Effingham County (Illinois)
The Effingham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 34,242 inhabitants and a population density of 27.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Effingham.
Geography
The County is located in the central south-east of Illinois. It has an area of 1243 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers of water surfaces. At the Effingham County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
Traffic
The County is conveniently technically very favorable. Here extend Interstate 57 and Interstate 70 I- 57 runs from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico and the I-70 runs from the east coast to the west coast. For this reason, there is also increased truck stops, restaurants, car repair shops, etc. Furthermore, the County connected to the rail network and has an airport, the Effingham County Memorial Airport with 4 start and runways.
History
The later Effingham County was first settled around 1800. The first colonists settled on the banks of the Little Wabash River. Made the County 1831 from parts of Fayette and Crawford County. It was named after the British Lord Edward Effingham, a general in the British army. In 1850 a railway line was built by the County and the sleepy area experienced a new colonization boom. 1859 the county seat was the town of Broughton, which was later renamed in Effingham. The next colonization boom came with the construction of the interstates.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Effingham County 34,242 people in 13,462 households. The population density was 27.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 13,462 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.3 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 49,509. The per capita income was $ 24,843. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Effingham County
Citys
- Altamont
- Effingham
Town
- Mason
Villages
- Beecher City
- Dieterich
- Edgewood
- Montrose1
- Shumway
- Teutopolis
- Watson
Unincorporated communities
- Blue Point
- Boggsville
- Dexter
- Eberle
- Elliottstown
- Evers
- Funkhouser
- Gila
- Gilmore
- Green Creek
- Heart Ville
- Hill
- Holland
- Keptown
- Lake Sara
- Moccasin
- Northmore Heights
- Winterrowd
1 - partly in Cumberland County
Structure
The Effingham County is divided into 15 townships: