Editing Essex, Illinois

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'''Essex''' is a [[village (Illinois)|village]] in [[Kankakee County, Illinois|Kankakee County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 802 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US1724452| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Essex village, Illinois| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=February 14, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> up from 554 at the 2000 census. It is included in the [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]]-[[Bradley, Illinois|Bradley]], Illinois [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
[[Ira M. Lish]] (1855&ndash;1937), Illinois politician and lawyer, was born in Essex.<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1911-1912,' Biographical Sketch of Ira M. Lish, p. 204-205</ref>

Unlike earlier underground [[coal mines]] exploited by [[History of coal miners|coal miners]] living in the now lost, nearby settlements of [[Tracy, Illinois|Tracy]], Oklahoma and Clarke City, [[Open-pit mining|open-pit mines]] were established near Essex.<ref>{{cite web |last=Klasey |first=Jack |title=These Kankakee County towns vanished with hardly a trace |website=[[Daily Journal (Illinois)|Daily Journal]] |type=News article |language=en |date=June 18, 2016 |publication-place=Kankakee, IL |url=https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/these-kankakee-county-towns-vanished-with-hardly-a-trace/article_5fd994b3-3707-5cdc-b540-d7a8b91c5f4b.html |access-date=May 6, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506202442/https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/these-kankakee-county-towns-vanished-with-hardly-a-trace/article_5fd994b3-3707-5cdc-b540-d7a8b91c5f4b.html |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |url-status=live |url-access=limited |quote=In the early 1880s, three towns sprung up to house miners exploiting a seam of coal...Unlike the later open-pit mines near Essex, these mines were shafts bored 90 to 100 feet into the ground...They lived in the towns of Tracy, Oklahoma and Clarke City.}}</ref>

==Geography==
Essex is located in western Kankakee County {{convert|19|mi}} northwest of [[Kankakee, Illinois|Kankakee]], the [[county seat]], and {{convert|7|mi|0}} south of [[Braidwood, Illinois|Braidwood]].

According to the 2010 census, Essex has a total area of {{convert|2.506|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|2.48|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 98.96%) are land and {{convert|0.026|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 1.04%) are water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1724452
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=August 3, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213061932/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1724452
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
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==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 266
|1900= 385
|1910= 342
|1920= 278
|1930= 207
|1940= 211
|1950= 284
|1960= 328
|1970= 364
|1980= 463
|1990= 482
|2000= 554
|2010= 802
|2020= 841
|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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[2000 United States Census]],<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> there were 554 people, 199 households, and 160 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|272.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 208 housing units at an average density of {{convert|102.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 98.38% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 1.62% from two or more races.

There were 199 households, out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.1% were non-families. 16.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.10.

In the village 25.3% were under the age of 18, 11.2% were from 18 to 24, 25.5% were from 25 to 44, 26.2% were from 45 to 64, and 11.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $50,238, and the median income for a family was $51,118. Males had a median income of $40,577 versus $24,531 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $18,686. About 5.5% of families and 5.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://villageofessex.com/ Official website]

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