Editing Flanagan, Illinois

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Flanagan, Illinois
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| population_total = 1010
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'''Flanagan''' is a [[village (Illinois)|village]] in [[Livingston County, Illinois|Livingston County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 1,110 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US1726311| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1), Flanagan village, Illinois| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=American FactFinder| access-date=January 15, 2020| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213152358/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US1726311| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==
Flanagan is located in western Livingston County. [[Illinois Route 116]] passes along the southern edge of the village, leading east {{convert|12|mi}} to [[Pontiac, Illinois|Pontiac]], the [[county seat]], and west {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Woodford, Illinois|Woodford]].

According to the 2010 census, Flanagan has a total area of {{convert|0.53|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1726311
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=August 3, 2015
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213052031/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1726311
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref> A small man-made lake (originally four separate lakes, some being filled in), called the Legion Lake, is located on the west side of the village. A walking trail surrounds it and a park shelter is located on the site. Artesian Park, another small park within the village boundaries, is located on the east side of town. It boasts two picnic shelters, a tennis court and playground equipment. A small business district of roughly one block in length is located in the center of town. Just north of this, the Flanagan Co-op can be found, a complex of several grain elevators and silos at Main and Lumber streets.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1890= 384
|1900= 509
|1910= 590
|1920= 637
|1930= 631
|1940= 663
|1950= 672
|1960= 841
|1970= 976
|1980= 978
|1990= 987
|2000= 1083
|2010= 1110
|2020= 1010
|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 [[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> of 2010, there were 1,110 people, 446 occupied households, and 278 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|2,028.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 497 housing units at an average density of {{convert|889.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.8% of the population.

There were 446 households, out of which 26.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.5% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 23.5% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 26.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.3 years. For every 100 females there were 84.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 78.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $39,479, and the median income for a family was $49,167. Males had a median income of $30,875 versus $21,359 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $19,767. About 2.6% of families and 4.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 9.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
*[[Lois Gunden]], recipient of the title [[Righteous Among the Nations]] by [[Yad Vashem]] for her efforts to care for and protect Jewish children and child refugees of the [[Spanish Civil War]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="Bartrop">{{Cite book |last=Bartrop |first=Paul R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fjz_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA103 |title=Children of the Holocaust |last2=Grimm |first2=Eve E. |date=2020-10-19 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-4408-6853-5 |pages=103–104 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Jeff Gundy]], poet

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.flanaganil.org/ Village of Flanagan official website]

{{Livingston County, Illinois}}
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[[Category:Villages in Livingston County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]