56-552: Mascoutah is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois , United States. The population was 8,754 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Metro East region of Greater St. Louis . The city was named for the Mascoutens , a tribe of Algonquian-speaking Native Americans. The town of Mascoutah was originally established in 1837 as Mechanicsburg. This was disputed with the establishment of a Post Office;
112-424: A family sized pavilion. Prairie Park has two fishing lakes, 3 lighted colored fountains, picnic tables with grills and a pavilion. Mascoutah Community Unit School District#19 serves the city. There are five schools in the district: Mascoutah Community High School , Mascoutah Middle School, Mascoutah Elementary School, Scott Air Force Base Elementary School, and Wingate Elementary School. Holy Childhood School
168-483: A few miles northwest of town. Mascoutah is home to Mid America Airport . Nearby Scott AFB is a major employer and base residents attend school in Mascoutah. Downtown St. Louis is 30 minutes away, West County St Louis is 45 minutes away, and South County St Louis is 35 minutes away. There are three parks in town that offer a wide array of activities. Scheve Park has two swimming pools, 6 baseball diamonds (2 with lights),
224-554: A high of 90 °F (32 °C) in July, although a record low of −27 °F (−33 °C) was recorded in January 1977 and a record high of 117 °F (47 °C) at East St. Louis, Illinois was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 2.02 inches (51 mm) in January to 4.18 inches (106 mm) in May. St. Clair County is home to 11 St. Louis MetroLink stations on
280-571: A large area between the Mackinaw and Ohio rivers. In 1801, Governor William Henry Harrison re-established St. Clair County as part of the Indiana Territory , extending its northern border to Lake Superior and the international border with Rupert's Land . When the Illinois Territory was created in 1809, Territorial Secretary Nathaniel Pope , in his capacity as acting governor, issued
336-411: A large dog park, lit sand volleyball court, lit horseshoe pits, two soccer fields, a disc golf course with 18 tee boxes shooting to 9 targets, a skate park, ten pavilions varying in size, and several playground areas. Scheve Park also has a restored train caboose and dining car that visitors can tour. Maple Park is equipped with outdoor basketball facilities, a ball playing area, playground equipment, and
392-432: A nursing room, an expanded departure lounge and added room for concessions. It will also better accommodate people with disabilities. MidAmerica St. Louis Airport covers 7,003 acres (2,834 ha) and has two runways : MidAmerica's construction included the creation of the 10,000-foot (3,000 m) 14L/32R (east) runway, adding 1,000 feet (300 m) to the existing west runway, adding passenger and cargo terminals on
448-487: A pickaxe against a background of three stripes alternating green, yellow, and green. According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 674 square miles (1,750 km ), of which 658 square miles (1,700 km ) is land and 16 square miles (41 km ) (2.4%) is water. In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Belleville have ranged from a low of 22 °F (−6 °C) in January to
504-688: A population of 257,400, making it the third most populous county in Illinois outside the Chicago metropolitan area . Belleville is the county’s seat and largest city. Cahokia Village was founded in 1697 by French settlers and served as a Jesuit mission to convert tribes of the Illinois Confederation to Christianity. Prior to the establishment of Illinois as a state, the government of the Northwest Territory created St. Clair County in 1790 out of
560-466: A primary commercial service airport because it surpassed 10,000 annual enplanements. It is the fifth-busiest of the 12 commercial airports In Illinois . MidAmerica St. Louis Airport was created to alleviate crowding at St. Louis Lambert International Airport , but had been criticized as a pork barrel project. Featured several times on a "Fleecing of America" segment on the NBC Nightly News , it
616-539: A proclamation establishing St. Clair and Randolph County as the two original counties of Illinois. Originally developed for agriculture, this area became industrialized and urbanized in the area of East St. Louis, Illinois , a city that developed on the east side of the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri . It was always strongly influenced by actions of businessmen from St. Louis, who were initially French Creole fur traders with western trading networks. In
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#1732854789656672-471: Is a public use airport next to Scott Air Force Base . It is located 18 nautical miles [nmi] (33 km; 21 mi) east of downtown St. Louis and 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi) east of the central business district of Belleville in St. Clair County, Illinois , United States. Opened in 1997, MidAmerica is the secondary domestic passenger airport for the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area, after
