Lee County (Illinois)

The Lee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 36 031 inhabitants and a population density of 19.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Dixon.

Geography

The County is located in northern Illinois and is drained by the Rock River. It has an area of 1,889 square kilometers, of which ten square kilometers of water surface. At the Lee County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

By County lead to Interstate 39 and Interstate 88, several highways and state roads.

History

The Lee County was formed on February 27, 1839, from the southern part of Ogle County and parts of Bond County and Clark County. It was named after Richard Henry Lee, an American statesman and U.S. Senator from Virginia or after Henry Lee, a cavalry officer in the American Revolutionary War, politician, governor of Virginia and author.

1830 John Dixon sat with several other people, and a covered wagon with a ferry across the Rock River and settled on the opposite side. This was the birth of the city of Dixon. Dixon's Ferry was an important point, as the Rock River upstream to 80 km downstream and could be crossed only at this point. 1846 came John Deere, founder of the subsequent tractor factory, in the County and founded a small factory that manufactured steel plows and other equipment for agriculture. 10 years later, he produced 1,000 plows a year.

Ronald Reagan, who was born in nearby Whiteside County, visited the county town of Dixon High School.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Lee County 36 031 people in 13,731 households. The population density was 19.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 13,731 households lived statistically 2.52 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 90.9 percent white, 4.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.7 percent were 65 years or older. 47.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 48,502. The per capita income was $ 24,440. 9.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Towns in Lee County

Citys

Amboy
Dixon

Villages

Ashton
Compton
Franklin Grove
Harmon

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Nelson
Paw Paw
Steward

Sublette
West Brooklyn

Unincorporated communities

Binghampton
East Paw pAW1
Eldena
Handle
Kingdom
Lee Center

Maytown
Nachusa
North Dixon
Palmyra
Prairieville

Radley
Roxbury
Scarboro
Shaw
Swissville
The castle

Twelvemile Corner
Van Petten
Walton
Welland2
Woodland Shores

Structure

The Lee County is divided into 22 townships:

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