Menard County (Illinois)

administration
Menard County Courthouse
US state :	Illinois
Administrative headquarters :	Petersburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Menard County Courthouse P.O. Box 456 Petersburg, IL 62675-0456
Foundation :	February 15, 1839
Area code :	001 217
Demographics
Residents :	12,705 (2010)
Population density :	15.6 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	817 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Website : menardcountyil.com

The Menard County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , the county had 12,705 people and a population density of 15.6 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Petersburg .

geography

The county is west of the geographic center of Illinois and is traversed by the Sangamon River , a left tributary of the Illinois River . It has an area of 817 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Menard County:

	Mason County
Cass County		Logan County
	Sangamon County

history

Population development
Census	Residents	± in%
1840	4431	-
1850	6349	43.3%
1860	9584	51%
1870	11,735	22.4%
1880	13,024	11%
1890	13,120	0.7%
1900	14,336	9.3%
1910	12,796	-10.7%
1920	11,694	-8.6%
1930	10,575	-9.6%
1940	10,663	0.8%
1950	9639	-9.6%
1960	9248	-4.1%
1970	9685	4.7%
1980	11,700	20.8%
1990	11,164	-4.6%
2000	12,486	11.8%
2010	12,705	1.8%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Menard County was formed on February 15, 1839. It was named after Pierre Menard (1766-1844), a French pioneer and trader with Indians, who settled in Kaskaskia and later was colonel of the territorial militia. Menard was the first lieutenant governor of Illinois from 1818 to 1822 .

Abraham Lincoln lived here in New Salem from 1831 to 1837 before moving to Springfield .

Territorial development

Menard County when it was founded in 1839-1841
1841 until today

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Menard County had 12,705 people in 4,959 households. The population density was 15.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.53 people lived in each of the 4959 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 56,943 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,300. 7.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Menard County localities

Citys

Villages

Census-designated place (CDP)

Lake Petersburg

Unincorporated Communities

^{1 - partially in Logan County}

structure

Menard County is divided into 16 precincts :

Presinct	Population (2010)	FIPS
Athens North No. 2 precinct	2170	17-90256
Athens South No. 1 precinct	1565	17-90262
Atterberry No. 10 precinct	191	17-90270
Fancy Prairie No. 3 precinct	167	17-91242
Greenview No. 6 precinct	934	17-91566
Indian Creek No. 7 precinct	274	17-91656
Irish Grove No. 4 precinct	187	17-91674
Oakford No. 9 precinct	452	17-92286

Presinct	Population (2010)	FIPS
Petersburg East No. 13 precinct	1708	17-92433
Petersburg North No. 14 precinct	1249	17-92436
Petersburg South No. 15 precinct	1259	17-92439
Petersburg West No. 16 precinct	676	17-92441
Rock Creek No. 12 precinct	775	17-93024
Sandridge No. 8 precinct	157	17-93096
Sugar Grove No. 5 precinct	288	17-93312
Tallula No. 11 precinct	653	17-93366