Illiopolis, Illinois
| Illiopolis | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Sangamon |
| Elevation | 601 ft (183 m) |
| Coordinates | 39°51′5″N 89°14′50″W / 39.85139°N 89.24722°W |
| Area | 0.4 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - land | 0.4 sq mi (1 km2) |
| Population | 916 (2000) |
| Density | 2,027.0 / sq mi (783 / km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 62539 |
| Area code | 217 |
   Location of Illiopolis within Illinois
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| Wikimedia Commons: Illiopolis, Illinois | |
Illiopolis is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 916 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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[edit] Geography
Illiopolis is located at 39°51′5″N 89°14′50″W / 39.85139°N 89.24722°W (39.851351, -89.247131).[1]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 916 people, 362 households, and 263 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,027.0 people per square mile (785.9/km²). There were 390 housing units at an average density of 863.0 per square mile (334.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.91% White, 0.22% Native American, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.11% of the population.
There were 362 households out of which 34.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.3% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.3% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.99.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from % of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Notable people
- Ray Demmitt, MLB outfielder for the New York Highlanders, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers.
[edit] Formosa Plastics
Borden, Inc constructed a PVC plant west of Illiopolis in 1962 in the industrial area that had been the Sangamon Ordnance Plant. It operated the plant until 1987 when it transferred to Borden Chemicals and Plastics Operating Limited Partnership. Following that company's bankruptcy, the facility closed for several days and the plant had not reopened as of 2007. On March 6, 2007 the United States Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its final report on the incident indicating that an operator bypassed a safety interlock and drained a pressurized reactor instead of an empty one they were in the process of cleaning. The report listed as root causes, that Formosa-IL and Borden Chemical "did not adequately address the potential for human error."[1]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
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