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South Beloit, Illinois

South Beloit, is a city located in Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. It is part of the Rockford Metropolitan Area, but it is also a suburban extension of Beloit, Wisconsin. South Beloit, is directly along the border of smaller cities and towns north of Rockfords border. At the 2010 census, the city's population was 7,892, up from 5,297 in 2000.

South Beloit
Location of South Beloit in Winnebago County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 42°29′03″N 89°02′19″W / 42.48417°N 89.03861°W / 42.48417; -89.03861
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyWinnebago
Government
 • MayorTom Fitzgerald
Area
 • Total6.39 sq mi (16.55 km2)
 • Land6.14 sq mi (15.91 km2)
 • Water0.25 sq mi (0.64 km2)
Elevation738 ft (225 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total7,989
 • Density1,300.29/sq mi (502.04/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)
61080
Area codes815, 779
FIPS code17-70590
Wikimedia CommonsSouth Beloit, Illinois
Websitehttp://www.southbeloit.org/

Geography edit

South Beloit is located at 42°29′03″N 89°02′19″W / 42.484228°N 89.038586°W / 42.484228; -89.038586 (42.484228, -89.038586).[3]

According to the 2010 census, South Beloit has a total area of 6.13 square miles (15.88 km2), of which 5.9 square miles (15.28 km2) (or 96.25%) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2) (or 3.75%) is water.[4]

Demographics edit

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
19201,436
19302,36164.4%
19402,82519.7%
19503,22114.0%
19603,78117.4%
19703,8040.6%
19804,0887.5%
19904,072−0.4%
20005,39732.5%
20107,89246.2%
20207,9891.2%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the census[6] of 2000, there were 8,051 people, 3,400 households, and 1,678 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,362.9 inhabitants per square mile (526.2/km2). There were 2,345 housing units at an average density of 592.2 per square mile (228.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 87.16% White, 5% African American, 0.63% Native American, 1.01% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 3.48% from other races, and 1.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.49% of the population.

There were 2,165 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.1% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,597, and the median income for a family was $41,154. Males had a median income of $33,110 versus $22,596 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,363. About 8.2% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.4% of those under age 18 and 7.6% of those age 65 or over.

History edit

All historical knowledge is from the book, Our Golden History-South Beloit Illinois, which is a non-copyrighted work by Cathryn Hayes.[7] She wrote the book to inform the people South Beloit of their roots.

Natural history edit

What is now South Beloit was previously full of natural resources such as copper, lead, and bog iron. Buff and blue limestones were plentiful everywhere in Winnebago County, with limestone forming the banks of the Rock River and Turtle Creek. The buff limestone gave the first settlers material for their houses and public buildings, some of which can still be seen in Rockford, Rockton, and Beloit/South Beloit. The older homes in South Beloit had 18–20-inch-thick (460–510 mm) basement walls of this limestone. The South Beloit area has a thick deposit of sand, and industries were built here because of its unusually fine quality. A fine quality of clay was also found in the state line area.

Earliest residents edit

Many Peoples have inhabited South Beloit over the years, including the Mound Builders, Sioux, and Illinswek (Illinois). The Turtle Indians of the area were the Winnebago Tribe, Siouan family. They had villages all along the Rock River and Turtle Creek. One large village was in modern-day South Beloit and all the way up to northeast Beloit. It was named for an important chief, Kau Rau Maw Nee (Walking Turtle). Turtle later became modern day Beloit and South Beloit.

Beloit divided edit

In 1818, Congress told the people of the Illinois Territory to draft a constitution and adopt a state government. A heated debate arose over the correct placement of the northern state line of Illinois. Most people in the lead region around Galena and the northern part of the territory did not want to be part of the proposed state because of a large debt and tax for internal improvements. The northern part was against slavery (still practiced in the southern part) and wanted a Lake Michigan shoreline. If the old line of 1787 were kept, Illinois would be much smaller than Wisconsin, placing Chicago in Wisconsin and leaving Illinois with no Lake Michigan shoreline. Getting exasperated with the debate, Nathaniel Pope, who represented Illinois, went ahead and proposed the bill to Congress cutting 8,500 square miles off of Wisconsin and adding it to Illinois. Thus the current state line was created.

