Editing Cooksville, Illinois

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'''Cooksville''' is a village in [[McLean County, Illinois|McLean County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 157 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is part of the [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]]&ndash;[[Normal, Illinois|Normal]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
Cooksville is in eastern McLean County, {{convert|18|mi}} east-northeast of [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]], the [[county seat]]. [[Illinois Route 165]] touches the northwest part of the village leading west-southwest toward Bloomington and east-northeast {{convert|20|mi}} to [[Sibley, Illinois|Sibley]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Cooksville has a total area of {{convert|0.22|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The village is in the watershed of the [[Mackinaw River]], a west-flowing tributary of the [[Illinois River]].

==History==
===Founding===
Cooksville was laid out under the name "Kochsville" on December 4, 1882, by Frederick Wilhelm Koch (1829 – 1900).<ref>''Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of McLean County'' (Chicago: Munsell, 1908. p. 902.</ref> Within a year of its founding the name was changed to Cooksville. Koch was a [[Bloomington, Illinois|Bloomington]] real estate dealer.<ref>Jacob L. Hasbrouck, ''History of McLean County'' (Indianapolis and Topeka: Historical Publishing Company, 1924) p. 89.</ref> He was born in [[Westphalia]], in what is now [[Germany]], and arrived in the United States on November 6, 1854. Koch was in Bloomington by 1860. He sold thirty or forty lots near his home in west Bloomington, and this neighborhood soon became known as Kochsville, giving Koch the distinction of having two [[McLean County, Illinois|McLean County]] places named in his honor.<ref>''Historical Encyclopedia'', 1908, p.686.</ref> Cooksville was founded when the Clinton, Bloomington and Northeastern Railroad was finished from [[Colfax, Illinois|Colfax]] to Bloomington; in 1880 the part of the railroad from [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]] to Colfax had been finished, resulting in the 1880 founding of [[Cropsey, Illinois|Cropsey]], [[Anchor, Illinois|Anchor]], and [[Colfax, Illinois|Colfax]]; but the remainder of the railroad was delayed for two years. The railroad was soon taken over by the [[Illinois Central]] and was sometimes known as the Bloomer Line. After requests for the grain elevators to join Alliance Grain, operator of the Bloomer Line, were denied, the tracks from Colfax to Cooksville were removed. This left road transportation as the only available method for grain.

===Design and growth===
Cooksville was incorporated in December 1901. The population of the village peaked in 1910 with 332 people. The design of the original town of Cooksville was a rectangle north of the tracks with the southern blocks slightly truncated because the railroad did not run exactly east and west. The original town contained about 55 lots. The depot was on the north side of the tracks and the two early elevators on the south side. Soon small additions were laid out south of the tracks and on the east side of the original town.<ref>''Combined Indexed Atlas, 1856–1914, McLean County, Illinois'' (Bloomington: McLean County Historical Society and McLean County Genealogical Society, 2006)  P.59.</ref> In 1883 William G. Darnell established the first [[grain elevator]] in Cooksville.<ref>''Historical Encyclopedia'', 1908, p. 996.</ref> Harvey W. Crumbacker also moved to the town in 1883. He established a hardware store and in 1902 built a two-story brick building in the town.<ref>''Historical Encyclopedia'', 1908, p.990.</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 332
|1920= 297
|1930= 324
|1940= 269
|1950= 256
|1960= 221
|1970= 241
|1980= 259
|1990= 211
|2000= 213
|2010= 182
|2020= 157
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html Decennial US Census]
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As of the [[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> of 2000, there were 213 people, 91 households, and 64 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|917.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 94 housing units at an average density of {{convert|405.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 99.53% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.47% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.47% of the population.

There were 91 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.82.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males. For 20 years, Cooksville was home to Congressman Kath and his wife, Doris.

The median income for a household in the village was $41,094, and the median income for a family was $48,125. Males had a median income of $31,563 versus $23,594 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $16,984. None of the families and 0.8% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]].

==Education==
Cooksville is within Ridgeview School District.

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{{McLean County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in McLean County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1882]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]