Editing Gardner, Illinois

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Gardner
| settlement_type = [[List of towns and villages in Illinois|Village]]
| image_map = File:Grundy County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Gardner Highlighted.svg
| map_caption = Location of Gardner in Grundy County, Illinois.
| image_map1 = Illinois in United States (US48).svg
| map_caption1 = Location of Illinois in the United States
| coordinates = {{coord|41|11|35|N|88|18|52|W|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Illinois
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy]]
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| established_title = Founded
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name =  Mike Serena<br />({{as of|2023|lc=yes}})
| leader_title1 = Village president
| unit_pref = Imperial
| area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_17.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 15, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 7.62
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.94
| area_land_km2 = 7.54
| area_land_sq_mi = 2.91
| area_water_km2 = 0.07
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft = 577
| elevation_point = 
| population_as_of = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_total = 1366
| population_density_km2 = 181.11
| population_density_sq_mi = 469.09
| timezone1 = [[North American Central Time Zone|CST]]
| utc_offset1 = -6
| timezone1_DST = [[North American Central Time Zone|CDT]]
| utc_offset1_DST = -5
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code|ZIP Code(s)]]
| postal_code = 60424
| area_code = [[Area code 815#United States|815]]
| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info = 17-28638
| blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info = 2398944<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2398944}}</ref>
| blank2_name_sec2 = Wikimedia Commons
| blank2_info_sec2 = Gardner, Illinois
}}

'''Gardner''' is a village in [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 1,366 at the 2020 census.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1728638 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Mayor Mike Serena in the Gardner, Illinois historic two-celled jail (31 May 2024, 2 of 2, cropped).tif|thumb|left|Mayor Serena in Gardner's historic two-celled jail (May 2024)]]
Gardner is named for its founder, Henry C. Gardner.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n133 134]}}</ref>  In 2023, Mike Serena was reelected as mayor of Gardner.<ref name="2023-04-05 WCSJ-FM" />

==Geography==
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Gardner has a total area of {{convert|2.94|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|2.91|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 99.01%) is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 0.99%) is water.<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>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 940
|1880= 786
|1890= 1094
|1900= 1036
|1910= 946
|1920= 937
|1930= 869
|1940= 864
|1950= 981
|1960= 1041
|1970= 1212
|1980= 1322
|1990= 1237
|2000= 1406
|2010= 1463
|2020= 1366
|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>
}}As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref name=":0" /> there were 1,366 people, 569 households, and 413 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|464.47|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 619 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|210.47|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 91.80% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.51% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.59% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.59% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.61% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.90% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 6.52% of the population.

There were 569 households, out of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.91% were married couples living together, 4.75% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.42% were non-families. 20.56% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.27% 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 2.51.

The village's age distribution consisted of 15.1% under the age of 18, 12.7% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 29.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $67,441, and the median income for a family was $71,544. Males had a median income of $56,250 versus $40,383 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $35,716. About 5.1% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.3% of those under age 18 and 8.4% of those age 65 or over.

==Notable people==
* {{annotated link|Charles L. Phillips}}<ref name="1939-06-10 US Military Academy" />
* {{annotated link|Robert C. Underwood}}<ref name="Supreme Court of Illinois" />

==References==
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<ref name="1939-06-10 US Military Academy">{{citation |last=Brewster |first=Mary Phillips |date=1939-06-10 |title=Obituary, Charles Leonard Phillips |url=https://digital-library.usma.edu/digital/collection/aogreunion/id/21817/rec/2 |work=Seventieth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy |location=[[Newburgh, New York]] |publisher=Moore Printing Company |page=139 |via=West Point Digital Library |ref={{sfnRef|Brewster}} |access-date=2023-10-01 |archive-date=2023-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004165352/https://digital-library.usma.edu/digital/collection/aogreunion/id/21817/rec/2 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

<ref name="2023-04-05 WCSJ-FM">{{cite news |last1=Ritz |first1=Justin |date=2023-04-05 |title=Gardner Mayor Mike Serena Reelected |url=https://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/gardner-mayor-mike-serena-reelected/article_6c3f5908-d3ad-11ed-8a99-437816e9b335.html |url-status=live |language=en |publisher=[[WCSJ-FM]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608223227/https://www.wcsjnews.com/news/local/gardner-mayor-mike-serena-reelected/article_6c3f5908-d3ad-11ed-8a99-437816e9b335.html |archive-date=2024-06-08 |access-date=2024-06-08}}</ref>

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<ref name="Supreme Court of Illinois">{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_Underwood.asp |title=Robert C. Underwood |publisher=[[Supreme Court of Illinois]] |language=en |access-date=2024-07-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150704102734/http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/SupremeCourt/JusticeArchive/Bio_Underwood.asp |archive-date=2015-07-04}}</ref><!-- exhausted -->

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{{Grundy County, Illinois}}

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