent, railroad says | access-date = May 7, 2023}}</ref> The crash was caused by a {{convert|1.5|mi}}-long freight train breaking in half and the two halves then colliding.<ref>{{Cite web | publisher = ProPublica | url = https://www.propublica.org/article/train-derailment-long-trains  | access-date = May 8, 2023 | title =  The True Dangers of Long Trains | author1 = Dan Schwartz | author2 = Topher Sanders | date = April 3, 2023}}</ref>  A tank car full of [[methyl isobutyl ketone]] caught fire.<ref name="carrying-solvent"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1910= 433
|1920= 1393
|1930= 2082
|1940= 2073
|1950= 2239
|1960= 2937
|1970= 2842
|1980= 3039
|1990= 3164
|2000= 3933
|2010= 4138
|2020= 3996
|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>
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In [[2010 United States Census|2010]] there were 4,138 people, 1,650 households, and 1,142 families residing in the village. The [[Population Density]] was 655 people per square mile(252.8/km{{sup|2}}). There were 1,863 housing units at an average density of {{convert|294.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 94.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.8% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 1,650 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present with 10.8% of all households having a female householder with kids. 7.7% had a male householder with no husband present with 4.2% of all households having a male householder with no wife and kids. 30.8% of all households were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.91.

In Dupo, 25.3% of the population was under 18, 6.8% from 20 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 26.2% from 45 to 64 and 10.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years, For every 100 females, there were 97.2 males. 
The median income for a household in the village was $45,203, and the median income for a family was $58,370. Males had an average income of $45,621 versus $32,628 for females. The Per Capita Income for the village was $24,404. About 14.0% of families and 14.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 25.2% of those under 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 and over.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.census.gov|website = [[United States Census Bureau]]|title = Dupo Village, Illinois|access-date = January 24, 2020}}</ref>

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,933 people, 1,557 households, and 1,063 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|888.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,668 housing units at an average density of {{convert|376.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.20% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.17% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.31% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.25% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.36% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.71% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.69% of the population.

There were 1,557 households, out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.9% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 25.2% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,036, and the median income for a family was $47,000. Males had a median income of $35,529 versus $24,135 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $18,505. About 2.9% of families and 4.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Dupo is served by [[Dupo Community Unit School District 196|Dupo Community Unit School District]] and has one high school, [[Dupo High School]].

==Notable people==
* [[Candace Jordan]], television personality, Playboy Playmate December 1979

== See also ==
{{Portal|Illinois}}
* [[American Bottom]]
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==References==
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{{St. Clair County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in St. Clair County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1750]]
[[Category:French colonial settlements of Illinois Country]]
[[Category:1750 establishments in New France]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]