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Mrs. Dora Estell (maiden name Derrickson)
and Mr. William Estell. Mr. Estell was a janitor at the Mattoon
Public Library.
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Harold Gray of Mattoon, IL.
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Emelda Elaine Estell at her 1992 Tulane University
Law School graduation. Daughter of Mr. Harry E. Estell and
a graduate of EIU.
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Left to right, Murriel, Henry Clamase, Ralph
Smith Sr., and Joe Hopgood Sr. in their service uniforms.
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Dr. Carlotta Freeman (Daughter of Dr. Thomas
& Clarice Freeman)
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Claire Derrickson and Elza Derrickson, both
of Mattoon, Illinois, c. 1980.
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Much of the information recorded here has been
pieced together from scattered fragments. For the most part, the
African American population in Coles County has remained very small
in relation to their white counterparts. African American population
in the county has been between 0.3% in 1840 and 2.3% in 2000 (See
Table 1 below).
| Table 1 |
| Census of Coles County,
1840 - 2000* |
| Census Year |
County Population |
Black Population |
% Blacks |
|
| 1840 |
9,616 |
33 |
0.3 |
| 1850 |
9,335 |
36 |
0.4 |
| 1860 |
14,203 |
29 |
0.2 |
| 1870 |
25,235 |
220 |
0.9 |
| 1880 |
27,042 |
276 |
1.0 |
| 1890 |
30,093 |
284 |
0.9 |
| 1900 |
34,146 |
299 |
0.9 |
| 1910 |
34,517 |
201 |
0.6 |
| 1920 |
35,108 |
213 |
0.6 |
| 1930 |
37,315 |
179 |
0.5 |
| 1940 |
38,470 |
170 |
0.4 |
| 1950 |
40,328 |
176 |
0.4 |
| 1960 |
42,860 |
203 |
0.5 |
| 1970 |
47,815 |
303 |
0.6 |
| 1980 |
52,260 |
883** |
1.7 |
| 1990 |
51,649 |
925 |
1.8 |
| 2000 |
53,196 |
1,215 |
2.3 |
|
- Source: Foster and Eckert, "Up From
the Grave..," p.24.
- *1840 from Sixth Census of the United
States, 1840
- 1850 - 1870 from Ninth Census of the United
States, 1870.
- 1880 from Tenth Census of the United States,
1880.
- 1890 from Compendium of the Eleventh Census,
1890.
- 1900 - 1990 from <http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/il190090.txt>
- 2000 from the twenty-second census of
the United States, 2000.
- **This marked increase (beginning in 1980)
reflects the efforts of a regional, public university to
recruit minority students which the Census enumerates as
part of the county's population.
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