728-463: Is located on a bluff along the Mississippi River. This area is being developed with suburban housing, particularly in Belleville , and its satellite cities . The eastern and southern portion of the county is sparsely populated. The older small communities and small tracts of newer suburban villages are located between large areas of land devoted to corn and soybean fields, the major commodity crops of
784-458: Is the private Catholic school in Mascoutah. It offers preschool through eighth grade. St. Clair County, Illinois St. Clair County is the ninth most populous county in Illinois . Located directly east of St. Louis , the county is part of the Metro East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area in southern Illinois . As of the 2020 United States census , St. Clair County had
840-524: The Central West End , Clayton , Lambert Airport, and suburban areas in both Illinois and Missouri. SCCTD is planning a 5.2-mile (8.4 km) extension of MetroLink from Shiloh–Scott station to the MidAmerica St. Louis Airport station at MidAmerica Airport. The expansion will include a 2.6-mile (4.2 km) double-track section, a 2.6-mile (4.2 km) single-track section and a passenger station at
896-651: The Eads Bridge to St. Louis, seeking refuge, until the police closed it off. The official death toll was 39 blacks and nine whites, but some historians believe more blacks were killed. Because the riots were racial terrorism, the Equal Justice Initiative has included these deaths among the lynchings of African Americans in the state of Illinois in its 2017 3rd edition of its report, Lynching in America . The riots had disrupted East St. Louis, which had seemed to be on
952-650: The Mississippi River to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport, which is conjoined to Scott Air Force Base . Test flying was expected to commence at MidAmerica late in 2019, after taxi tests and the Federal Aviation Administration ’s certifying the aircraft and granting airspace for flight testing. The first test flight occurred on September 19, 2019. In Addition: "Boeing plans to build three new, state-of-the-art facilities in St. Louis ... These facilities, as well as
1008-559: The Red and Blue Lines. St. Clair County is also served by Metrobus and Madison County Transit . In the 2020 United States Census the racial makeup of the county was 59.6% White, 29.7% black or African American, 1.4% Asian, 0.3% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 2.1% from other races, and 6.8% from two or more races. 4.9% were of Hispanic or Latino origin. As of the 2010 United States Census , there were 270,056 people, 105,045 households, and 70,689 families residing in
1064-443: The 19th century, industrialists from St. Louis put coal plants and other heavy industry on the east side of the river, developing East St. Louis. Coal from southern mines was transported on the river to East St. Louis, then fed by barge to St. Louis furnaces as needed. After bridges spanned the river, industry expanded. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the cities attracted immigrants from southern and eastern Europe and from
1120-464: The 2010 census, Mascoutah has a total area of 9.65 square miles (24.99 km), of which 9.5 square miles (24.60 km) (or 98.45%) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km) (or 1.55%) is water. Mascoutah was the United States center of population point in 1970. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,659 people, 2,162 households, and 1,571 families residing in the city. The population density
1176-666: The Illinois Department of Corrections, is near East St. Louis. Also located in St. Clair County is Scott Air Force Base , which is home to U.S. Transportation Command, the Air Force's Air Mobility Command, and the Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command. St. Clair County is a reliably Democratic county, having voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every presidential election since 1928, with
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#17328547896561232-634: The Louisville and Nashville) . The largest Turner Hall in Southern Illinois was established in Mascoutah in 1873 which served as the center of town social life, and the town constructed its own citizen owned power plant in 1894. The Mascoutah Herald was established in 1885 and remains in production to this day. In 1903 the Belleville And Mascoutah Electric Railway Company planned an electric rail system to Belleville that
1288-696: The MidAmerica Airport Shuttle, which offers service between the airport and the Shiloh–Scott station of MetroLink , the St. Louis region's light rail system. The trip takes about 20 minutes, with buses arriving every 40 minutes, starting three hours prior to the first scheduled flight of the day and continuing until 35 minutes after the last flight of the day. From Shiloh–Scott station, the Red Line provides direct service to downtown St. Louis . Additionally, MetroLink provides direct or indirect service to