A farming community edit

Illinois had become a state in 1818, Winnebago County was organized in January 1836, and public surveys started in the fall of 1836. Government sale of lands started in 1837–39, but Rockton Township sale was held until 1843 because of claims made by Polish exiles in 1843 for land previously held by early settlers in and around Rockton and Rockford. Their claims were discounted and the land was put up for sale when the land commission declared the Polish Count had not fulfilled the terms of the agreement. He was to have the choice of three adjacent townships and live on the land, making improvements for ten years. The Polish had chosen Townships 44 and 46, Range 1, East, and not 45 and had not settled on the land. The early settlers held the land by squatters’ rights and were now able to buy their farms from the government for $1.25 an acre.

This was also the time when Winnebago County tried to secede from Illinois and attach itself to Wisconsin. The people living there disapproved of the $14,000,000 debt for internal improvements with an empty treasury and insufficient revenue. The southern part of the state was poor and unprogressive, in contrast to the industrious north. Winnebago County voted in 1842 for annexation to Wisconsin. 972 voted for it, and only 6 voted against it. However, the south had more people and out-voted the north. So Winnebago County remained in Illinois.

By 1838, the village of Turtle had grown large enough to resent the Indian name it had used for so long. They also rejected the suggestion of 'New Albany'. A committee (or possibly two committees) was chosen to propose a new name. The French word for nice or pretty is 'bellotte'. The committee members, remembering a happy time in Detroit, sounded the word for pretty and came up with Balloit, then Beloit. The name was approved, reported to the settlement, and accepted. South Beloit became the south part of Beloit.

Becoming a city edit

By the early 1900s, the city was thriving according to the standards if the time. With 1200 people living there, it petitioned other governments to become a city in 1914. The petition was approved, and in May 1917, a special election was held to file for incorporation. The election passed and South Beloit became a city on September 17, 1917. The initial city did not include a certain portion to the West side of the city, which joined the city on May 2, 1921.

Police and fire departments edit

The police department was established as one of the first departments by ordinance No.13, October 1917. It started off as a one-man, part-time enforcement. The first squad car was purchased from Saris Auto Company in 1923 for $431.71. In October 1928, the Department bought a motorcycle from the Beloit Police for $100. In April 1957, the Department became radio operated by the purchase of a Motorola Police Base Station for $587 and the hiring of Richard Miller as the first radio operator for $316 a month.

In February 1927, there was a bond issue to remodel City Hall, which included the establishment of a fire department and purchase of fire equipment. The first group of volunteers met in fall, 1927 and, with the help of Beloit firemen, learned how to use the equipment and effectively fight fires. The fire truck, a W.S. Knott, was manufactured in Minneapolis and delivered in February 1928 by Clare Hillman, who was familiar with its operation and became the first fire chief. The first uniformed department was made up of twelve members, plus Chief Hillman. These early volunteers were Edward Brady, George Graves, George Holtz, Arthur Schultz, David Bliss, James Howard, John Jensen, Thomas Flanigan, Robert Smith, Everett Clussman, Erwin Earl, and Fay Hanson.

School history edit

In 1859 a group of settlers living on the east side of the city purchased a piece of land from Dr. E.N.Clark for $125. The school house, costing $621, was built on that property. The district at the time of the purchase was District No.11, Town of Rockton, Winnebago County, and was called Clark School after Dr. Clark.

Another South Beloit school was Butler School, started at least by 1877 and probably around 1859, on the other side of the river. Mrs. Marguerite Warren, a teacher long ago in South Beloit, compiled a list of some of the students that went to the old Butler School. Ed Burger, Charles Burger, Mrs. Castner, Melvin Lynch, Elloit Warren, Magda Guetschow, Martha Guetschow, Marie Guetschow, William Guetschow, Oscar Nordt, Frances Perkins, Oscar Swanson, Elmer Swanson, Bill Stanley, Everett Chapel, and Henry Zempel were the ones she was able to remember.

