Lyndon (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Whiteside County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 43 ′ N , 89 ° 56 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 648 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 324 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 2 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 187 m | ||
| Postal code : | 61261 | ||
| Area code : | +1 815 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-45278 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 412761 | ||
Lyndon is a place (with the status " Village ") in Whiteside County in the northwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Lyndon had 648 residents.
geography
Lyndon is at 41 ° 43'03 "north latitude and 89 ° 55'33" west longitude and extends over two square kilometers. The place forms the center of Lyndon Township .
Lyndon is located on the Rock River , about 25 km east of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Iowa . Neighboring towns are Morrison (13.9 km northwest), Prophetstown (8 km south) and Erie (15 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Dubuque , Iowa (130 km northwest), Rockford (116 km northeast), Chicago (208 km east), Peoria (135 km southeast), the Quad Cities (69.4 km west southwest) and Cedar Rapids in Iowa (172 km west).
traffic
Interstate 88 , which connects Chicago with the Quad Cities, runs along the northern outskirts . Illinois State Route 78 runs through central Lyndon . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads. Until it was closed to all traffic in 1980, there was a direct connection from Lyndon to the opposite bank of the Rock River via the Lyndon Bridge .
The nearest airport is Quad City International Airport, 41 miles southwest .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Lyndon had 648 people in 246 households. The population density was 324 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.63 people each in the 246 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.3 percent were 65 years or older. 49.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,173 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,391. 7.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder , accessed July 7, 2012
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on July 7, 2012
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 03000353 , accessed July 8, 2012