1344-764: The South. In 1910 there were 6,000 African Americans in the city. With the Great Migration underway from the rural South, to leave behind Jim Crow and disenfranchisement , by 1917, the African-American population in East St. Louis had doubled. Whites were generally hired first and given higher–paying jobs, but there were still opportunities for American blacks. If hired as strikebreakers, they were resented by white workers, and both groups competed for jobs and limited housing in East St. Louis. The city had not been able to keep up with
1400-614: The U.S. Navy. The airport will be paying its construction debt from 1995 until 2045, costing taxpayers an additional $ 88 million. Supporters credit MidAmerica's additional runway with saving Scott AFB from closure during the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process. They also describe MidAmerica as a "Gateway to the World", citing a new cargo terminal and customs facility designed to handle international cargo. Passenger service has increased since Allegiant Air restarted service in 2012 with flights to 12 destinations. In 2018, MidAmerica Airport
1456-404: The United States achieved independence in the late 18th century, St. Clair County was the first county established in present-day Illinois; it antedates Illinois' existence as a separate jurisdiction. The county was established in 1790 by a proclamation of Arthur St. Clair , first governor of the Northwest Territory , who named it after himself. The original boundary of St. Clair county covered
1512-421: The age of 18 living with them, 57.5% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.05. In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.4% under
1568-460: The age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 46,451, and the median income for a family was $ 55,018. Males had a median income of $ 37,182 versus $ 23,156 for females. The per capita income for
1624-404: The airport was ranked 204th in the United States. USDOT's Calendar Year 2016 data indicated 80,000 enplanements (157,000 total passengers ), nearly triple the 2015 total. FAA's Calendar Year 2015 data indicated 32,589 enplanements (63,000 total passengers ), nearly double the 2014 total. In calendar year 2014, the airport was ranked 363 in the United States with 16,328 passenger enplanements. This
1680-500: The airport; they use a completely refrigerated warehouse for packaging and distribution. Boeing uses the facility at MidAmerica for sub-assemblies for multiple military aircraft. The civil operations are administered by St. Clair County, Illinois , which also pays the maintenance costs for the east runway. Over half of all air operations at the facility utilize the eastern runway. USDOT's most current data indicates 308,000 passengers used BLV between January 2018 and December 2018 and
1736-540: The area were French and French Canadians, founding a mission settlement in 1697 now known as Cahokia Village . After Great Britain defeated France in the Seven Years' War in 1763 and absorbed its territory in North America east of the Mississippi River, British-American colonists began to move into the area. Many French Catholics moved to settlements west of the river rather than live under British Protestant rule. After
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1792-413: The area. According to the St. Clair County Historical Society, the county flag was designed in 1979 by Kent Zimmerman, a senior at O'Fallon Township High School. Zimmerman's flag won first place in a contest against submissions by more than 40 grade school and high school students from throughout the county. The winning entry features the outline of St. Clair County with an orange moon, a stalk of corn, and
1848-522: The city council about this practice in late May. Rumors circulated about an armed African American man robbing a white man, and whites began to attack blacks on the street. The governor ordered in the National Guard and peace seemed restored by early June. "On July 1, a white man in a Ford shot into black homes. Armed African-Americans gathered in the area and shot into another oncoming Ford, killing two men who turned out to be police officers investigating
1904-527: The city have become urban prairie . In 2017 the city marked the centennial of the riots that had so affected its residents. Other cities in St. Clair County border agricultural or vacant lands. Unlike the suburbs on the Missouri side of the metro area, those in Metro-East are typically separated by agriculture, or otherwise undeveloped land left after the decline of industry. The central portion of St. Clair county
