Jersey County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 21,512. The county seat and largest community is Jerseyville, with a population of 8,337 in 2010. The county's smallest incorporated community is Otterville, with a population of 87.
Elsah is a village in Jersey County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 519. Michael Pitchford is the village's current acting mayor.
Bernard Ralph Maybeck was an American architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early 20th century. He worked primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area, designing public buildings, including the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, and also private houses, especially in Berkeley, where he lived and taught at the University of California. A number of his works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Egil "Bud" Krogh Jr. was an American lawyer who became infamous as an official of the Nixon administration and who was imprisoned for his part in the Watergate scandal. He was a Senior Fellow on Ethics and Leadership at the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress and Counselor to the Director at the School for Ethics and Global Leadership.
Principia College is a private liberal arts college in Elsah, Illinois. It was founded in 1912 by Mary Kimball Morgan with the purpose of "serving the Cause of Christian Science." "Although the College is not affiliated with the Christian Science Church, the practice of Christian Science is the cornerstone of campus life."
The Knowledge is Power Program, commonly known as KIPP, is a network of free open-enrollment college-preparatory public charter schools in low income communities throughout the United States. As of 2009, KIPP is North America's largest network of public charter schools. The head offices are in San Francisco, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, D.C.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is a Nigerian economist, who has been serving as the Director-General of the World Trade Organization since March 2021. She is the first woman and first African to lead the World Trade Organization as Director-General.
Butler Stevens Sturtevant was an American landscape architect.
Steven "Steve" Sydness was an American politician and businessman. He was the Republican Party nominee for one of North Dakota's open United States Senate seats in the 1992 election, and was the former CEO of the Endurance International Group in Massachusetts. Before running for The US Senate, he had helped found Great Plains Software in North Dakota, and had served as city commissioner of Fargo. He was a graduate of Principia College in Elsah, IL and Harvard Business School in Cambridge, MA where he received his MBA in 1981.
The Principia College Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District encompassing the central portion of the campus of Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. The campus master plan, as well as eleven of its buildings, are important late designs of architect Bernard Maybeck, best known for his influential architecture in the American West. The Principia was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1993, and was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places that same year.
Christie G. Enke is a United States academic chemist who made pioneering contributions to the field of analytical chemistry.
Ann Dunnigan Kennard was an American actress and teacher who later became a translator of 19th-century Russian literature.
John R. "Rod" Humenuik was an American former gridiron football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Northridge from 1971 to 1972 and Principia College in Elsah, Illinois from 1998 to 2002, compiling a career college football record of 10–12.
Ngozi Mwanamwambwa Asinga is a Zambian former sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She also competed in the women's 400 metres at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She is the wife of Surinamese former athlete Tommy Asinga. She attended Principia College. A seven-time NCAA Division III All-American in track, Ngozi earned top-three finishes in the 100, 200 and 400 metres races, and was the 1992 Division III national champion in the 200 metres.
Frederick Oakes Sylvester was an American art educator and artist in the Arts and Crafts movement in St. Louis, Missouri.
Kathryn Evelyn Bard Cherry was an American impressionist painter and educator. She painted marine scenes, floral still life, and landscapes.
Janet Irvine Buchanan, popularly known as Janet Evra, is an English-born vocalist, bassist, guitarist, songwriter and bandleader. Evra sings in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French and performs in jazz, indie jazz, French jazz, bossa nova, samba, and Latin jazz styles.
Kipp Christian Keller is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for the FC Cincinnati in the Major League Soccer (MLS).
Mary Kimball Morgan was an American educator and the founder of The Principia, a K–12 school in St. Louis, Missouri, and Principia College, a four year college in Elsah, Illinois.
