Tuscola, Illinois
Douglas County
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Tuscola is a small town and the administrative seat of Douglas County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Tuscola had 4448 inhabitants.
Geography
Clinton is located at 39 ° 47'52 " north latitude and 88 ° 16'54 " west longitude. The city covers more than 5.5 square kilometers, which consist exclusively of land area.
By Tuscola runs in an east -west direction of the U.S. Highway 36 U.S. Highway crosses on the southeast edge 45. On the western edge of the city, Interstate 57, which is the shortest route from Chicago (255 km northeast of Tuscola ) and Memphis, Tennessee (604 km south-west of Tuscola ) runs. About 60.8 km away Decatur there are 126 km to the west to Springfield, the capital of Illinois. About the Highway 36 there are 185 km to the east in Indiana's capital Indianapolis.
In Tuscola is also a junction of several rail lines.
History
At its founding in 1868 OC Hackett was elected by one vote against WB Ervin to Head of Tuscola Township. Hackett maintained a plantation with Sassafrasbäumen that was known long before establishment of the Douglas County in 1884 under the name of Hackett 's Run. Hackett's father, John Hackett settled in 1835 in the neighboring Coles County. According to family chronicles Abraham Lincoln had been during the Lincoln -Douglas debates in 1858 on the family farm as a guest.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 4,448 was determined. These distributed to 1,885 households in 1,261 families. The population density was 815.7 / km ². There were 2,015 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 369.6 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 98.1 % White, 0.3 % African American, 0.4% Native Americans, 0.5 % Asian and 0.2 % other. 0.4 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 1.1% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
25.0 % were under the age of 18, 8.1 % from 18 to 24, 29.0% 25-44, 21.5% from 45 to 64 and 15.8 % 65 and older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females were statistically 91.9 men in the over 18 -year-old 89.3.
The median income per household was $ 39,608, the median family income $ 44,816. The median income for men was $ 35,063 and for women about $ 22,090. The per capita income amounted to $ 19,465. Approximately 2.3 % of families and 4.1 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.
Memorable people
- Philip Deaver - author
- Jennie Garth - Actress
- Joseph Gurney Cannon - Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States
- Fred Wakefield - NFL player
- Smiley Burnette - Actor and musician