| Rosiclare, Illinois | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Image Map1: | Illinois in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Illinois in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 37.425°N -88.3458°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hardin |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 5.48 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.12 |
| Area Land Km2: | 5.02 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.94 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.46 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.18 |
| Elevation Ft: | 367 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 980 |
| Population Density Km2: | 195.18 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 505.42 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code(s) |
| Postal Code: | 62982 |
| Area Code: | 618 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-65897 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2396436 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Rosiclare, Illinois |
Rosiclare is a city in Hardin County, Illinois, along the Ohio River. The population was 980 at the 2020 census.[2]
Some of the earliest settlers of the Rosiclare area were outlaws mainly counterfeiters from the Sturdivant Gang in the late 1810s-early 1820s. Rosiclare used to be the "Fluorspar Capital of the World".[3] Andrew Jackson, in 1835, once owned a fluorspar mine in Rosiclare. Wholesale mining of fluorspar first began in Rosiclare in 1842.[4] Mining ceased when it became cheaper to import fluorite from China. The Lead and Fluorspar Mining Company continued to process ore from mines in Hardin County but closed due to foreign competition in 1996.[5]
Rosiclare is located in southwestern Hardin County at (37.424869, -88.345810).[6] It is bordered to the southeast by the Ohio River, which forms the state boundary with Kentucky. Illinois Route 34 terminates in Rosiclare at the river and leads north to Harrisburg. The next Illinois community upriver (northeast) is Elizabethtown, via IL-34 and IL-146 or by river, while the next one downstream (southwest) is Golconda, via IL-146 or by river.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Rosiclare has a total area of 2.12sqmi, of which 1.94sqmi (or 91.59%) is land and 0.18sqmi (or 8.41%) is water.[7]
As of the 2020 census there were 980 people, 354 households, and 241 families residing in the city. The population density was 462.92PD/sqmi. There were 544 housing units at an average density of 256.97/sqmi. The racial makeup of the city was 93.47% White, 1.02% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.61% Asian, 0.20% Pacific Islander, 0.20% from other races, and 4.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.45% of the population.
There were 354 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.80% were married couples living together, 11.02% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.92% were non-families. 28.53% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.58% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.51 and the average family size was 2.82.
The city's age distribution consisted of 17.5% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 20% from 25 to 44, 47.5% from 45 to 64, and 9.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 120.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 145.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $38,750, and the median income for a family was $55,208. Males had a median income of $41,402 versus $16,548 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,838. About 12.4% of families and 17.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.7% of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.