what they accomplished." Other district papers not only supported them but implied that such actions were required elsewhere in the area. The Mt. Olive Herald congratulated the vigilantes and issued a warning: "To Staunton belongs the honor of being first in the county in a real loyalty demonstration...In the future, anyone with pro-German tendencies will do well to keep their mouths shut." The Gillespie News commended the citizens and explained that while "we are not believers in mob violence...under the existing circumstances we are for it, and every man who took part in the Staunton demonstration should be given a medal." The Chicago Tribune commended the crowd for its "zealous Americanism". (Source 4) The governor of Illinois, Frank Orren Lowden, also supported what the local union did. "The people in Staunton who took the ‘Pros to a cleaning are not mobs...They were the best citizens that can be found in the great state of ours." (Source 4) Geography Staunton is located in southeastern Macoupin County at (39.010777, -89.787711). Its southern border is the Madison County line. Illinois Route 4 passes through the city as North Edwardsville Street, Hibbard Street, West Pearl Street, and South Hackman Street. Route 4 leads north to Carlinville, the Macoupin county seat, and south to Lebanon. U.S. Route 66 once passed through the east side of the city, leading northeast to Springfield, the state capital, and southwest to St. Louis. Interstate 55 now passes east of Staunton, supplanting Route 66. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Staunton has a total area of , of which , or 0.87%, are water. The city is drained to the west by tributaries of Ginseng Creek, which leads to Cahokia Creek, a west-flowing direct tributary of the Mississippi River. The easternmost part of the city drains south to tributaries of Silver Creek, part of the Kaskaskia River watershed leading south to the Mississippi. Climate Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 5,139 people and 2,258 households in the city. The population density was . There were 2,153 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.6% White, 0.3% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.01% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.74% of the population. In 2000, there were 2,020 households, out of which 32.1% had