Anna, Illinois
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| City of Anna | ||
The Anna State Asylum, built in 1869 in the Kirkbride Plan was a rambling four-story structure, part of which was destroyed in separate incidents, but most of which is still standing as the central complex to the C.L. Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center.
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 Anna, Illinois
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| Coordinates: 37°27′40″N 89°14′20″W / 37.46111°N 89.23889°WCoordinates: 37°27′40″N 89°14′20″W / 37.46111°N 89.23889°W | ||
| Country |  United States of America |
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 Illinois
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| County | Union | |
| Platted | March 3, 1854 | |
| Incorporated | February 16, 1865 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Steve Hartline | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.52 sq mi (9.1 km2) | |
| • Land | 3.50 sq mi (9.1 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) | |
| Elevation | 610 ft (190 m) | |
| Population (2014) | ||
| • Total | 4,331 | |
| • Density | 1,200/sq mi (480/km2) | |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | |
| ZIP code | 62906 | |
| Area code(s) | 618 | |
| Website | www |
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Anna is a city in Union County, Illinois. Located in Southern Illinois, the population was 4,442 at the 2010 United States Census, a decline from 5,135 in 2000. The city is known for being tied to its close neighbor Jonesboro, together known as Anna-Jonesboro. Anna is renowned for the Anna State Mental Hospital or the Choate Mental Health Care Center.
Anna was platted on March 3, 1854, named for the wife of the town's founder. The city was incorporated on February 16, 1865.
Anna was historically a sundown town, in which African Americans were excluded from living in the town's limits. In 1909, a mob of angry white citizens drove out Anna's black families following the lynching in a nearby town of a black man accused of raping a white woman. According to historian James W. Loewen, a common adage in the town was that its name of "Anna" was actually an acronym, standing for "Ain't No Niggers Allowed".
Anna is located at 37°27′40″N 89°14′20″W / 37.46111°N 89.23889°W.
According to the 2010 census, Anna has a total area of 3.519 square miles (9.11 km2), of which 3.5 sq mi (9.06 km2) (or 99.46%) is land and 0.019 sq mi (0.05 km2) (or 0.54%) is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,442 people, 1,893 households and 1,097 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,269.1 people per square mile. There were 2,123 housing units at an average density of 606.6 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 95.7% White, 1.1% African American, 0.6% American Indian and Alaskan Native, 0.4% Asian, <0.1% Pacific Islander, 1.2% from other races, and .9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino (of any race) were 2.9% of the population.
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