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South Pekin, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of South Pekin a basic history overview.
Welcome to the South Pekin Home page. The South Pekin Home page provides as much information as possible on South Pekin. Knowing South Pekin’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within South Pekin’s Home page, you will also find South Pekin’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
South Pekin has a population of 1061. 47.7% of South Pekin’s inhabitants are Male, and 52.3 are female. 45.3% of South Pekin is married and 71.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $79,238, and the average rent is $761. Household median income in South Pekin is $58,490, and the individual median income is $27,538. South Pekin’s Ethnic is the following: White(99.1%), Multiple(0.9%), Hispanic(0.5%).
South Pekin has seen its share of disasters, starting with flooding during the Midwest Flood of 1927. The town's worst disaster was the F3 tornado of March 30, 1938 that destroyed much of South Pekin and killed nine of the village’s residents, it remains the deadliest tornado in Central Illinois 75 years later.
National Weather Service research suggests the storm was a super-cell that spawned up to five tornadoes. On May 9, 1995 another tornado rated F1 moved northeast across town, destroying several garages and destroying a railroad barracks. Two injuries and around one million dollars in damage was reported.
On May 15, a tornado touched down just south of town that would later hit Tremont. On May 10, 2003, South Pekin was again hit by a tornado. The tornado touched down three miles southwest of town around 9:45 P.M. and crossed Highway 29 into the village at F3 intensity. It went through the village at 9:50 PM and was about a quarter mile wide.
There were 23 injuries in South Pekin but no fatalities. The town was rebuilt over the next ten years and constructed a new tornado warning system.
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