1960-449: The city was $ 21,569. About 6.3% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 11.8% of those under age 18 and 7.9% of those age 65 or over. Mascoutah is located about 7 km (4 mi) south of Interstate 64 (Exit 23) on Highway 4 at Highway 177. It is about 46 km (29 mi) east St. Louis, Missouri . Mascoutah is accessible to St. Louis and Lambert Airport by Metrolink from its Shiloh station
2016-425: The county. The population density was 410.6 inhabitants per square mile (158.5/km ). There were 116,249 housing units at an average density of 176.7 per square mile (68.2/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 64.6% white, 30.5% black or African American, 1.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.1% Pacific islander, 1.2% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 3.3% of
2072-419: The east side of the facility, and building a 7,000-foot (2,100 m) taxiway connecting the two runways. A new air traffic control tower staffed by Air Force personnel was constructed midway between the two runways. In September 2022, construction began on an extension to Taxiway Lima as well as a new Taxiway Bridge over Crooked Creek to connect the airport to a new aviation business park. Taxiway construction
2128-525: The end of the alignment near the airport. The project received $ 96 million in funding from the State of Illinois in 2019. Design work was completed in the summer of 2022 and a request for proposals was released that November. The extension is expected to be operational by spring 2025. In late April 2019, the first MQ-25 Stingray test aircraft (T-1 or "Tail 1") was taken by road from Boeing 's technical plant at St. Louis 's Lambert International Airport across
2184-472: The exception of the 1972 United States presidential election . Former Communities Here is a list of school districts with any territory in the county, no matter how slight, even if the schools and/or administrative offices are located in other counties: 38°28′N 89°56′W / 38.47°N 89.93°W / 38.47; -89.93 Mid America Airport MidAmerica St. Louis Airport ( IATA : BLV , ICAO : KBLV , FAA LID : BLV )
2240-466: The inhabitants were informed that another township in Illinois was already named Mechanicsburg. The town was renamed after the Mascouten tribe, and was officially designated Mascoutah in 1839. Mascoutah was considered a progressive town near the turn of the 20th century. The town saw steady growth thanks to the construction of a train depot in 1870, courtesy of the St. Louis and Southeastern Railway (later
2296-461: The larger St. Louis Lambert International Airport . It is a joint-use airport and is currently served by one scheduled commercial airline, Allegiant Air . The airport had 152,278 passenger enplanements in 2018 (302,000 total passengers ), according to the Federal Aviation Administration . It was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–21, which categorized it as
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2352-426: The population. In terms of ancestry, 27.5% were German , 11.1% were Irish , 7.4% were English , and 4.6% were American . Of the 105,045 households, 34.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.6% were married couples living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.7% were non-families, and 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size
2408-533: The rapid growth of population. The United States was developing war industries to support its eventual entry into the Great War, now known as World War I . In February 1917 tensions in the city arose as white workers struck at the Aluminum Ore Company . Employers fiercely resisted union organizing, sometimes with violence. In this case they hired hundreds of blacks as strikebreakers. White workers complained to
2464-457: The rise as a flourishing industrial city. In addition to the human toll, they cost approximately $ 400,000 in property damage (over $ 8 million, in 2017 US Dollars ). They have been described as among the worst labor and race-related riots in United States history, and they devastated the African-American community. Rebuilding was difficult as workers were being drafted to fight in World War I. When
2520-618: The shooting." Word spread and whites gathered at the Labor Temple; the next day they fanned out across the city, armed with guns, clubs, anything they could use against the blacks they encountered. From July 1 through July 3, 1917, the East St. Louis riots engulfed the city, with whites attacking blacks throughout the city, pulling them from streetcars, shooting and hanging them, burning their houses. During this period, some African Americans tried to swim or use boats to get to safety; thousands crossed
2576-409: The terminal expansion. The first phase was completed in spring 2020. The second phase began in late 2020 and was to be completed in 2021. The final phase is to be completed by the end of 2023. The project will add 41,000 square feet to the existing terminal. This space will be used for a relocated and upgraded security checkpoint, two additional jet bridges, a service animal relief area, family restrooms,