Three of the early teachers at Butler were Maud Whetstone, Kitty Aspland, and William Gharrity. At Clark the first teacher was Lewis Bixby who got $26 a month for five winter months and had to pay his own board. Miss Jennie Kimball taught the following summer for $4 a week. The enrollment at Clark was from six to twenty pupils in the early years. During the Civil War, the school year was reduced. The Clarks, Stantons, Hutchisons, Herseys, Hayeses, Helms, and HaPBC Linear (Pacific Bearing)

Cannabis legalization edit

South Beloit's economy has benefited from the legalization of cannabis in Illinois due to its location on the Illinois-Wisconsin state line, as cannabis remains illegal in Wisconsin. The city has received a significant amount of tax revenue since the opening of the town's first recreational cannabis dispensary in 2020.[8]

Transportation edit

Local bus service in the city is provided by Beloit Transit as well as Stateline Mass Transit District.[9][10] Van Galder Bus Company provides intercity bus service to Chicago, Madison and points in between.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "USGS detail on Newtown". Retrieved October 21, 2007.
  3. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  4. ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  6. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  7. ^ Hayes, Cathryn Clarity (1967). Our Golden History, South Beloit, Illinois: Its History and Legends, 1835-1967. Golden Days Committee. ASIN B0086OHINE.
  8. ^
  9. ^ "Beloit Transit Riders Guide" (PDF). Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  10. ^ "SMTD Service Area". Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "Van Galder Schedule". Retrieved January 28, 2024.

