Biggsville is a village in

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, United States. The population was 300 at the 2020 census, down from 304 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Burlington, IA–IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

Biggsville is located in east-central Henderson County in the valley of South Henderson Creek.

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passes through the center of the village, leading north to Aledo and south to La Harpe. U.S. Route 34 bypasses the village to the south, leading east to Galesburg and west to

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

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 300 people, 200 households, and 134 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 147 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.00%

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, 0.67%

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, 0.33% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00%

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, 0.33% from other races, and 1.67% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.00% of the population. There were 200 households, out of which 27.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.50% were married couples living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.00% were non-families. 27.50% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.19. The village's age distribution consisted of 13.9% under the age of 18, 13.0% from 18 to 24, 30.1% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 123.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 132.7 males. The median income for a household in the village was $87,143, and the median income for a family was $87,143. Males had a median income of $63,000 versus $23,750 for females. The

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for the village was $73,889. About 6.0% of families and 9.6% of the population were below the

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, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

Notable people

Todd Hamilton William Todd Hamilton (born October 18, 1965) is an American professional golfer. He is best known for his victory at the 2004 Open Championship. Early life Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in ...

(born 1965), golfer * Ora Smith (1884–1965), farmer and politician. Smith resided in Biggsville for most of his adult life and represented it in the

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References

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