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Staunton Local 755 became the largest coal miners' union in the state. The Labor Temple was built in 1914 by the local union. The front doors of this fine structure opened onto an attractive lobby with a wide stairway to the second floor on the right and a ticket office centered between two entrances
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The first Monday of each month the Miners Union held their meeting there. The other
Mondays could be booked for graduations, dramatic or musical productions by local groups, speakers, etc. Upstairs were toilet facilities, several small conference or committee meeting rooms, and a large hall where
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characterized the city for nearly a century. Henry Voge opened the first coal mine in 1869 ("The Gin Shaft"). Two large mounds of slag that rise from prairie farmland on the outskirts of
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Staunton. The town slowly grew and by the town's incorporation in 1859, had a schoolhouse, general store, a doctor's office and a mill. Staunton grew with the introduction of the railroad and a coal mine in the
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commended the citizens and explained that while "we are not believers in mob violence...under the existing circumstances we are for it, and every man who took part in the Staunton demonstration should be given a medal." The
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1933:281,421,906
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3037:North Otter
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2982:Bunker Hill
2944:Wilsonville
2919:Sawyerville
2914:Royal Lakes
2904:Mount Clare
2799:Mount Olive
2784:Carlinville
2779:Bunker Hill
2756:Carlinville
2749:County seat
2601:January 31,
2551:January 30,
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2300:February 8,
2210:Bruno Gaido
2014:Livingston†
1971:12,419,293
1930:248,709,873
1927:226,545,805
1924:203,210,158
1921:179,325,671
1918:150,844,547
1915:132,165,129
1912:123,202,660
1909:106,021,568
1819:other races
616:explanation
569:Springfield
557:county seat
553:Carlinville
405:Coal mining
400:Coal mining
352:2020 census
115: /
3194:Categories
3052:Scottville
3002:Dorchester
2939:White City
2924:Scottville
2889:Lake Ka-ho
2874:Eagarville
2869:Dorchester
2502:Washington
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2261:References
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2051:Litchfield
1968:11,430,602
1965:11,426,596
1962:11,113,976
1959:10,081,158
1906:92,228,531
1903:76,212,168
314:feature ID
218:Population
168:Government
162:Dorchester
103:89°47′27″W
3156:Footnotes
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3027:Mt. Olive
3007:Gillespie
2954:Townships
2789:Gillespie
2457:Mansfield
2181:Education
1956:8,712,176
1953:7,897,241
1950:7,630,654
1947:6,485,280
1944:5,638,591
1941:4,821,550
609:Staunton
573:St. Louis
539:Geography
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290:Area code
240:Time zone
210:Elevation
154:Townships
100:39°0′42″N
3147:Woodburn
3107:Anderson
3077:Staunton
3017:Hillyard
2972:Brighton
2858:Brighton
2850:Villages
2804:Staunton
2504:Democrat
2441:Freeport
2145:Religion
1976:Staunton
1938:Illinois
1823:Hispanic
1079:Source:
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348:Illinois
340:Staunton
306:17-72403
278:ZIP code
158:Staunton
148:Macoupin
139:Illinois
78:Staunton
3122:Hagaman
3112:Atwater
3062:Shipman
3032:Nilwood
2987:Cahokia
2929:Shipman
2909:Palmyra
2899:Modesto
2884:Hettick
2840:Nilwood
2573:June 4,
2122:21,491
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1805:, 0.3%
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2894:Medora
2809:Virden
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2766:Cities
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2119:14,579
2116:12,480
2113:11,070
2084:6,815
2009:5,030
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2110:9,996
2107:8,776
2104:8,008
2101:6,235
2098:5,336
2095:5,014
2092:4,157
2081:6,883
2078:7,204
2075:7,190
2072:7,330
2069:7,208
2066:7,048
2063:6,612
2060:6,215
2057:5,971
2054:5,918
2028:1,115
2025:1,447
2022:1,365
2019:1,092
2006:4,806
2003:4,744
2000:4,396
1997:4,228
1994:4,047
1991:4,212
1988:4,618
1985:6,027
1982:5,048
1979:2,786
1895:2000
1811:Asian
1799:White
1785:−1.7%
1780:5,054
1765:5,139
1750:5,030
1735:4,806
1720:4,744
1705:4,396
1690:4,228
1680:−3.9%
1675:4,047
1665:−8.8%
1660:4,212
1645:4,618
1635:19.4%
1630:6,027
1620:81.2%
1615:5,048
1605:26.1%
1600:2,786
1590:62.7%
1585:2,209
1570:1,358
283:62088
266:UTC−5
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226:5,054
136:State
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1770:2.2%
1761:2010
1755:4.7%
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1740:1.3%
1731:1990
1725:7.9%
1716:1980
1710:4.0%
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