2632-471: The veterans returned, they struggled to find jobs and re-enter the economy, which had to shift down to peacetime. In the late 20th century, national restructuring of heavy industry cost many jobs, hollowing out the city, which had a marked decline in population. Residents who did not leave have suffered high rates of poverty and crime. In the early 21st century, East St. Louis is a site of urban decay . Swathes of deteriorated housing were demolished and parts of
2688-497: The western half of Knox County. In 1809, the county became the administrative center of the Illinois Territory and one of the two original counties of Illinois, alongside Randolph County . In 1970, the United States Census Bureau placed the mean center of U.S. population in St. Clair County. This area was occupied for thousands of years by cultures of indigenous peoples. The first modern explorers and colonists of
2744-521: Was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09. The median age was 36.9 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 48,562 and the median income for a family was $ 61,042. Males had a median income of $ 47,958 versus $ 34,774 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 24,770. About 12.3% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line , including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over. The Southwestern Illinois Correctional Center , operated by
2800-475: Was 655.1 inhabitants per square mile (252.9/km). There were 2,309 housing units at an average density of 267.3 per square mile (103.2/km). The racial makeup of the city was 91.73% White , 4.19% African American , 0.35% Native American , 0.97% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 0.85% from other races , and 1.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.75% of the population. There were 2,162 households, out of which 35.8% had children under
2856-737: Was a 20.57% increase over 2013. In calendar year 2013, the dual-use facility was ranked 373 in the United States with 13,542 passenger enplanements. This placed it ninth in the state of Illinois. By comparison, St. Louis Lambert International Airport was ranked 31 in the United States with over 6.21 million enplanements. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2020, the airport had 17,500 aircraft operations, an average of 48 per day: 57% military , 32% general aviation , and 11% scheduled commercial . At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 27 military , 5 helicopters , and 2 single- engine airplanes . Total passengers (BLV) The St. Clair County Transit District (SCCTD) operates
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#17328547896562912-440: Was called a "Gateway to Nowhere" by Tom Brokaw , costing taxpayers $ 313 million. Congestion at Lambert Airport has not been a problem since American Airlines ended hub operations at the airport and a new billion-dollar runway opened in 2006. As of 2021, nearly $ 125 million in county taxpayers has been spent covering the airport's deficits. The airport's biggest revenue source is fuel sales to Boeing, which test-flies drones for
2968-569: Was completed in 2023. A new Boeing Production Facility is already underway as the first tenant to build the MQ-25 unmanned aircraft. Between late 2009 and August 2010, one air cargo company, LAN Cargo , used the airport to import flowers from Bogota, Colombia, totaling one flight each week until the county abruptly ended the flights. Both Boeing Defense, Space & Security and North Bay Produce currently have facilities on site. North Bay Produce primarily ships blueberries from Michigan and Chile into
3024-457: Was delayed and never completed. The train depot shut down, the Turner Hall eventually became the chamber of commerce, and the municipal power plant now houses the city's fleet and equipment maintenance department. The Mascoutah Civic Center is located at 38°29.5′N 89°47.8′W / 38.4917°N 89.7967°W / 38.4917; -89.7967 (38.4922, -89.7968). According to
3080-515: Was named "Airport of the Year" for airports that see more than 10,000 passengers annually by the Illinois Department of Transportation . In 2021, a Bureau of Transportation study found it among the nation's five least-expensive airports. Four passenger airlines have operated from MidAmerica. Since 2005, only Allegiant Airlines has operated from the airport. From the onset, the passenger terminal
3136-424: Was planned for easy expansion if needed. The passenger terminal sits in a 250-foot-wide by 700-foot-long expansion envelope bounded by a runway and parking lot. The initial build-out has two upper-level departure gates with jet bridges and some ground-level gates to serve smaller commuter aircraft. In September 2020, the airport received $ 6.5 million in federal grants to expand the terminal. There are four phases to
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