Profile for Beardstown, Illinois, IL
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Beardstown is a city in Cass County.
The community was named after settler Thomas Beard
[NOTE: This is not the only community in Illinois named Beardstown. For links to other places called Beardstown, IL, see the Duplicate Names box at right.]
The latitude of Beardstown is 40.017N. The longitude is -90.424W.
It is in the Central Standard time zone. Elevation is 449 feet.The estimated population, in 2003, was 5,767.
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$29,104National
$41,994
Source: 2000 census, U.S. Census BureauFor more census details and comparisons, see our Beardstown demographic reports
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Abraham Lincoln tried cases here, including the famous "Almanac Trial" in 1858, when he successfully defended Duff Armstrong against a murder charge. When a key prosecution witness testified that he had seen the attack by light of a high moon, Lincoln used the almanac to show that moonset had occurred just an hour later
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23% of Beardstown residents report German ancestry, and 12% report Irish. For more info on local ancestry groups, see the Beardstown ancestry & family history guide.
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At the time of the 2000 census, the per capita income in Beardstown was $13,777, compared with $21,587 nationally.
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9% of Beardstown residents age 25 and older have a bachelor's or advanced college degree.
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Median rent in Beardstown, at the time of the 2000 Census, was $311. Monthly homeowner costs, for people with mortgages, were $623.
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Cass County supported George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. For more information, see our Beardstown political report.
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The average commute time for Beardstown workers is 19 minutes, compared with 26 minutes nationwide.
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