Ware, Illinois

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| subdivision_name = United States

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| subdivision_name1 = Illinois

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| subdivision_name2 = Union

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Ware is an unincorporated community in Union County, Illinois, and is located near Jonesboro.

History

The earliest inhabitants of the area around Ware were of Late Woodland and Mississippian cultures. A village with four mounds was occupied between around 800 and 1300 A.D. One of the four mounds was destroyed in the construction of Illinois Route 3.{{Cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_ReOns1MYPcC&q=Ware+Mounds+and+Village+Site&pg=PA52 | title = Archaeological Survey in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley 1940-1947 | isbn = 9780817350222 | author1 = Philip Phillips | year = 2003}} The Ware Mounds and Village Site is situated just west of Ware. In January 1839, thousands of Cherokee Indians being forcibly relocated from their lands in Georgia to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) passed through Ware. Because of floating ice the Cherokee were unable to cross the Mississippi River and camped along Dutch Creek. The intense cold at this time led to many deaths.{{cite web |title= Illinois Historical Markers by County |url= http://www.historyillinois.com/files/Markers/db_markers_by_county.php?county=Union |accessdate=2015-07-15}}

Community

File:Ware, Illinois, Ware Baptist Church.jpg

The Illinois Central Railroad and Illinois Route 3 pass through Ware, Illinois, connecting the community to the rest of the state. Two churches, Ware Baptist Church and Ware United Methodist Church, provide religious services.{{cite web |title= ShawneeHeartland.com |url= http://www.shawneeheartland.com/#!tourism/cua1 |accessdate=2015-07-15}}

2000 Census

As of Census 2000, the population is 3,422{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=Search&_name=62952&_state=&_county=&_cityTown=&_zip=62952&_sse=on&_lang=en&pctxt=fph|title=Census Population for 62952|access-date=2007-11-17|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212053852/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/SAFFPopulation?_event=Search&_name=62952&_state=&_county=&_cityTown=&_zip=62952&_sse=on&_lang=en&pctxt=fph|archive-date=2020-02-12|url-status=dead}} It is named for politician and farmer Jesse Ware.{{cite book|last=Adams|first=Jane H.|title=The Transformation of Rural Life: Southern Illinois, 1890-1990|year=1994|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|place=Chapel Hill, NC|page=21}}

Notes

External links

[http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/citiescounty.cfm&countyid=17181 NACo]

Category:Unincorporated communities in Union County, Illinois

Category:Unincorporated communities in Illinois