Logan County is a

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located in the

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. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 30,305. Its

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Lincoln Lincoln most commonly refers to: * Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865), the sixteenth president of the United States * Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England * Lincoln, Nebraska, the capital of Nebraska, U.S. * Lincol ...

. Logan County comprises the Lincoln, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the

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-Lincoln, IL

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History

Established in 1839, Logan County was named after physician and

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John Logan, father of

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General

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Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.1%) is water.

Climate and weather

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Lincoln have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in December 1914 and a record high of was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from in February to in May.

Major highways

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* Interstate 155 *

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Illinois Route 10 Illinois Route 10 (IL 10) is an arterial east–west state highway that runs from rural Mason County east to Champaign, a distance of . Route description Illinois 10 starts at US 136 about 12 miles east of Havana. The highway heads south to ...

Illinois Route 54 Illinois Route 54 (IL 54) is a east–west highway in east-central Illinois. It passes through the cities of Clinton, Gibson City, and Onarga. Its western terminus is at Interstate 55 (I-55) in Springfield. Its eastern terminus is at U.S. Rout ...

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Adjacent counties

* Mason County - northwest * Tazewell County - north * McLean County - northeast * De Witt County - east * Macon County - southeast *

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- south * Menard County - west

Demographics

According to the

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, there were 30,305 people, 11,070 households, and 7,274 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 12,107 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 89.1% white, 7.5% black or African American, 0.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 1.2% from other races, and 1.3% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 2.9% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 30.9% were

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, 17.4% were

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, 13.1% were

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, and 10.8% were

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. Of the 11,070 households, 29.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 34.3% were non-families, and 29.2% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.85. The median age was 39.4 years. 14.4% of the population were living in group quarters including 11.4% of the population institutionalize

The median income for a household in the county was $48,999 and the median income for a family was $63,245. Males had a median income of $43,940 versus $31,783 for females. The per capita income for the county was $22,063. About 6.8% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the

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, including 15.1% of those under age 18 and 5.2% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

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(seat) * Mount Pulaski

Villages

* Broadwell * Elkhart *

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* Hartsburg * Latham * Middletown * New Holland * San Jose

Census-designated places

* Beason *

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* Cornland

Unincorporated communities

* Bakerville *

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* Burtonview * Chestervale *

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* Lake Fork * Lawndale *

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* Mount Fulcher * Mountjoy * Narita * Skelton *

Townships

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* Broadwell *

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* Corwin * East Lincoln * Elkhart * Eminence * Hurlbut * Laenna * Lake Fork * Mt. Pulaski *

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* Orvil * Prairie Creek * Sheridan * West Lincoln

Government and infrastructure

Logan County courthouse in Lincoln, Illinois, circa 1901-1907

The

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Logan Correctional Center Logan Correctional Center is an Illinois Department of Corrections prison for female offenders in Broadwell Township, Logan County, Illinois, near Lincoln and north of Springfield. The prison opened in January 1978. A plot of fenced land hou ...

is located in

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Logan County, near

Politics

In the period following the Civil, War Logan was a swing county, following the popular vote winner in every election up to 1936 except those of 1900 and 1916. Since 1940, when its isolationist sentiment drove voters to

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, Logan has become a strongly Republican county. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Logan County since

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’s 1964 landslide over

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. In fact, apart from Johnson,

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in 2008 is the solitary Democrat to reach forty percent in the past nineteen elections.

Notable people

* Brian Cook,

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player *

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player * Robert A. Emmitt, Oregon armer and legislator *

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* William Keepers Maxwell Jr., editor, novelist, short story writeril

References

External links

Official website
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