Bureau County, Illinois
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Congressional districts | 14th, 16th |
Website | bureaucounty-il |
Bureau County is a
Bureau County is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, and the Hennepin Canal Parkway State Park is located partly in this county.
History
Bureau County was created from a portion of Putnam County in 1837. It is named for brothers Michel and Pierre Bureau, French Canadians who ran a trading post from 1776 until the 1780s near the conjunction of Big Bureau Creek with Illinois River. Their actual surname most likely was Belleau, but the local American Indians had difficulty pronouncing the "l" sound, which was not found in some local languages.[3][4] An early settler of this area was Bulbona, a man of mixed French and Native American descent with a Native American wife. Unlike most of the other Native Americans in the area, Bulbona remained after the area was settled by Euro-Americans and ran a trading post, where he sold whiskey among other necessities.[5]
The founders of
Like so many other areas in the Midwest, this county was on a "line" of the Underground Railroad. There was a "station" at the home of Owen Lovejoy in Princeton, and several other locations in the county.
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Bureau County's boundaries have remained unchanged since its creation in 1837.
Geography
According to the US Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 874 square miles (2,260 km2), of which 869 square miles (2,250 km2) is land and 4.5 square miles (12 km2) (0.5%) is water.[8] Big Bureau Creek is the main body of water.
Adjacent counties
- Whiteside County - northwest
- Lee County - north
- LaSalle County - east
- Putnam County - southeast
- Marshall County - south
- Stark County - southwest
- Henry County - west
Major highways
Climate and weather
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In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Princeton have ranged from a low of 14 °F (−10 °C) in January to a high of 85 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −22 °F (−30 °C) was recorded in February 1996 and a record high of 102 °F (39 °C) was recorded in June 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.48 inches (38 mm) in February to 4.76 inches (121 mm) in August.[9]
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1840 | 3,067 | — | |
1850 | 8,841 | 188.3% | |
1860 | 26,426 | 198.9% | |
1870 | 32,415 | 22.7% | |
1880 | 33,172 | 2.3% | |
1890 | 35,014 | 5.6% | |
1900 | 41,112 | 17.4% | |
1910 | 43,975 | 7.0% | |
1920 | 42,648 | −3.0% | |
1930 | 38,845 | −8.9% | |
1940 | 37,600 | −3.2% | |
1950 | 37,711 | 0.3% | |
1960 | 37,594 | −0.3% | |
1970 | 38,541 | 2.5% | |
1980 | 39,114 | 1.5% | |
1990 | 35,688 | −8.8% | |
2000 | 35,503 | −0.5% | |
2010 | 34,978 | −1.5% | |
2020 | 33,244 | −5.0% | |
2023 (est.) | 32,729 | [10] | −1.5% |
US Decennial Census[11] 1790-1960[12] 1900-1990[13] 1990-2000[14] 2010-2013[1] |
As of the
Of the 14,262 households, 29.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.6% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 32.7% were non-families, and 28.0% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age was 42.5 years.
