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Augusta is a village in southeast Hancock County,
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. The population was 553 at the 2020 census. It is located near Weinberg-King State Park.


Geography

Augusta is located in southeastern Hancock County at (40.230946, -90.950741). Illinois Route 61 passes through the village, leaving to the west as Main Street and to the north as Center Street; Bowen is to the west, and
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is to the north. Augusta's Main Street continues east from the center of town as Illinois Route 101, leading to Weinberg-King State Park and to Littleton. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Augusta has a total area of , all land.


History

Augusta was founded in 1832 by Joel Catlin and W.D. Abernathy, who was the village's first
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. Catlin named Augusta after having a memorable visit to
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. On September 18, 1858, soon-to-be President
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visited Augusta, where he gave a speech and stayed at the home of Elder James Stark. Previously, Lincoln's opponent in the historic Lincoln–Douglas debates,
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, had spoken in Augusta. In 1864, Congressman
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(the future president) spoke in Augusta on behalf of Lincoln. Other notable visitors include
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and
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in the fall of 1900. Only Roosevelt gave a short speech on his trip through Augusta during the campaign.


Events

Every year in July, Augusta plays host to the Hancock County Fair.


Education

Southeastern High School is located in Augusta.


Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 553 people, 275 households, and 125 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 293 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.02%
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, 0.36%
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, 0.18% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%
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, 0.18% from other races, and 3.25% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 0.36% of the population. There were 275 households, out of which 20.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.18% were married couples living together, 5.45% had a female householder with no husband present, and 54.55% were non-families. 48.00% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.82% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.23 and the average family size was 2.20. The village's age distribution consisted of 26.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 14% from 25 to 44, 32.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.9 males. The median income for a household in the village was $36,921, and the median income for a family was $65,179. Males had a median income of $41,875 versus $32,431 for females. The
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for the village was $21,274. About 6.4% of families and 13.6% of the population were below the
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, including 8.6% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.


References

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