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Sorento is a village in Bond County, Illinois, United States. The population was 498 at the 2010 census.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Sorento village, Illinois )〕 Sorento is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area.〔http://www.census.gov/popest/data/metro/totals/2009/index.html〕 It is also considered part of the Metro East region of Illinois. ==History== Sorento was founded as a village in 1882.〔Sorento Centennial Committee. (1982) "Founders". Sorento Centennial 1882-1982 (p 7).Sorento, IL: Sorento Homecoming Association.〕 The town was laid out and platted on August 15, 1882 by August H. Scharf, a local farmer and businessman, and his father, William Scharf.〔 They named the town Sorento after Sorrento, Florida, a town they had once visited.〔 The town grew quickly and by the end of 1883 there were over 500 residents.〔Unknown. (1919, August 15). Sorento Founded in 1882. The Sorento Blade, p. 1.〕 The Sorento Coal Mine opened in 1883 and was in operation until March 31, 1914.〔Ingles, Clifford. (1982) "Sorento Coal Company". Sorento Centennial 1882-1982 (p 30).Sorento, IL: Sorento Homecoming Association.〕 Charles Lindbergh is known to have landed in fields just outside of Sorento while preparing for his solo transatlantic flight.〔Ingles, Clifford. (1992) "A Vanishing Time". ''History of Shoal Creek Volume III and Ripson Bridge.'' (pp. 28-30).Sorento, IL: Sorento Homecoming Association.〕 Jimmy Swaggart preached at the Sorento Assembly of God church in the early 1960s.〔Varner, Billie. Personal Interview. 9 Sept. 2013.〕 Famed cave explorer Floyd Collins is known to have visited Sorento and explored caves in the region during the early 1900s.〔Ingles, Clifford. Personal Interview. 4 Oct. 1989.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sorento, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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