Keensburg is a village in Coffee Precinct, Wabash County,

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. The population was 192 at the 2010 census.

History

Keensburg was founded in the mid-1870s, and named for the Keen family.Edward Callary,
Place Names of Illinois
' (University of Illinois Press, 2010), p. 184.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Keensburg has a total area of , all land. Keensburg is connected to the nearby towns of

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and Grayville by

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. The village lies just west of the

Wabash River The Wabash River ( French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows fro ...

and

Beall Woods State Park Beall Woods State Park is an Illinois state park on bordering the Wabash River and Keensburg in Wabash County, Illinois in the United States. of the state park is an old-growth forest designated as a ''Natural Area'' by the state of Illino ...

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 252 people, 102 households, and 73 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 111 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.21%

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, and 0.79% from two or more races. There were 102 households, out of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.7% were

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living together, 6.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 21.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.91. In the village, the population was spread out, with 21.4% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.0 males. The median income for a household in the village was $30,375, and the median income for a family was $36,500. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $18,750 for females. The

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for the village was $14,889. About 4.2% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty five or over.

References

{{authority control Villages in Illinois Villages in Wabash County, Illinois