Mansfield is a village in

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in the

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. The population was 906 at the 2010 census.

History

Mansfield was originally incorporated around 1870. The village may have been named for John Mansfield, an officer in the Civil War. Other sources suggest Mansfield was named after a number of other unrelated men named Mansfield, including Jared Mansfield, an early American surveyor, or J.L. Mansfield, a local philanthropist. The village may also have been named after the city of

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– which was itself named for the surveyor Jared Mansfield.

Geography

Mansfield is located at (40.212795, -88.507416). According to the 2010 census, Mansfield has a total area of , of which (or 95.5%) is land and (or 4.5%) is water.

Climate

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 949 people, 396 households, and 293 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 424 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.95%

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, 0.53% Asian, and 0.53% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population. There were 396 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were

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living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.79. In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males. The median income for a household in the village was $43,942, and the median income for a family was $48,393. Males had a median income of $32,042 versus $23,047 for females. The

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for the village was $20,947. About 1.4% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the

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, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Mansfield is home to Blue Ridge Intermediate Junior High School which is part of

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. Elementary and High School age students attend Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School and Blue Ridge High School in nearby Farmer City.

References

External links

VillageofMansfield.net
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