Flanagan is a
village
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in
Livingston County,
Illinois
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,
United States
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. The population was 1,110 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Flanagan is located in western Livingston County at .
Illinois Route 116
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passes along the southern edge of the village, leading east to
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, the
county seat
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, and west to
Woodford.
According to the 2010 census, Flanagan has a total area of , all land.
A small man-made lake (originally four separate lakes, some being filled in), called the Legion Lake, is located on the west side of the village. A walking trail surrounds it and a park shelter is located on the site. Artesian Park, another small park within the village boundaries, is located on the east side of town. It boasts two picnic shelters, a tennis court and playground equipment. A small business district of roughly one block in length is located in the center of town. Just north of this, the Flanagan Co-op can be found, a complex of several grain elevators and silos at Main and Lumber streets.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2010, there were 1,110 people, 446 occupied households, and 278 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 497 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.7%
White
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, 0.8%
African American
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, 0.7%
Asian, 0.2% from
other races
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, and 0.5% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 1.8% of the population.
There were 446 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were
married couples living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 26.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.3 years. For every 100 females there were 84.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.1 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $39,479, and the median income for a family was $49,167. Males had a median income of $30,875 versus $21,359 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the village was $19,767. About 2.6% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
*
Lois Gunden, recipient of the title
Righteous Among the Nations
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by
Yad Vashem
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for her efforts to care for and protect Jewish children and child refugees of the
Spanish Civil War
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during
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.
*
Jeff Gundy
Jeffrey Gene Gundy (born 1952 Flanagan, Illinois) is an American poet of Mennonite descent based in Ohio. Gundy has written eight books of poetry and four books of creative nonfiction and literary criticism, and was awarded the Ohio Poet of the Ye ...
, poet
References
External links
Village of Flanagan official website
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Villages in Livingston County, Illinois