Sidell is a village in

Sidell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Sidell Township is a township in Vermilion County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,073 and it contained 445 housing units. History Sidell Township was created in 1867. Geography According to the 2010 census, the town ...

, United States. It is part of the

Danville, Illinois Danville is a city in Vermilion County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The populations was 29,204 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Danville micropolitan area. History The area that is now Danville was on ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 617 at the 2010 census.

History

Both the town and the township of Sidell were named after John Sidell, who came to the area from Ohio in 1861 and purchased on the banks of the Little Vermilion River. In 1888, the town had three main industries aside from farming: tiles, bricks and ice.

Geography

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

Demographics

At the time of the 2000 census, there were 626 people, 237 households and 182 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 250 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 99.68%

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, 0.16%

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and 0.16% Native American.

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or Latino of any race were 0.64% of the population. There were 237 households, of which 38.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.0% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.00. 28.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. The

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was $31,923 and the median family income was $39,792. Males had a median income of $30,192 compared $19,792 for females. The

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for the village was $15,061. About 7.7% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the

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, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 10.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Villages in Vermilion County, Illinois Populated places established in 1861 1861 establishments in Illinois Villages in Illinois