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Tamms Community High School
Tamms Community High School, later Alexander County Central High School, was a public high school in Tamms, Illinois. It served Tamms, Elco, Illinois, Elco, Hodges Park, Illinois, Hodges Park, Olive Branch, Illinois, Olive Branch, Sandusky, Illinois, Sandusky, and Unity, Illinois, Unity. In 1954 it was the high school in the county with the most students. Clipping of firstanof second pageat Newspapers.com. It was part of Tamms Community High School District No. 37. It had territory in Alexander County, Illinois, Alexander County and Pulaski County, Illinois, Pulaski County. History The first building was constructed in 1924, and it had 10 classrooms on three stories. Renovations occurred circa 1950-1951. In the 1952-1953 school year, Tamms High had 120 students. The school formerly did not admit African-American students, but in 1954 it began to do so. According to the principal, the school was having financial difficulties and needed extra students and therefore had that as the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamms, Illinois
Tamms is a village in Alexander County, Illinois, United States. The population was 430 at the 2020 census, down from 632 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Tamms was established under the name of Idlewild in 1883. The railroad service ended in the 1970s and therefore the economy declined. Tamms is the location of the Tamms Correctional Center, a super-maximum correctional facility that was operated by the Illinois Department of Corrections and housed the State of Illinois execution chamber. Illinois abolished the death penalty in 2011. This prison was closed in 2013. Geography Tamms is located at (37.240207, -89.264822). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Tamms has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census ''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |