New Haven, Illinois

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New Haven, Illinois
New Haven
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New Haven post office
Gallatin County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas New Haven Highlighted.svg
Location of New Haven in Gallatin County, Illinois.
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Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 37°54′26″N88°7′37″W / 37.90722°N 88.12694°W / 37.90722; -88.12694
Country United States
State Illinois
Counties Gallatin, White
Townships New Haven, Emma
Area
[1]
  Total
1.27 sq mi (3.30 km2)
  Land1.24 sq mi (3.22 km2)
  Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation
[2]
436 ft (133 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total
399
  Density320.74/sq mi (123.80/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)
62867
Area code 618
FIPS code 17-52506
GNIS ID2399464 [2]
Wikimedia CommonsNew Haven, Illinois

New Haven is a village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States, along the Little Wabash River near its mouth at the Wabash River. A small portion of the village is located in Emma Township, White County. The population was 399 at the 2020 United States census [3] .

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History

Before the New Haven vicinity was settled, it was inhabited by multiple indigenous cultures. Some countryside southeast of the village near the Wabash was formerly the location of a village of a Late Woodland people known as the "Duffy Complex"; the location is now an archaeological site known as the Duffy site. [4]

Geography

New Haven is located in the northeast corner of Gallatin County at 37°54′26″N88°7′37″W / 37.90722°N 88.12694°W / 37.90722; -88.12694 (37.907113, -88.126954). [5] It is bordered to the north by White County, and the Little Wabash River forms part of the northern border. Illinois Route 141 passes through the northern part of the village, leading east 5 miles (8 km) to the Indiana border at the Wabash River and 13 miles (21 km) to Mount Vernon, Indiana, and west 12 miles (19 km) to U.S. Route 45 northwest of Omaha, Illinois. Shawneetown, the Gallatin County seat, is 17 miles (27 km) to the south.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, New Haven has a total area of 1.27 square miles (3.29 km2), of which 1.24 square miles (3.21 km2) (or 97.72%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km2) (or 2.28%) is water. [6] [7]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1860 200
1870 35678.0%
1890 336
1900 42927.7%
1910 51419.8%
1920 57010.9%
1930 422−26.0%
1940 69564.7%
1950 81917.8%
1960 642−21.6%
1970 606−5.6%
1980 559−7.8%
1990 459−17.9%
2000 4773.9%
2010 433−9.2%
2020 399−7.9%
U.S. Decennial Census [8]

As of the 2020 census [3] there were 399 people, 157 households, and 90 families residing in the village. The population density was 313.43 inhabitants per square mile (121.02/km2). There were 204 housing units at an average density of 160.25 per square mile (61.87/km2). The racial makeup of the village was 96.49% White, 0.75% Asian, and 2.76% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.50% of the population.

There were 157 households, out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.50% were married couples living together, 9.55% had a female householder with no husband present.

The median income for a household in the village was $34,432, and the median income for a family was $75,417. About 23.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.9% of those under age 18 and 15.9% of those age 65 or over.

References

  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Haven, Illinois
  3. 1 2 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  4. Winters, Howard D. An Archaeological Survey of the Wabash Valley in Illinois. Springfield: Illinois State Museum Society, 1963, 82.
  5. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  6. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  7. "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
  8. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.

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