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Edwardsville, Illinois

By sarah78

  • First Settlement

    Thomas Kirkpatrick built the first house

  • First Church

    Methodist

  • Illinois Territory Established

  • First Government Building

    Thomas Kirkpatricks' cabin became first seat of government.

  • Designation as the County Seat of Madison County, Illinois

  • Formal layout of city

    Thomas Kirkpatrick

  • First Courthouse and Jail

  • First Newspaper

  • First Postmaster

  • Madison County Courthouse opens on Main Street

  • N.O. Nelson built plumbing factories

    Along with the jobs created by the factories, they also built Model Worker's Cooperative Village which provided educational and recreational opportunities.

  • Spanish Flu epidemic

    Edwardsville lost 30 people in 3 months. Ultimately lasted for 2 years.

  • LeClaire becomes incorporated into Edwardsville

  • 1950 Population Census

    677 people

  • SIUE Opens

  • Population Census

    12480 people

  • Catergory 4 Tornado

    Injured 32 people, caused between $5-$50 million in damages.

  • New High School

  • Population Census

    21,491 people

  • 5.4 magnitude earthquake

  • Population Census

    24,293 people