Ford County (Illinois)
The Ford County has a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 14,081 inhabitants and a population density of 11.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. The the county seat ( county seat ) is in Paxton.
Geography
The County is located in the central northeastern Illinois. It has an area of 1260 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. At the Ford County borders the following Nachbarcountys:
History
The Ford County was formed on February 17, 1859 from parts of Vermilion County than 102 County in Illinois and is the youngest County. It was named after Thomas Ford, the eighth Governor of Illinois.
The first sedentary settlers were Joshua and Robert Trickel, two brothers from Ohio. They formed in 1836 Trickel 's Grove and a short time later, they had a lot of new neighbors. Another early settler was Michael L Sullivant. He bought thousands of acres of land and cultivated it. Some years later it was referred to as the largest grain farm in the world with a one-man management. 1866 were also a number of Norwegian settlers.
Another notable event in the history of Ford County was the first and only Hanged in the county. The jury found him guilty in 1897 to have a woman killed in the northwest of Gibson City.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Ford County County 14,081 people in 5638 households. The population density was 11.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 5638 households lived statistically 2.38 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was $ 48,667. The per capita income was $ 23,401. 8.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Places in Ford County
Citys
- Gibson City
- Paxton
Villages
- Cabery1
- Elliott
- Kempton
- Melvin
- Piper City
- Roberts
- Sibley
Unincorporated communities
- Clarence
- Derby
- Garber
- Guthrie
- Harpster
- Perdueville
- Proctor
- Location
1 - partially in Kankakee County
Structure
The Ford County is divided into twelve townships: