Verona is a village in

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. The population was 215 at the 2010 census. The community was established ''circa'' 1876 by George D. Smith as a station on the Chicago, Pekin and Southwestern Railroad. Smith named the town for his birthplace

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Geography

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

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 257 people, 88 households, and 69 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 92 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 94.94%

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, 1.56% Native American, 3.11% from

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, and 0.39% from two or more races.

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of any race were 12.06% of the population. There were 88 households, out of which 43.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.6% were

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living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 18.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.34. In the village, the population was spread out, with 30.7% under the age of 18, 5.4% from 18 to 24, 31.9% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 12.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.8 males. The median income for a household in the village was $46,094, and the median income for a family was $53,571. Males had a median income of $35,156 versus $21,042 for females. The

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for the village was $16,387. About 4.5% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the

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, including 9.8% of those under the age of eighteen and 3.1% of those 65 or over.

References

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