Stonefort

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Stonefort
Stonefort, Illinois
Stonefort
Stonefort
Location in Illinois
Basic data
State : United States
State : Illinois
Counties : Saline County
Williamson County
Coordinates : 37 ° 37 ′  N , 88 ° 42 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 37 ′  N , 88 ° 42 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 297 (as of 2010)
Population density : 78.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.78 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 3.78 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 124 m
Postal code : 62987
Area code : +1 618
FIPS : 17-72884
GNIS ID : 425524

Stone Fort is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Saline and Williamson County in southern US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 Stonefort had 297 inhabitants.

geography

Stonefort is located on the northwestern edge of the Shawnee National Forest at 37 ° 36'51 "north latitude and 88 ° 42'29" west longitude and extends over 3.78 km². The parish extends over the Stonefort Township of Saline County and the Stonefort Precinct of Williamson County.

The Saline River flows around one kilometer north of Sonefort.

Neighboring towns to Stonefort are Carrier Mills (6.7 miles northeast), Mitchellsville (13.7 miles east), McCormick (6.5 miles southeast), New Burnside ( 4.2 miles southwest), Creal Springs ( 7.5 miles west) and Crab Orchard (11.6 miles northwest).

The nearest major cities are St. Louis , Missouri (229 km northwest), Louisville , Kentucky (306 km east-northeast), Evansville , Indiana (86.9 km east), Tennessee's capital Nashville (298 km southeast), and Memphis (364 km southwest ).

traffic

US Highway 45 runs northeast-southwest through the parish of Stonefort. All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the former Illinois Central Railroad runs through the east of Stonefort , which is now part of the Canadian National Railway network.

The closest airfields are 25 miles northwest of Williamson County Regional Airport and Harrisburg-Raleigh Airport . The nearest major airports are Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport, 247 km northwest, and Nashville International Airport (306 km southeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 479 -
1910 485 1.3%
1920 456 -6%
1930 487 6.8%
1940 524 7.6%
1950 490 -6.5%
1960 349 -28.8%
1970 325 -6.9%
1980 316 -2.8%
1990 311 -1.6%
2000 292 -6.1%
2010 297 1.7%
Source: US Census Bureau

According to the 2010 census , Stonefort had 297 people in 120 households. The population density was 78.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in the 120 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white and 1.3 percent (four people) African American; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent (six people) of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

25.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.5 percent were 65 years or older. 55.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 28,125  USD . The per capita income was $ 14,442. 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 8, 2013
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed January 8, 2013
  3. ↑ ^ Census of Population and Housing Retrieved on January 8, 2013

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