Lanark (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1861 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Carroll County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 6 ′ N , 89 ° 50 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,457 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 485.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 3 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 268 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61046 | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-41859 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 411788 | ||
| Website : | lanarkil.com | ||
| Mayor : | Ed star | ||
Lanark is a small town (with the status " City ") in Carroll County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Lanark had 1,457 inhabitants.
geography
Lanark is located at 42 ° 06'08 "north latitude and 89 ° 50'00" west longitude and extends over 3 km². The city forms the center of the Rock Creek-Lima Township .
The Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa , is 18 miles west; the Wisconsin border runs 45 km north.
Neighboring towns are Georgetown (4.6 km north), Shannon (12.9 km north), Milledgeville (19.1 km south), Chadwick (16.3 km southwest) and Mount Carroll (14 km west).
The closest major cities are Dubuque , Iowa (102 km northwest), Rockford (80.9 km east-northeast), Chicago (209 km east-southeast), Peoria (170 km south), the Quad Cities (120 km southwest), and Cedar Rapids , Iowa (174 km west).
traffic
US Highway 52 and Illinois State Route 64 run along the southern outskirts of Lanark on a shared stretch of route . Illinois State Route 73 runs through the city center in a north-south direction . All other roads are subordinate or inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian Pacific Railway runs parallel to Highway 52 through the city .
The nearest airports are Chicago Rockford International Airport, 74.2 km east, and Quad City International Airport, 120 km southwest of the city .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Lanard had 1,457 people in 624 households. The population density was 485.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 624 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.
22.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,950 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,256. 12.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 14, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 14, 2012