Bush is a village in Williamson County,

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. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 257.

History

Bush was founded in 1902 and named for

Benjamin Franklin Bush Benjamin Franklin Bush (July 5, 1860July 28, 1927) was an American railroad executive. At various times he served as the president of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (later part of the Missouri P ...

(1860–1927), a railroad and mining official who later became president of the

Missouri Pacific Railroad The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad o ...

. The village developed around a coal mine which had opened that year. A branch of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway (later part of the Missouri Pacific) was extended to Bush in 1903, and a post office opened in 1904. The community incorporated as a village in 1905.Barbara Barr Hubbs,
Bush History
" Williamson County Illinois Historical Society website. Accessed June 13, 2021.

Geography

Bush is located at (37.841286, -89.132199). According to the 2010 census, Bush has a total area of , of which (or 98.68%) is land and (or 1.32%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 257 people, 110 households, and 78 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 116 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.83%

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, 0.39% Asian, and 0.78% from two or more races. There were 110 households, out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were

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living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.75. In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 26.1% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.2 males. The median income for a household in the village was $14,821, and the median income for a family was $28,333. Males had a median income of $30,313 versus $12,917 for females. The

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for the village was $11,503. About 31.1% of families and 38.1% of the population were below the

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, including 62.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 10.0% of those 65 or over.

References

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