White Hall is a city in Greene County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,295 at the 2020 census.
History
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A post office called White Hall has been in operation since 1827. In 1830 a David Barrow was the first person to build and in a location that would become White Hall. Two years later he bought another 80 acres of land at the price of $200 for the purpose of creating the town. Four years later, in 1836 White Hall was official established. This area was the home to a long, white tavern owned by James Allen, which was the only hotel between Carrollton, Illinois and Jacksonville, Illinois. The town got its name from the fact that when a stage was approaching the tavern, the driver would call out "Next stop, the White Hall."
White Hall became known for pottery as ceramics was historically one of the town's top industries. Between 1825 and 1948 White Hall had 39 commercial potteries. One of the earliest was established by John Neff Ebey. Other pottery operations included William Heath, George Ebey, David Brunk, the Davis brothers, David Culbertson, A. D. Ruckel, the Vermillion brothers, William Teter, and the White Hall Sewer Pipe & Stoneware Company. Stoneware from A. D. Ruckel's White Hall Pottery Works and White Hall Sewer Pipe and Stoneware Company remain well known to collectors.
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, White Hall has a total area of , of which (or 97.84%) is land and (or 2.16%) is water.
Climate
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, White Hall had a population of 2,295. There were 572 families residing in the city. The population density was .
The median age was 45.6 years. 22.5% of residents were under the age of 18 and 23.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 97.5 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.9 males age 18 and over.
Of the city's 945 households, 24.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.8% were married-couple households, 23.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 25.0% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 35.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.