Elizabeth (Illinois)

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Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Location in Illinois
Elizabeth (Illinois)
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
County : Jo Daviess County
Coordinates : 42 ° 19 ′  N , 90 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 19 ′  N , 90 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 761 (as of 2010)
Population density : 667.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.14 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) of
which 1.14 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 244 m
Postal code : 61028
Area code : +1 815
FIPS : 17-23165
GNIS ID : 407869
Mayor : Michael Dittmar (President)

Elizabeth is a small town (with the status " Village ") in Jo Daviess County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , Elizabeth had 761 residents.

geography

Elizabeth is located on the southeast bank of the Apple River at 42 ° 19'04 "north latitude and 90 ° 13'17" west longitude and extends over 1.14 km². The place is mostly in the Elizabeth Township , but extends to a smaller part in the Woodbine Township .

Elizabeth's neighbors are Galena (15.2 miles northwest), Scales Mound (14.5 miles north), Stockton (13.1 miles east), and Hanover (6.6 miles southwest).

After Dubuque in Iowa are from Elizabeth 48.6 km to the northwest, Wisconsin's capital Madison 143 km to the northeast away from the lies 100 km away Rockford there are km to the southeast 239 to Chicago and the Quad Cities are 126 km in South.

traffic

US Highway 20 is the main road through Elizabeth in a west-east direction . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The closest airfields are Dubuque Regional Airport , 37 miles west in Iowa, Platteville Municipal Airport located 35 miles northwest in Wisconsin , Albertus Airport at Freeport located 58.5 km east and the Tri, 24 miles south Township Airport near Savanna .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Elizabeth had 761 people in 348 households. The population density was 667.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.09 people lived in each of the 348 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.7 percent African American and 01 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 36,042  USD . The per capita income was $ 18,188. 13.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 22, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 22, 2013

Web links

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