Red Bud
City
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Randolph
Coordinates	38°12′37″N 89°59′47″W / 38.21028, -89.99639
Area	2.1 sq mi (5 km²)
- land	2.1 sq mi (5 km²)
Population	3,422 (2000)
Density	1,626.3 /sq mi (628 /km²)
Timezone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Location of Red Bud within Illinois
Wikimedia Commons: Red Bud, Illinois

Red Bud is a city in Randolph County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,422 at the 2000 census.

It is the home of the Red Bud campus of Southwestern Illinois College.

Geography

Red Bud is located at 38°12′37″N, 89°59′47″W (38.210205, -89.996494).^[1]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.5 km²), of which, 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²) of it is land and 0.47% is water.

History

The first building constructed in what became Red Bud was a small log cabin built by Preston Brickey in 1820, in the northern section of the present day city. The first school was held in 1824.

As the settlement grew, it was named for a grove of red bud trees which grew there.

Red Bud was chartered in 1867 and the city incorporated in March, 1875.

The city was struck by a tornado on November 18, 1892, which killed two people and seriously injured twelve people.

Demographics

As of the census^[2] of 2000, there were 3,422 people, 1,370 households, and 935 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,626.3 people per square mile (629.2/km²). There were 1,462 housing units at an average density of 694.8/sq mi (268.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.71% White, 0.32% Asian, 0.09% from other races, and 0.88% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.88% of the population.

There were 1,370 households out of which 31.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.7% were non-families. 28.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 19.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 86.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,300, and the median income for a family was $50,280. Males had a median income of $36,049 versus $20,957 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,967. About 6.0% of families and 9.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.1% of those under age 18 and 13.0% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

News from Randolph County

• The Randolph County Herald Tribune - Local newspaper
  

• Red Bud Musketeers Football

History links

• Contemporaneous newspaper account of 1892 tornado
  

• Red Bud, Illinois is at coordinates 38°12′37″N 89°59′47″W / 38.210205, -89.996494 (Red Bud, Illinois)Coordinates: 38°12′37″N 89°59′47″W / 38.210205, -89.996494 (Red Bud, Illinois)

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