Grant Park (Illinois)
| Grant Park | |
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 Downtown Grant Park |
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| Location in Kankakee County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | May 9, 1883 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| County : | Kankakee County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 15 ′ N , 87 ° 39 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,331 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 150.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.89 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.83 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 212 m |
| Postal code : | 60940 |
| Area code : | +1 779 815 |
| FIPS : | 17-30991 |
| GNIS ID : | 409293 |
| Website : | www.grantpark-il.org |
| Mayor : | Martin Roth |
Grant Park is a village in Kankakee County in the state of Illinois in the United States . At the last census in 2010 , Grant Park had 1,331 residents.
location
Grant Park is 14 miles northeast of Kankakee and 70 kilometers south of downtown Chicago near the Indiana state border . To the west of the village is the Trim Creek River .
history
The settlement Grant Park was created from November 13, 1870 by Clinton C. Campbell after the clearance of a train station on the Illinois Central Railroad , when he set up a depot there. The place was named after the then President Ulysses S. Grant and initially did not have the suffix "Park", this was added later to avoid confusion with another nearby train station.
Shortly after the construction of the settlement, several families came to Grant Park, in 1872 there were already around 150 residents in the village. By 1883 the population rose to 300, on April 16, 1883 an application for incorporation was filed with the Kankakee County Court . The application was approved and effective May 8, 1883. After the city was officially founded, the sidewalks and streets were repaved and a small prison was built.
On June 10, 1884, Grant Park was destroyed by fire and had to be rebuilt afterwards. On April 21, 1912, a tornado hit the city, 17 buildings were completely destroyed and 50 others damaged, 21 huts and farm buildings were destroyed and 25 people were injured. On April 7, 1948, Grant Park was hit by an even more severe tornado, in which almost all buildings in Grant Park were massively damaged, three people died and eight others were injured. Exactly six years later to the day, a resident of Grant Park was again killed in a tornado, here too the storm caused damage of several million US dollars.
population
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 279 | - | |
| 1890 | 340 | 21.9% | |
| 1900 | 442 | 30% | |
| 1910 | 692 | 56.6% | |
| 1920 | 459 | -33.7% | |
| 1930 | 508 | 10.7% | |
| 1940 | 519 | 2.2% | |
| 1950 | 564 | 8.7% | |
| 1960 | 757 | 34.2% | |
| 1970 | 914 | 20.7% | |
| 1980 | 1038 | 13.6% | |
| 1990 | 1024 | -1.3% | |
| 2000 | 1358 | 32.6% | |
| 2010 | 1331 | -2% | |
| US Decennial Census | |||
2010 Census
At the 2010 United States Census, Grant Park had 1,331 residents, spread across 512 households and 373 families. 95.5% of the population were white , 0.1% African American , 0.1% Asian, 0.1% Native American; 1.9% of the population were of other races and 2.4% had two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 6.2% of the total population. There were married couples in 56.1% of households, 11.3% of households were made up of single women and 5.5% of single men. 34.2% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them and 27.0% of households had seniors over 65 years of age.
The median age in Grant Park in 2010 was 40.2 years. 23.7% of the residents were younger than 18 years, 9.1% were between 18 and 24, 23.2% between 25 and 44, 29.6% between 45 and 65 and 14.4% of the residents were older than 65 Years. 48.2% of the population were male and 51.8% female.
Census 2000
At the 2000 United States Census , Grant Park had 1,358 residents in 497 households and 389 families. 97.57% of the population were white, 0.07% were African American, 0.22% were Asian, 0.81% were of other race, and 1.25% were of multiple race. 2.72% of the total population were Hispanics or Latinos.
At the time of the census, the median income in Grant Park was $ 52,153 per household and $ 55,250 per family. The median per capita income was $ 22,403. 4.4% of the residents of Channahon lived below the poverty line , of which 5.0% were under 18 and 9.2% over 65 years old.
Infrastructure
Grant Park is located on Illinois Route 17 between Momence and the Indiana border. In addition, east of Grant Park is the southern end of Illinois Route 1 to Chicago. There is a junction on Interstate Highway 55 about 12 miles west of Grant Park .
Grant Park has an elementary school (PreK – 8) and a high school (9–12). There are 514 students enrolled at both schools in the 2019/20 school year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Grant Park. In: grantpark-il.org , accessed October 11, 2019.
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics. United States Census Bureau, accessed October 11, 2019.