Arcola, Illinois Location of Arcola inside Illinois Location of Arcola inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Arcola, Illinois Arcola is a town/city in Douglas County, Illinois, United States.
The town/city was established in 1855, when the Illinois Central Railroad was assembled through the county.
Arcola is somewhat famous for the Lawn Rangers, a "precision lawn mower drill team" that marches in formation with brooms and lawn mowers while wearing cowboy hats.
Every year since 1980, the Lawn Rangers have marched in the Arcola Broom Corn Festival Parade.
Arcola was the place of birth in 1880 of John Barton Gruelle, or "Johnny" Gruelle, who is famous for creating Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, the loveable American dolls and storybook characters.
His creative granddaughter, Joni Gruelle Wannamaker, manages the Raggedy Ann Museum in Arcola.
A nationally known tourist attraction, Rockome Gardens, which features large formal plant nurseries, concrete fencing and architecture, buggy rides, and many special affairs from May through October, is conveniently positioned just outside the town of Arcola.
Arcola is also known for housing the world's only Hippie Memorial, created by Bob Moomaw.
In the countryside encircling nearby Arthur, Illinois, is a prominent improve of Old Order Amish, the biggest in Illinois.
Amish farms occupy much of the farmland west of Arcola, with the highest concentration of Amish businesses around Arthur and the unincorporated communities of Chesterville, Illinois, Bourbon, Illinois, and Cadwell, Illinois.
Arcola is home to the Illinois Amish Interpretive Center.
This Old Order Amish Museum opened in 1996 and features exhibits on most aspects of Amish life, as well as an introductory video about the Central Illinois Amish.
Through the exhibition, tours can be scheduled of the Amish countryside, Amish homes, farms, and businesses, and meals in Amish homes can be scheduled as well.
Arcola is positioned at 39 41 1 N 88 18 21 W (39.683545, -88.305844). US Route 45 & Illinois Route 133 run through the town.
According to the 2010 census, Arcola has a total region of 2.021 square miles (5.23 km2), of which 2 square miles (5.18 km2) (or 98.96%) is territory and 0.021 square miles (0.05 km2) (or 1.04%) is water. There were 1,031 homeholds of which 33.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 61.7% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families.
25.7% of the populace were under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 2.0% of families and 3.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Arcola Community Unit School District #306 The Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum in Arcola, Illinois The Illinois Amish Interpretive Center Municipalities and communities of Douglas County, Illinois, United States This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Cities in Illinois - Cities in Douglas County, Illinois - Populated places established in 1855 - Amish in Illinois
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