Sheffield, Illinois Location of Sheffield inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Sheffield, Illinois Sheffield is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States.

Sheffield and Farnam constructed the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, and the town site was intended as a coaling station for trains.

According to Farnam, he and Sheffield flipped a coin to see for whom the town would be named. A monument to Joseph E.

Sheffield, and the Rock Island Railroad stands today in Sheffield's town square.

According to the 2010 census, Sheffield has a total region of 0.71 square miles (1.84 km2), all land. The ethnic makeup of the village was 98.31% White, 0.11% African American, 0.21% Asian, 0.21% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other competitions, and 0.95% from two or more competitions.

There were 385 homeholds out of which 29.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families.

In the village, the populace was spread out with 24.5% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the village was $36,528, and the median income for a family was $42,273.

About 8.3% of families and 10.6% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 12.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Sheffield, Illinois Official Site United States Enumeration Bureau.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Enumeration of Population and Housing".

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