Richmond, Illinois
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.jpg) Richmond Memorial Hall |
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| Located in McHenry County and Illinois | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1872 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| County : | McHenry County |
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 28 ′ N , 88 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,874 (status: 2010) 9,461,105 (status: 2010) |
| Population density : | 170.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 10.99 km 2 (approx. 4 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 239 m |
| Postal code : | 60071 |
| Area code : | +1 779 815 |
| FIPS : | 17-63641 |
| GNIS ID : | 2399067 |
| Website : | richmond-il.com |
| Mayor : | Peter Koenig |
Richmond is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in McHenry County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois . In 2010 , Richmond had 1,874 residents.
Richmond is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .
geography
Richmond is located in the northwest suburb of Chicago . The most important watercourses are the North Branch Nippersink Creek and the West Branch Nippersink Creek.
The community is bordered to the north by the state of Wisconsin, to the east by Burton Township, to the south by McHenry Township and to the west by Hebron Township.
Downtown Chicago is 86.2 km southeast, Rockford is 68.3 km west, Wisconsin's capital Madison is 110 km northwest, and Milwaukee is 71 km north-northeast.
history
The first settler in 1837 was William A. McConnell, who was originally from Pennsylvania. A post office was opened in 1838. Since more settlers were added by 1844, a village was created. At first the municipality was called Montelona . But just a few years later the place got its current name after the hometown of the settler Isaac Reed, Richmond in Vermont. In 1855 Richmond received a rail connection. And in 1872 the place became a township. In 1902, a devastating fire destroyed 20 buildings in Richmond.
traffic
US 12 , which is one of the longest interstate highways in the country , runs through the center of Richmond, Main Street . Illinois State Route 173 runs through the south of the local area, Kenosha Street . All other roads are subordinate routes as well as inner-city connecting roads.
The airfield Westosha Airport is just a few kilometers northeast of the community. Milwaukee's larger Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is 38 miles northeast of Richmond.
Demographic data
Population development
| Census Results - Village of Richmond, Illinois | ||||||||||
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| year | 1880 | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1920 | 1930 | 1940 | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 |
| Residents | 464 | 415 | 576 | 554 | 533 | 514 | 559 | 623 | 855 | 1153 |
| year | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2020 | 2030 | 2040 | 2050 | 2060 | 2070 |
| Residents | 1068 | 1016 | 1091 | 1874 | ||||||
According to the 2010 census , Richmond had 1,874 people in 904 households. The population density was 310 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.07 people lived in the 904 households.
The racial the population was composed of 93.0 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.7 percent Asian and 2.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 6.9 percent of the population.
19.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female. The mean age was 38.9 years.
The average annual income for a household was 2,017 at 49,217 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,421. 22.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Attractions
- Lucien Boneparte Covell House from 1905
- Memorial Hall from 1907
education
After Kindergarten and Elementary School (Richmond Consolidated Elementary School), Nippersink Middle School with more than 500 students and Richmond – Burton Community High School with more than 700 students are secondary schools in the community.
sons and daughters of the town
- Earl Cooley (1880-1940), politician
- Tom Amandes (born 1959), actor
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 2, 2020
- ↑ Distance information according to the Distance Calculator. Accessed on January 2, 2020
- ↑ Population 1880–2010 according to census results
