BREESE, ILLINOIS

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'Breese' is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,048 at the 2000 census.

Contents

History

Geography

Demographics

Businesses

Schools

Nearby towns

References

External links

History

The town is named after Sidney Breese, a United States Senator and a contemporary of President Abraham Lincoln.^[1] Breese was founded in 1855.
The first settlers arrived around 1816. Growth was slow because of diseases due to undrained land, causing local to erect crosses on their properties to protect their families. Real growth began in 1855, upon the arrival of the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad.

Geography

Breese is located at (38.610317, -89.526705).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.0 km² (2.3 mi²). 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.30%) is water.
Breese is located on US Route 50.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 4,048 people, 1,513 households, and 1,078 families residing in the city. The population density was 685.5/km² (1,779.1/mi²). There were 1,573 housing units at an average density of 266.4/km² (691.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.57% White, 0.10% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.35% Asian, 0.54% from other races, and 0.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.28% of the population.
There were 1,513 households out of which 37.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.8% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.15.
In the city the population was spread out with 28.1% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $47,639, and the median income for a family was $54,242. Males had a median income of $37,979 versus $23,231 for females. The per capita income for the city was $20,530. About 1.2% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

Businesses

★ Hellige's Market and Locker Company, opened June 10, 1935 by Arthur Hellige and currently owned and operated by his son Richard Hellige and Grandson Steven Hellige.

★ Breese Journal & Publishing Co., publishes the local paper, The Breese Journal, every Wednesday evening.

★ D&M Performance Shop, is a family owned Automotive Machine Shop and VP Racing Fuels distributor.

★ Equity Fifty-Five Real Estate
397 N. 4th Street Breese,IL 62230
Clinton County's Top Producer
(618) 526-0021 Equity55.com

★ Winter Web Solutions
1289 Sunrise Breese,IL 62230
(618) 526-8450 winterwebsolutions.com

Schools

★ Central Community High School

★ Mater Dei Catholic High School

★ All Saints Academy Catholic Grade School

★ Breese District #12 Public Grade School

Nearby towns

★ Beckemeyer

★ Albers

★ Aviston

★ Carlyle

★ Greenville

★ St. Rose

★ Highland

★ Trenton

★ Bartelso

★ Germantown

References

1. Allan H. Keith, ''Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL''. Consulted on August 15, 2007.

External links

★ Official Website