Editing Bonfield, Illinois

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| population_total = 351
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'''Bonfield''' is a [[village (Illinois)|village]] in [[Kankakee County, Illinois]], United States. Bonfield's population was 382 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1707237| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Bonfield village, Illinois| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=February 14, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It is included in the [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]]-[[Bradley, Illinois|Bradley]], Illinois [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

Although founded by a quarryman, Thomas Verkler, the village was named after Thomas Bonfield, an attorney for the [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]] & [[Seneca, Illinois|Seneca]] Railroad Company, which established a depot in the village. The railroad has long since disappeared into history but it had been on Johnson Street. Old [[rail spike|railroad spikes]] and [[railroad tie|ties]] might still be found around the limestone quarry. The depot was moved about a mile and a half south of the village and converted to a barn, which remained in December 2007. The town had a high school, but it burned down in the early 1930s. Students then went to [[Herscher High School]] in [[Herscher, Illinois|Herscher]].

==Geography==
Bonfield is located in western Kankakee County and is {{convert|12|mi}} west of [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]], the [[county seat]].

According to the 2010 census, Bonfield has a total area of {{convert|0.49|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1707237
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |accessdate=August 2, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213064114/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1707237
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 150
|1900= 165
|1910= 162
|1920= 126
|1930= 116
|1940= 116
|1950= 143
|1960= 178
|1970= 241
|1980= 294
|1990= 299
|2000= 364
|2010= 382
|2020= 351
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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At the 2000 [[census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 364 people, 122 households and 102 families residing in the village. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,328.9|/sqmi}}. There were 129 housing units at an average density of {{convert|470.9|/sqmi}}. The racial make-up of the village was 98.35% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]] and 1.65% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.37% of the population.

There were 122 households, of which 46.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 73.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 15.6% were non-families. 13.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 5.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.26.

32.1% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 19.2% from 45 to 64 and 9.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.0 males.

The [[median household income]] was $49,722 and the median family income was $55,972. Males had a median income of $45,833 and females $24,000. The [[per capita income]] was $18,531. About 2.8% of families and 2.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under the age of eighteen or sixty-five or over.

==Popular culture==
At a time when [[payphone]]s could normally be found anywhere, the single payphone in town, near the corner outside the town's only gas station and a portion of the main street, was seen in the opening scenes of ''[[The Hunter (1980 film)|The Hunter]]'', [[Steve McQueen (actor)|Steve McQueen]]'s last movie.<ref>{{Citation|title = The Hunter|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080907/locations|date = August 1, 1980|accessdate = August 1, 2015|website=IMDb}}</ref> It was mentioned in the ''Kankakee County Journal'' at the time of filming in summer 1979.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.villageofbonfield.org/ Official website]
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[[Category:Villages in Kankakee County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]