Edwardsville, Illinois

The first European-American settler was Thomas Kirkpatrick, who came in 1805, laid out a community, and served as the Justice of the Peace.

Dating back to 1809, this Historic District has a mile-long visual landscape.

Former president Abraham Lincoln was in Edwardsville twice, as an attorney in the 1814 courthouse and a speaker outside the 1857 courthouse on September 11, 1858.

== History == Edwardsville was incorporated in 1818.

In 1868 The Bank of Edwardsville was founded.

The present county courthouse, a square, four-story neoclassical structure of white marble that rises to six stories at the back section, was constructed from 1913 to 1915.

In 1934, the Village of Leclaire was incorporated into the City of Edwardsville.

In 1983, Edwardsville's historic Saint Louis Street was also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

=== Pop culture === Scenes for the movie The Lucky Ones, starring Tim Robbins and Rachel McAdams, were filmed in downtown Edwardsville in June 2007.

A 2010 issue of Family Circle magazine named Edwardsville third of their "Top 10 Best Towns for Families".

A collection of poetry by Nigerian writer Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún, Edwardsville by Heart (Wisdom's Bottom Press, November 2018), was based on the time the author spent in Edwardsville fo...

It was purchased by Champaign, Illinois-based Busey Bank in 2019.

== Demographics == As of the census of 2020, 26,808 people, 8,814 households, and 5,291 families resided in the city.

Edwardsville was heavily affected by the tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021.