Editing Eldred, Illinois

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'''Eldred''' is a village in [[Greene County, Illinois|Greene County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 149 at the 2020 census.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1723022 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
Eldred was founded because of its situation in the [[Illinois River]] Bottoms as a town that combined the values of a river and a bluff-side village. Eldred first appeared on river plat books as "Farrow Town" in the 1830s, but was founded sometime before the admittance of Illinois as a state in 1818. A few of its original founders, were of [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]] ancestry from the Upland South.

==Geography==
Eldred is located in southwestern Greene County at {{coord|39|17|12|N|90|33|12|W|type:city}} (39.286663, -90.553458).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[Illinois Route 108]] passes through the village, leading east {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Carrollton, Illinois|Carrollton]], the Greene County seat, and west {{convert|3|mi|0}} to the [[Illinois River]] and the [[Kampsville, Illinois|Kampsville]] ferry.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Eldred has a total area of {{convert|0.13|sqmi|km2|2}}, all land.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |publisher=United States Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=June 29, 2022 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

Situated in the lower Illinois River Valley, {{convert|30|mi}} north of the Illinois River's confluence with the [[Mississippi River]] at [[Grafton, Illinois|Grafton]], Eldred is nestled between the soaring limestone bluffs and the fertile bottom land that follow the Illinois in its southern extreme. The bottoms were systematically drained during the 1920s, which caused much contention among the villagers as to the merits of drainage. Nevertheless, the drainage occurred and created a great expanse of farmland for the counties along the river.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1910= 241
|1920= 298
|1930= 282
|1940= 340
|1950= 298
|1960= 302
|1970= 292
|1980= 286
|1990= 254
|2000= 211
|2010= 201
|2020= 149
|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=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref name=":0" /> there were 149 people, 113 households, and 46 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|1,111.94|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 101 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|753.73|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 94.63% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.00% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.00% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.67% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.67% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.03% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.00% of the population.

There were 113 households, out of which 5.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.09% were married couples living together, 8.85% had a female householder with no husband present, and 59.29% were non-families. 57.52% of all households were made up of individuals, and 46.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.96 and the average family size was 1.81.

The village's age distribution consisted of 7.4% under the age of 18, 3.4% from 18 to 24, 7.8% from 25 to 44, 42.2% from 45 to 64, and 39.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 56.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $41,875, and the median income for a family was $92,750. Males had a median income of $50,517 versus $40,438 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $32,013. About 4.3% of families and 9.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including none of those under age 18 and 13.8% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Greene County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in Greene County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]