Farmer City, Illinois "Farmer City"
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Farmer City is part of Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 sharing facilities with close-by Mansfield and Bellflower, Illinois.
Farmer City facilities include the District Unit Office, the Ruth M.
Dennis Hurley is believed to be the first white settler in the area; build a cabin, the region became known as Hurley's Grove with other families settling the area.
Hurley's Grove was just south of present-day Farmer City, with increased populace by 1837, becoming part of De - Witt County in 1839.
Dewitt County was part of the Eighth Judicial District in the early 1850s, and lawyer Abraham Lincoln traveled in the region many times on his circuit; he was well respected by county residents. C.
The necessity of an official name arose in 1869, with Farmer City chosen after much discussion and debate.
The early years of the next century saw Farmer City expanded into a bustling community.
A newspaper, the Public Reaper, first printed on November 27, 1879. City fathers helped usher the region into a undivided era, with utilities such as a water fortress (1920).
In 1980, an extensive study of the dialect of Farmer City was completed, making the town/city well known in the field of sociolinguistics. Farmer City is positioned at 40 14 47 N 88 38 31 W (40.246306, -88.641858). According to the 2010 census, Farmer City has a total region of 2.449 square miles (6.34 km2), of which 2.4 square miles (6.22 km2) (or 98%) is territory and 0.049 square miles (0.13 km2) (or 2%) is water. Farmer City, Illinois is the only Farmer City in the entire United States.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,055 citizens , 830 homeholds, and 557 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 99.56% White, 0.05% from other competitions, and 0.39% from two or more competitions.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $40,223, and the median income for a family was $45,515.
The per capita income for the town/city was $19,946.
Interstate 74, which is alongsideed by US 150, and State Route 54 intersect near Farmer City.
Farmer City is the home of WWHP, an FM airways broadcast transmitting on a recurrence of 98.3 m - Hz.
Herrick, Illinois Supreme Court justice, was born in Farmer City. Representative 1895-1905, was born in Farmer City.
Sound Change in Farmer City: A Sociolinguistic Study Based on Acoustic Data, Timothy Habick, Unpublished Ph.D.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
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Cities in Illinois - Cities in De - Witt County, Illinois - Populated places established in 1837
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