Demographics Historical population CensusĪs of the census of 2000, there were 3,577 people, 1,467 households, and 981 families residing in the city. Census Bureau, Havana has a total area of 2.94 square miles (7.61 km 2), of which 2.78 square miles (7.20 km 2) are land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km 2), or 5.61%, are water. Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge is 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Havana, along the Illinois River.Īccording to the U.S.
IL 78 leads south-southwest (downriver) 9 miles (14 km) to Bath and north 21 miles (34 km) to Canton, while IL 97 leads south-southeast 11 miles (18 km) to Kilbourne and northwest 11 miles (18 km) to Lewistown. Illinois Routes 78 and 97 join US 136 passing through Havana and crossing the Illinois River. US 136 crosses the Illinois River on the Scott Wike Lucas Bridge. Route 136 passes through the city as Dearborn Street, South Promenade Street, and East Laurel Street, leading east 24 miles (39 km) to San Jose and west 40 miles (64 km) to Macomb. Havana is located in western Mason County on the Illinois River. Havana was notorious as a gambling river town, and it is reported that names such as Al Capone would hunt, fish, and gamble in the local clubs. The English-speaking settlement was originally called "Ross's Ferry" and was later named after Havana, the capital of Cuba. Mason County was the only place where Lincoln owned farmland. Later, he was a local surveyor, and then an itinerant attorney. When he was younger, Lincoln rode a mail route from New Salem to Havana.
Stephen Douglas had spoken there the day before. There were War of 1812 bounty lands in western Illinois.Ībraham Lincoln was a frequent visitor to Havana between his days as a soldier in the Black Hawk Wars until at least his three-hour speech on the Rockwell Mound while he was running for the US Senate in 1858. A ferry was established to the western bank of the Illinois River to a road that followed the Spoon River. When permanent English-speaking residents arrived in 1822, there was a Pottawatomie village on the site. A religious medal dating from the early 1700s suggests that there was missionary activity in what is now Havana. Local landmarks were mentioned in the journals of French explorers in the late 1600s. Havana was a major ancient American settlement two thousand years ago, when the largest verified mound of the Western Hopewell Culture was built. The population was 2,963 at the 2020 census, down from 3,301 in 2010. Havana is a city in Mason County, Illinois, United States.
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