The median income for a household in the county was $45,692 and the median income for a family was $55,217. Males had a median income of $42,327 versus $29,210 for females. The per capita income for the county was $24,103. About 8.6% of families and 11.1% of the population were below the
Communities
Cities
Villages
Unincorporated communities
Townships
Notable people
- Charles W. Brooks, U.S. Senator
- Warren Giles, executive in Baseball Hall of Fame
- Virgil Fox, concert organist
- Kathryn Hays, actress
- Owen Lovejoy, abolitionist minister and U.S. congressman
- Rufus Lumry, circuit preacher, outspoken abolitionist, and early Illinois organizer of the Wesleyan Methodist Church
- Joseph R. Peterson, Illinois state legislator and lawyer
- Robert Petkoff, actor
- Eliza Suggs, author and temperance activist
- Richard Widmark, actor
Politics
As part of
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 10,411 | 59.51% | 6,669 | 38.12% | 414 | 2.37% |
2016 | 9,281 | 56.01% | 6,029 | 36.38% | 1,261 | 7.61% |
2012 | 8,164 | 48.93% | 8,134 | 48.75% | 388 | 2.33% |
2008 | 7,911 | 46.12% | 8,889 | 51.82% | 353 | 2.06% |
2004 | 9,822 | 54.87% | 7,961 | 44.47% | 119 | 0.66% |
2000 | 8,526 | 50.68% | 7,754 | 46.09% | 543 | 3.23% |
1996 | 6,528 | 40.61% | 7,651 | 47.60% | 1,894 | 11.78% |
1992 | 6,836 | 38.18% | 7,551 | 42.17% | 3,520 | 19.66% |
1988 | 8,896 | 54.41% | 7,354 | 44.98% | 101 | 0.62% |
1984 | 11,741 | 62.57% | 6,925 | 36.90% | 99 | 0.53% |
1980 | 11,484 | 61.79% | 5,753 | 30.95% | 1,350 | 7.26% |
1976 | 10,854 | 58.20% | 7,566 | 40.57% | 228 | 1.22% |
1972 | 12,786 | 67.47% | 6,133 | 32.36% | 33 | 0.17% |
1968 | 11,216 | 59.97% | 6,304 | 33.71% | 1,183 | 6.33% |
1964 | 9,552 | 51.25% | 9,086 | 48.75% | 0 | 0.00% |
1960 | 12,597 | 61.73% | 7,786 | 38.15% | 24 | 0.12% |
1956 | 13,909 | 70.56% | 5,781 | 29.33% | 21 | 0.11% |
1952 | 14,300 | 69.76% | 6,173 | 30.12% | 25 | 0.12% |
1948 | 11,207 | 63.15% | 6,463 | 36.42% | 78 | 0.44% |
1944 | 11,802 | 62.68% | 6,976 | 37.05% | 51 | 0.27% |
1940 | 13,258 | 61.36% | 8,274 | 38.29% | 75 | 0.35% |
1936 | 10,462 | 51.48% | 9,516 | 46.83% | 344 | 1.69% |
1932 | 8,721 | 45.23% | 10,309 | 53.47% | 250 | 1.30% |
1928 | 11,557 | 63.73% | 6,486 | 35.77% | 90 | 0.50% |
1924 | 9,457 | 60.38% | 1,995 | 12.74% | 4,211 | 26.89% |
1920 | 9,968 | 74.94% | 2,354 | 17.70% | 980 | 7.37% |
1916 | 8,213 | 56.20% | 5,793 | 39.64% | 608 | 4.16% |
1912 | 1,816 | 19.84% | 2,800 | 30.59% | 4,537 | 49.57% |
1908 | 5,280 | 57.48% | 2,871 | 31.25% | 1,035 | 11.27% |
1904 | 5,624 | 64.31% | 1,917 | 21.92% | 1,204 | 13.77% |
1900 | 5,478 | 56.90% | 3,523 | 36.59% | 626 | 6.50% |
1896 | 5,474 | 56.31% | 3,961 | 40.74% | 287 | 2.95% |
1892 | 3,924 | 47.96% | 3,555 | 43.45% | 702 | 8.58% |
See also
References
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- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 23, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Pierre de Beuro, an Indian trader Pioneers of Illinois by Nehemiah Matson, 1882, p. 229
- ^ Jean Baptiste Point de Sable : the founder of modern Chicago Archived 26 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine by John F. Swenson, 1999- . Retrieved 11 November 2010.
- ^ a b c Bradsby, Henry C. (May 11, 1885). "History of Bureau County, Illinois". Chicago : World Pub. Co. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Nehemiah Matson (1872). Reminiscences of Bureau County [Illinois] in Two Parts. Republican book and job office. pp. 265–.
- ISBN 9780608368887– via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ a b "Monthly Averages for Princeton IL". The Weather Channel. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "US Decennial Census". US Census Bureau. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). US Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ "Selected Social Characteristics in the United States – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- ^ "Selected Economic Characteristics – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". US Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
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