Sheffield is a village in Bureau County,

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. The population was 821 at the 2020 census. It is part of the

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Micropolitan Statistical Area. Sheffield was founded by

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and Henry Farnam in 1852. Sheffield and Farnam constructed the

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, and the town site was intended as a coaling station for trains. According to Farnam, he and Sheffield flipped a coin to see for whom the town would be named. A monument to Joseph E. Sheffield, and the

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stands today in Sheffield's town square.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Sheffield has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 821 people, 369 households, and 218 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 411 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 95.25%

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, 0.24%

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, 0.61% from

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, and 3.90% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.56% of the population. There were 369 households, out of which 31.17% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.95% were married couples living together, 7.59% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.92% were non-families. 27.37% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.65% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 2.24. The village's age distribution consisted of 19.3% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 21.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males. The median income for a household in the village was $48,854, and the median income for a family was $67,250. Males had a median income of $41,875 versus $26,429 for females. The

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for the village was $27,810. About 9.6% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the

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, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 10.3% of those age 65 or over.

Notable persons

* Red Gunkel, pitcher for the

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* Olive Percival, (1868-1945), gardening writer * Clayton C. Pervier (1857–1929), Illinois politician, farmer, and newspaper editor'Illinois Blue Book 1921-1922,' Biographical sketch of Clayton C. Pervier, pg. 184-185 *

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, musician

References

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