Junction, Illinois
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| Location of Junction in Gallatin County, Illinois. Location of Junction in Gallatin County, Illinois. | |
| Coordinates: 37°43′24″N 88°14′17″W / 37.72333°N 88.23806°WCoordinates: 37°43′24″N 88°14′17″W / 37.72333°N 88.23806°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Gallatin |
| Township | Gold Hill |
| Area | |
| • Total | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Land | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 129 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 62954 |
| Area code(s) | 618 |
| FIPS code | 17-38778 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2398314[1] |
Junction is a village in Gold Hill Township, Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 56 at the 2020 census.[3]
History
Junction was founded in the 1880s, and was named for its location at the junction of the L&N and B&O railroads. When a post office was established in 1884, it was named "Cypress Junction." The name was changed to "Junction City" in 1888, and shortened to "Junction" in 1894.[4]
Junction's location in a relatively flat area leaves it prone to flooding along the Ohio River, which can cause waters in the nearby Saline River to back up. A major flood in March 1997 displaced several area residents and blocked all but one road leading into the village.[5]
On June 1, 2022, Junction General Baptist Church burned down after lightning struck the steeple.[6]
Crenshaw House
The Hickory Hill mansion, almost five miles west of Junction, is the 19th-century home of illegal slave trader and slave breeder John Hart Crenshaw. It was infamously known as the "Old Slave House," as it was used as a criminal front for the kidnapping of free blacks who were illegally sold into the Southern slave trade on the Reverse Underground Railroad, as well as a farm for slave breeding.[7]
Geography
Junction is located at the center of Gallatin County. The village lies along Illinois Route 13, a few miles west of the Ohio River, and north of the Shawnee National Forest. The Saline River, a tributary of the Ohio, passes just to the south.
According to the 2010 census, Junction has a total area of 0.883 square miles (2.29 km2), of which 0.88 square miles (2.28 km2) (or 99.66%) is land and 0.003 square miles (0.01 km2) (or 0.34%) is water.[8]
Demographics
Template:US Census population As of the 2020 census, there were 56 people, 35 households, and 38 families residing in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 92.9% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.79% of the population.[9]
There were 35 households, out of which 10.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.6% were married couples living together, 22.9% had a female householder with no husband present.
The median income for a household in the village was $32,375, and the median income for a family was $42,500. 45.5% of those over 64 were living below the poverty line.
Notable person
- John Hart Crenshaw, landowner, salt maker, illegal slave trader and kidnapper
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Template:GNIS
- ↑ "2019 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ↑ "Junction, Illinois, USA 2020 Census".
- ↑ Edward Callary, Place Names of Illinois (University of Illinois Press, 2010), p. 180.
- ↑ Southern Illinois Regional Planning and Development Commission, et. al., "Hazard Mitigation Plan, Gallatin County, Illinois Archived February 22, 2017, at the Wayback Machine (2011), p. 36.
- ↑ "Church destroyed by fire in Gallatin County". June 2, 2022.
- ↑ Molly Parker, "Future of Crenshaw House, or Old Slave House, in Question," The Southern, February 21, 2016.
- ↑ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Junction, Illinois, USA 2020 Census".
Further reading
- 1887. History of Gallatin, Saline, Hamilton, Franklin and Williamson Counties, Illinois. Chicago: Goodspeed Publishing Co.
- Musgrave, Jon, ed. 2002. Handbook of Old Gallatin County and Southeastern Illinois. Marion, Ill.: IllinoisHistory.com. 464 pages.
- Musgrave, Jon. 2004, Rev. ed. 2005. Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw: The Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Reverse Underground R.R.. Marion, Ill.: IllinoisHistory.com. 608 pages.
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