External links edit

  • Official City of South Beloit website

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South Beloit is a city located in Winnebago County Illinois USA It is part of the Rockford Metropolitan Area but it is also a suburban extension of Beloit Wisconsin South Beloit is directly along the border of smaller cities and towns north of Rockfords border At the 2010 census the city s population was 7 892 up from 5 297 in 2000 South BeloitCityLocation of South Beloit in Winnebago County Illinois Location of Illinois in the United StatesCoordinates 42 29 03 N 89 02 19 W 42 48417 N 89 03861 W 42 48417 89 03861CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyWinnebagoGovernment MayorTom FitzgeraldArea 1 Total6 39 sq mi 16 55 km2 Land6 14 sq mi 15 91 km2 Water0 25 sq mi 0 64 km2 Elevation 2 738 ft 225 m Population 2020 Total7 989 Density1 300 29 sq mi 502 04 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 CST Summer DST UTC 5 CDT ZIP Code s 61080Area codes815 779FIPS code17 70590Wikimedia CommonsSouth Beloit IllinoisWebsitehttp www southbeloit org Contents 1 Geography 2 Demographics 3 History 3 1 Natural history 3 2 Earliest residents 3 3 Beloit divided 3 4 A farming community 3 5 Becoming a city 3 6 Police and fire departments 3 7 School history 3 8 Cannabis legalization 4 Transportation 5 References 6 External linksGeography editSouth Beloit is located at 42 29 03 N 89 02 19 W 42 484228 N 89 038586 W 42 484228 89 038586 42 484228 89 038586 3 According to the 2010 census South Beloit has a total area of 6 13 square miles 15 88 km2 of which 5 9 square miles 15 28 km2 or 96 25 is land and 0 23 square miles 0 60 km2 or 3 75 is water 4 Demographics editHistorical population CensusPop Note 19201 436 19302 36164 4 19402 82519 7 19503 22114 0 19603 78117 4 19703 8040 6 19804 0887 5 19904 072 0 4 20005 39732 5 20107 89246 2 20207 9891 2 U S Decennial Census 5 As of the census 6 of 2000 there were 8 051 people 3 400 households and 1 678 families residing in the city The population density was 1 362 9 inhabitants per square mile 526 2 km2 There were 2 345 housing units at an average density of 592 2 per square mile 228 6 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 87 16 White 5 African American 0 63 Native American 1 01 Asian 0 07 Pacific Islander 3 48 from other races and 1 83 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7 49 of the population There were 2 165 households out of which 33 8 had children under the age of 18 living with them 49 1 were married couples living together 11 4 had a female householder with no husband present and 34 5 were non families 28 8 of all households were made up of individuals and 10 3 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 46 and the average family size was 3 01 In the city the population was spread out with 26 5 under the age of 18 8 7 from 18 to 24 33 4 from 25 to 44 18 5 from 45 to 64 and 12 9 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 33 years For every 100 females there were 98 1 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96 2 males The median income for a household in the city was 35 597 and the median income for a family was 41 154 Males had a median income of 33 110 versus 22 596 for females The per capita income for the city was 18 363 About 8 2 of families and 10 0 of the population were below the poverty line including 15 4 of those under age 18 and 7 6 of those age 65 or over History editThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message All historical knowledge is from the book Our Golden History South Beloit Illinois which is a non copyrighted work by Cathryn Hayes 7 She wrote the book to inform the people South Beloit of their roots Natural history edit What is now South Beloit was previously full of natural resources such as copper lead and bog iron Buff and blue limestones were plentiful everywhere in Winnebago County with limestone forming the banks of the Rock River and Turtle Creek The buff limestone gave the first settlers material for their houses and public buildings some of which can still be seen in Rockford Rockton and Beloit South Beloit The older homes in South Beloit had 18 20 inch thick 460 510 mm basement walls of this limestone The South Beloit area has a thick deposit of sand and industries were built here because of its unusually fine quality A fine quality of clay was also found in the state line area Earliest residents edit Many Peoples have inhabited South Beloit over the years including the Mound Builders Sioux and Illinswek Illinois The Turtle Indians of the area were the Winnebago Tribe Siouan family They had villages all along the Rock River and Turtle Creek One large village was in modern day South Beloit and all the way up to northeast Beloit It was named for an important chief Kau Rau Maw Nee Walking Turtle Turtle later became modern day Beloit and South Beloit Beloit divided edit In 1818 Congress told the people of the Illinois Territory to draft a constitution and adopt a state government A heated debate arose over the correct placement of the northern state line of Illinois Most people in the lead region around Galena and the northern part of the territory did not want to be part of the proposed state because of a large debt and tax for internal improvements The northern part was against slavery still practiced in the southern part and wanted a Lake Michigan shoreline If the old line of 1787 were kept Illinois would be much smaller than Wisconsin placing Chicago in Wisconsin and leaving Illinois with no Lake Michigan shoreline Getting exasperated with the debate Nathaniel Pope who represented Illinois went ahead and proposed the bill to Congress cutting 8 500 square miles off of Wisconsin and adding it to Illinois Thus the current state line was created A farming community edit Illinois had become a state in 1818 Winnebago County was organized in January 1836 and public surveys started in the fall of 1836 Government sale of lands started in 1837 39 but Rockton Township sale was held until 1843 because of claims made by Polish exiles in 1843 for land previously held by early settlers in and around Rockton and Rockford Their claims were discounted and the land was put up for sale when the land commission