Atwood (Illinois)
| Atwood | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Post Office in Atwood |
|||
| Location in Illinois | |||
|
|||
| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| Counties : |
Douglas County Piatt County |
||
| Coordinates : | 39 ° 48 ′ N , 88 ° 28 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,224 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 760.2 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.61 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 204 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61913 | ||
| Area code : | +1 217 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-02882 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 403711 | ||
| Mayor : | Ronnie Wallace ( President ) | ||
Atwood is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Douglas County and in Piatt County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 Atwood had 1224 residents.
geography
Atwood is 39 ° 47'58 "north latitude and 88 ° 27'44" west longitude and extends over 1.61 km². The place is in the Garrett Township of Douglas County and the Unity Township of Piatt County.
Neighboring towns to Atwood are Garrett (4.6 km east), Arthur (10.6 km south), Pierson Station (7.4 km west), and Ivesdale (16.5 km north).
The nearest major cities are Illinois' capital Springfield (116 km west), Chicago (272 km northeast), Indiana's capital Indianapolis (201 km east), Evansville , Indiana (289 km southeast) and St. Louis , Missouri (264 km southwest) .
traffic
US Highway 36 runs through the south of the urban area of Atwood in a west-east direction . From this branches off the Illinois State Route 50 leading through the center . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city roads.
A CSX Transportation railroad runs parallel to Highway 36 .
The nearest airports are Tuscola Airport, 15.6 km to the east, and Decatur Airport , 45.5 km to the west ; The nearest major airports are O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, 295 km northeast, Indianapolis International Airport 198 km east, and Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport 277 km southwest .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Atwood had 1,224 people in 522 households. The population density was 760.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.34 people lived in each of the 522 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.5 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,438 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,405. 4.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved December 29, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on December 29, 2012