Clinton, Illinois

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Clinton
Clinton city hall in Illinois.jpg
Clinton city hall
Motto: 
"On the rise since 1835"
De Witt County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Clinton Highlighted.svg
Location of Clinton in De Witt County, Illinois.
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Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 40°9′8″N88°57′33″W / 40.15222°N 88.95917°W / 40.15222; -88.95917
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
County DeWitt
Township Clintonia, Texas
Government
  MayorVacant
Area
[1]
  Total3.54 sq mi (9.18 km2)
  Land3.54 sq mi (9.18 km2)
  Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
726 ft (221 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total7,004
  Density1,976.30/sq mi (762.95/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)
61727
Area code 217
FIPS code 17-15001
Wikimedia CommonsClinton, Illinois
Website www.clintonillinois.com

Clinton is the largest city and the county seat in DeWitt County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,004 at the 2020 census. [2] [3]

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The city and the county are named for DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York, 1817–1823. Clinton Nuclear Generating Station is located six miles away on Clinton Lake.

Geography

Clinton, Illinois (2015) 20150714 AIR, Clinton (Illinois), N931LR IMG 6371 by sebaso.jpg
Clinton, Illinois (2015)

Clinton is centrally located in the heart of Illinois, at 40°9′8″N88°57′33″W / 40.15222°N 88.95917°W / 40.15222; -88.95917 (40.152240, -88.959214), [4] accessible from Routes 51, 54, and 10.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Clinton has a total area of 3.54 square miles (9.17 km2), all land. [5]

History

The city was founded in 1835 by Jesse W. Fell of Bloomington, Illinois, a land speculator and lawyer, and James Allen, a representative in the Illinois State Legislature. The two men were on their way from Decatur, Illinois back to Bloomington after a business trip and stopped to rest their horses on the open prairie halfway between the two cities. It occurred to them that this was an ideal location for a settlement, as there was nothing else nearby. They named the town in honor of DeWitt Clinton. [6]

Clinton is on the 8th Judicial Circuit, on which Abraham Lincoln traveled, along with Judge David Davis, for twenty years. Lincoln acted as lawyer because lawyers were scarce in the area at the time.[ citation needed ]

One of the two registered historical locations in DeWitt County, the C.H. Moore House, is located in Clinton. The house was purchased and improved by lawyer Clifton H. Moore in the 1880s, and is now the DeWitt County Museum. Moore's private library of more than 7,000 volumes was left to the city upon his death in 1901. These books would make up the first collection of the Vespasian Warner Public Library, founded by and named for Moore's son-in-law.[ citation needed ]

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in Clinton to which the following quotation has been attributed: [7]

You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

on Sept. 18, according to Carl Sandburg. However, there is no official transcript of the speech. Lincoln's collected papers has a version of the speech taken from a contemporary copy in the Bloomington Pantagraph which doesn't contain it. It has also been attributed to a speech by Lincoln in Bloomington, IL two years earlier, and there is controversy over whether or not Lincoln ever said it at all.[ citation needed ]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1850 367
1860 1,362271.1%
1870 1,80032.2%
1880 2,70950.5%
1890 2,598−4.1%
1900 4,45271.4%
1910 5,16516.0%
1920 5,89814.2%
1930 5,9200.4%
1940 6,3316.9%
1950 5,945−6.1%
1960 7,35523.7%
1970 7,5813.1%
1980 8,0145.7%
1990 7,437−7.2%
2000 7,4850.6%
2010 7,225−3.5%
2020 7,004−3.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

As of the 2020 census [2] there were 7,004 people, 3,102 households, and 1,676 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,976.30 inhabitants per square mile (763.05/km2). There were 3,384 housing units at an average density of 954.85 per square mile (368.67/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 91.49% White, 1.06% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, 2.60% from other races, and 4.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.15% of the population.

There were 3,102 households, out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.78% were married couples living together, 13.25% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.97% were non-families. 42.94% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.67% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.97 and the average family size was 2.18.

The city's age distribution consisted of 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 25% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $46,741, and the median income for a family was $63,125. Males had a median income of $40,918 versus $26,554 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,368. About 9.2% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 25.2% of those under age 18 and 6.4% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

The major employers in Clinton include the Clinton Nuclear Power Plant, Warner Hospital & Health Services, Miller Container, RR Donnelley, and HNC Products Inc., and Liberty Village of Clinton.[ citation needed ]

Attractions

Recreation and entertainment

Nature and wildlife

Other attractions

Notable people

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