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Sesser, IL - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Sesser  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Sesser Home page. The Sesser Home page provides as much information as possible on Sesser. Knowing Sesser’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Sesser’s Home page, you will also find Sesser’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Sesser has a population of 1702. 53.2% of Sesser’s inhabitants are Male, and 46.8 are female. 57% of Sesser is married and 81.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $74,712, and the average rent is $590. Household median income in Sesser is $54,375, and the individual median income is $28,642. Sesser’s Ethnic is the following: White(94.7%), Hispanic(4%), Asian(2.8%), Multiple(2.6%).


In summer 1904, when coal was discovered at today's Sesser, the area was a prairie covered with wheat and corn fields. By 1906, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad had extended its lines south from Centralia to Sesser, and the new town was named after railroad surveyor John Sesser.The first mine in Sesser, the Keller Mine, was sunk in 1905-1906.In 1906, Sesser was incorporated as a village.


It re-incorporated as a city in 1909.Old Ben Coal Mine No. 16, also called Sesser Mine, operated from 1905-1923.Subsidence resulting from longwall mining at the Old Ben No. 21 mine, by Old Ben Coal Company, was a concern for some local homeowners in the 1980s. The No. 21 mine, opened in 1952, was idled in 1991.The Sesser Opera House, built in 1914, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The Luna Lounge opened in Sesser, as Illinois first establishment for on site marijuana consumption.


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