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Wayne County, Illinois Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 16,760. Its county seat is Fairfield. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as " Little Egypt". Hi ...

, United States. The population was 672 at the 2010 census.

History

Cisne was named in 1870 in honor of Levi Cisne on the suggestion of Charles A. Beecher, who was influential in building the railroad and the station around which the village of Cisne grew.Source: The Story of Cisne by L.S. Harrington; and The House of Cisne, by J. C. Lappin, Wayne County Historical Society Scrapbook, Wayne County Press, Fairfield Illinois, October 3, 1955.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Cisne has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 673 people, 291 households, and 185 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 325 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.81%

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, 0.30%

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, 0.30%

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, and 0.59% from two or more races.

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of any race were 0.59% of the population. There were 291 households, out of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 9.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 34.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.78. In the village, the age distribution of the population shows 21.8% under the age of 18, 9.8% from 18 to 24, 22.6% from 25 to 44, 18.3% from 45 to 64, and 27.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.5 males. The median income for a household in the village was $26,172, and the median income for a family was $34,286. Males had a median income of $26,635 versus $25,234 for females. The

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for the village was $14,044. About 12.4% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the

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, including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 22.4% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

* A. T. Hill, Nebraska car salesman and

Nebraska State Historical Society History Nebraska, formerly the Nebraska State Historical Society is a Nebraska state agency, founded in 1878 to "encourage historical research and inquiry, spread historical information ... and to embrace alike aboriginal and modern history." I ...

archaeologist; born in Cisne *

Bill Trotter William Felix Trotter (August 10, 1908 – August 26, 1984) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, between 1937 and 1944, for the St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals ...

, pitcher for the

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, Washington Senators and

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; born in Cisne

References

{{authority control Villages in Illinois Villages in Wayne County, Illinois Populated places established in 1870 1870 establishments in Illinois