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38,684
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$71,966
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America/Chicago
60090
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Wheeling, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Wheeling a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Wheeling Home page. The Wheeling Home page provides as much information as possible on Wheeling. Knowing Wheeling’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Wheeling’s Home page, you will also find Wheeling’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Wheeling has a population of 38684. 48.6% of Wheeling’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.4 are female. 51.3% of Wheeling is married and 61.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $201,240, and the average rent is $1,270. Household median income in Wheeling is $71,966, and the individual median income is $36,076. Wheeling’s Ethnic is the following: White(58.8%), Hispanic(27.9%), Asian(17.7%), Other(15.8%), Multiple(4%), Black(2.4%), Native(1.2%), Pacific(0.1%).
The land that is now Wheeling, Illinois, was controlled by the Miami Confederacy which contained the Illini and Kickapoo tribes) starting in the early 1680s. The Confederacy was driven from the area by the Iroquois and Fox in the early 1700s. The French-allied Potawatomi began to raid and take possession of Northern Illinois in the 1700s.
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, the Potawatomi expanded southwards from their territory in Green Bay and westward from their holdings in Detroit, until they controlled in an L-shaped swath of territory from Green Bay to the Illinois River, and from the Mississippi River to the Maumee River.The descendants of the Potawatomi who once inhabited the land that is now Wheeling currently live on a reservation in Mayette, Kansas.The first cabin in Wheeling Township was built by a Mr.
Sweet in 1833. He sold it to George Strong for $60, making Mr. Strong the first permanent resident in Wheeling Township. In 1834, Joseph Filkins opened the first tavern-hotel in the township at the intersection of Dundee Road and Milwaukee Avenue. By 1835, there were 18 cabins in the township, and a post office was established in Filkins’ Tavern. In 1837, Russell Wheeler and Charles Daniels opened a general store and trading post next to Filkins’ Tavern.
The settlers who migrated to that area formed the Village of East Wheeling, which later became known as simply Wheeling.
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