declared the Polish Count had not fulfilled the terms of the agreement He was to have the choice of three adjacent townships and live on the land making improvements for ten years The Polish had chosen Townships 44 and 46 Range 1 East and not 45 and had not settled on the land The early settlers held the land by squatters rights and were now able to buy their farms from the government for 1 25 an acre This was also the time when Winnebago County tried to secede from Illinois and attach itself to Wisconsin The people living there disapproved of the 14 000 000 debt for internal improvements with an empty treasury and insufficient revenue The southern part of the state was poor and unprogressive in contrast to the industrious north Winnebago County voted in 1842 for annexation to Wisconsin 972 voted for it and only 6 voted against it However the south had more people and out voted the north So Winnebago County remained in Illinois By 1838 the village of Turtle had grown large enough to resent the Indian name it had used for so long They also rejected the suggestion of New Albany A committee or possibly two committees was chosen to propose a new name The French word for nice or pretty is bellotte The committee members remembering a happy time in Detroit sounded the word for pretty and came up with Balloit then Beloit The name was approved reported to the settlement and accepted South Beloit became the south part of Beloit Becoming a city edit By the early 1900s the city was thriving according to the standards if the time With 1200 people living there it petitioned other governments to become a city in 1914 The petition was approved and in May 1917 a special election was held to file for incorporation The election passed and South Beloit became a city on September 17 1917 The initial city did not include a certain portion to the West side of the city which joined the city on May 2 1921 Police and fire departments edit The police department was established as one of the first departments by ordinance No 13 October 1917 It started off as a one man part time enforcement The first squad car was purchased from Saris Auto Company in 1923 for 431 71 In October 1928 the Department bought a motorcycle from the Beloit Police for 100 In April 1957 the Department became radio operated by the purchase of a Motorola Police Base Station for 587 and the hiring of Richard Miller as the first radio operator for 316 a month In February 1927 there was a bond issue to remodel City Hall which included the establishment of a fire department and purchase of fire equipment The first group of volunteers met in fall 1927 and with the help of Beloit firemen learned how to use the equipment and effectively fight fires The fire truck a W S Knott was manufactured in Minneapolis and delivered in February 1928 by Clare Hillman who was familiar with its operation and became the first fire chief The first uniformed department was made up of twelve members plus Chief Hillman These early volunteers were Edward Brady George Graves George Holtz Arthur Schultz David Bliss James Howard John Jensen Thomas Flanigan Robert Smith Everett Clussman Erwin Earl and Fay Hanson School history edit In 1859 a group of settlers living on the east side of the city purchased a piece of land from Dr E N Clark for 125 The school house costing 621 was built on that property The district at the time of the purchase was District No 11 Town of Rockton Winnebago County and was called Clark School after Dr Clark Another South Beloit school was Butler School started at least by 1877 and probably around 1859 on the other side of the river Mrs Marguerite Warren a teacher long ago in South Beloit compiled a list of some of the students that went to the old Butler School Ed Burger Charles Burger Mrs Castner Melvin Lynch Elloit Warren Magda Guetschow Martha Guetschow Marie Guetschow William Guetschow Oscar Nordt Frances Perkins Oscar Swanson Elmer Swanson Bill Stanley Everett Chapel and Henry Zempel were the ones she was able to remember Three of the early teachers at Butler were Maud Whetstone Kitty Aspland and William Gharrity At Clark the first teacher was Lewis Bixby who got 26 a month for five winter months and had to pay his own board Miss Jennie Kimball taught the following summer for 4 a week The enrollment at Clark was from six to twenty pupils in the early years During the Civil War the school year was reduced The Clarks Stantons Hutchisons Herseys Hayeses Helms and HaPBC Linear Pacific Bearing Cannabis legalization edit South Beloit s economy has benefited from the legalization of cannabis in Illinois due to its location on the Illinois Wisconsin state line as cannabis remains illegal in Wisconsin The city has received a significant amount of tax revenue since the opening of the town s first recreational cannabis dispensary in 2020 8 Transportation editLocal bus service in the city is provided by Beloit Transit as well as Stateline Mass Transit District 9 10 Van Galder Bus Company provides intercity bus service to Chicago Madison and points in between 11 References edit nbsp Illinois portal 2020 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved March 15 2022 USGS detail on Newtown Retrieved October 21 2007 US Gazetteer files 2010 2000 and 1990 United States Census Bureau February 12 2011 Retrieved April 23 2011 G001 Geographic Identifiers 2010 Census Summary File 1 United States Census Bureau Archived from the original on February 13 2020 Retrieved December 27 2015 Census of Population and Housing Census gov Retrieved June 4 2015 U S Census website United States Census Bureau Retrieved January 31 2008 Hayes Cathryn Clarity 1967 Our Golden History South Beloit Illinois Its History and Legends 1835 1967 Golden Days Committee ASIN B0086OHINE Marijuana sales may be illegal in Wisconsin but dispensary on Illinois border is making a killing Beloit Transit Riders Guide PDF Retrieved January 28 2024 SMTD Service Area Retrieved January 28 2024 Van Galder Schedule Retrieved January 28 2024 External links editOfficial City of South Beloit website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Beloit Illinois amp oldid 1200067423, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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