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Oakwood, IL - History
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Welcome to the Oakwood Home page. The Oakwood Home page provides as much information as possible on Oakwood. Knowing Oakwood’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oakwood’s Home page, you will also find Oakwood’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Oakwood has a population of 1514. 46.9% of Oakwood’s inhabitants are Male, and 53.1 are female. 43.8% of Oakwood is married and 79.9% own their own home. The Average Home price is $83,957, and the average rent is $589. Household median income in Oakwood is $45,602, and the individual median income is $30,231. Oakwood’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.5%), Hispanic(2.6%), Multiple(0.5%).
The area where Oakwood currently is built was historically inhabited by Kickapoo and Potawatomi Native American tribe. The Potawatomi’s camp was located on the south side of Oakwood near the modern-day Lake Bluff trailer park. The Native also discovered the salts mines which would later become the start of the town’s economy. In the early 1800s, fur trappers arrived in the area and drove the Native Americans into Missouri.On 31 October 1819 an army surveyor team arrived in the region, The Team was composed of Captain Blackman, Remember Blackman, George Beckwith, Seymour Treat, Peter Allen, and Francis Whitcomb.
The Team set up camp on the north side of Salt Fork Vermilion River on the modern-day southeast corner of Oakwood, where they set up a salt mine boiling off salty water from the ground. In 1824 John W. Vance would gain control of the mine and increase production however due to competition from other mines the mine eventually shut down and people moved out.Between 1860-1865 a coal mine was opened, the mine was called Glenburn Coal Mine located about one and a half miles to the north, eventually, the mine shut down in 1898 and at least 5 of the house moved to the current city of Oakwood.On 30 December 1997 a pipe bomb exploded at the United Methodist Church located in the town killing Brian Plawer.
The bomber named Richard White would commit another bombing in nearby Danville injuring 34 people. He would die by blowing himself up in the garage to avoid arrest.
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