Hurst

History

Hurst was founded in 1903 as a stop along the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, which had extended a line to the area from De Soto. Thomas Philip Russell, who donated some of the land for the new city, initially sought to name it after his family, but the name "Russell" was already in use elsewhere in Illinois. He then agreed to name it after his friend, William Charles Hurst, a railroad official who had stayed at his house during visits to the area.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Hurst has a total area of , of which (or 99.77%) is land and (or 0.23%) is water.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  6,716
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  4,401
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  4,369
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  4,200
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  4,127
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,095
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  3,774
• Carolina Wren

  Thryothorus ludovicianus (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  3,701

Most recent

• M 2.81 — 2024-03-28
  1 km NNE of Germantown, Illinois
• M 2.53 — 2024-03-05
  6 km ENE of Pinckneyville, Illinois
• M 3.07 — 2023-12-18
  5 km WNW of Waltonville, Illinois
• M 2.59 — 2023-08-23
  3 km ENE of Wilson City, Missouri
• M 2.52 — 2022-05-17
  6 km NNW of Mount Vernon, Illinois
• M 2.57 — 2022-04-13
  3 km SE of Springerton, Illinois