Filmed on Sunday, April 23, 2023, I drive around the small town Kampsville, Illinois to see what's going on.
Kampsville is a village in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States, located on the west bank of the Illinois River. The population was 310 at the 2022 census.
Kampsville was originally known as Beeman's Landing, after James L. Beeman, a ferry operator on the Illinois River. After Stephen Farrow purchased the ferry from Beeman, the name was changed to Farrowtown. The name Vedder was used when the post office was established in 1857. The name Kampsville was made official on 6 March 1872 and refers to Michael A. Kamp, who served as president of the village board and was also a postmaster at Silver Creek, north of Kampsville.
The Kampsville ferry crosses the Illinois River and connects the Kampsville segment of Illinois Route 108 with its remainder in Greene County. The ferry is free and runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It is one of two permanent ferries operated by the Illinois Department of Transportation.
The village is the base of operations for the Center for American Archeology, an educational and research organization dedicated to the archeological understanding of the Native Americans and of the European settlers in the region. It contains exhibits demonstrating evidence of 7,000 years of human habitation excavated at the Koster Site in nearby Greene County.
As of the 2020 census there were 310 people, 132 households, and 96 families residing in the village.
The racial makeup of the village was 91.29% White, 1.29% Native American, and 7.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.58% of the population.
The per capita income for the village was $22,374. About 26.0% of families and 31.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 56.4% of those under age 18 and 15.8% of those age 65 or over. #driving #travel #drivingtour
