Christian County (Illinois)
The Christian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 34,800 inhabitants and a population density of 18.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Taylorsville.
Geography
The County is located just south of the center of Illinois on the left bank of the Sangamon River. It has an area of 1854 square kilometers, of which 17 square kilometers are water surface. To the Christian County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
On February 15, 1839 the Sangamon, Montgomery and Shelby County, the Dane County was formed from parts. It was named after the Congress Member Nathan Dane of Massachusetts. On 2 March 1840, was renamed in Christian County. This name was chosen because the majority of settlers from the Christian County in Kentucky came from. 1900, the County had 32,700 inhabitants.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Christian County 34,800 people in 14,005 households. The population density was 18.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 14,005 households lived statistically 2.33 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.5 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 43,182. The per capita income was $ 20,673. 14.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Christian County
Citys
- Assumption
- Pana
- Taylorsville
Villages
- Bulpitt
- Edinburg
- Harvel1
- Jeisyville
- Kincaid
- Morrisonville
- Mt Auburn
- Moweaqua2
- Owaneco
- Palmer
- Stonington
- Tovey
Unincorporated communities
- Bolivia
- Clarksdale
- Dark
- Ellis
- Grove City
- Hewittsville
- Jeiseyville
- Langleyville
- Midway
- Millersville
- Old Stonington
- Osbernville
- Radford
- Roby
- Rosamond
- Sharpsburg
- Sicily
- Vander Ville
- Velma
- Willey station
- Zenobia3
1 - partly in Montgomery County 2 - partially in Shelby County 3 - partly in Montgomery and Sangamon County
Structure
The Christian County is divided into 17 townships: