Editing Germantown Hills, Illinois

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'''Germantown Hills''' is a village in [[Woodford County, Illinois|Woodford County]], [[Illinois]], approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|0}} northeast of [[Peoria, Illinois|Peoria]]. Germantown Hills is the only incorporated community in [[Worth Township, Woodford County, Illinois|Worth Township]]. As of the 2010 [[United States Census|census]], the village had a total population of 3,438.<ref name = "census">"[https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website 2]" from the [[United States Census Bureau]] Retrieved June 19, 2011</ref> Largely an agricultural community until its incorporation in 1954, Germantown Hills is now a growing bedroom community in the [[Peoria metropolitan area|Peoria Metropolitan Area]].

==History==
Settlement of the area began as early as November 1831, when [[Methodist]] Rev. Zadock Hall began preaching in modern-day Worth Township. Soon after, an iron foundry was opened by settler Philip Klein. By 1837, a [[Catholic church|Catholic]] church was organized by [[Germany|German]] Catholics in the area. In 1850, William Hoshor built a [[tavern]] and hotel named the Germantown House, for which the village would be named more than 100 years later. A steam sawmill was built in 1860, and in the 1890s, the Union House was erected as a tavern, grocery store, and [[Western saloon|saloon]].<ref name="history">"[http://germantownhillsillinois.org/webpages/index.php?art=549 History of Germantown Hills] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625163223/http://germantownhillsillinois.org/webpages/index.php?art=549 |date=June 25, 2011 }}" from the Village of Germantown Hills Retrieved June 21, 2011</ref>

The area remained almost completely agricultural until the incorporation of '''Oak Grove Park''' in 1954. The village's founders wished to use the name "Germantown" to reflect Hoshor's Germantown House and the area's large [[Germany|German]]-American representation. Still, the name was taken by a [[Germantown, Illinois|village]] in southern [[Illinois]]. Upon its incorporation, the population of Oak Grove Park was 182. In 1967, the name Oak Grove Park was dropped in favor of '''Germantown Hills'''. The village's population would rise steadily until the 1980 census, when the annexation of the Whispering Oaks subdivision brought the number to 524. Subsequent development and annexation brought the population to 1195 by 1990.<ref name="history"/>  Rampant development, fueled by [[suburbanization]] in the [[Peoria metropolitan area|Peoria Metropolitan Area]], brought the population to its most-recent count of 3,438.<ref name="census"/>

==Geography==
Germantown Hills is located at {{coord|40|46|17|N|89|27|43|W|type:city}} (40.771569, -89.461894).<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>

According to the 2010 census, Germantown Hills has a total area of {{convert|1.677|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.63|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 97.2%) is land and {{convert|0.047|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 2.8%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1729080
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |accessdate=August 3, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213082732/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1729080
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
|url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

[[Image:Illinois 116.svg|20px]] [[Illinois State Route 116]], a four-lane divided highway, runs through the center of the village and connects it to Peoria, serving as the focal point for development and residences.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 188
|1960= 237
|1970= 278
|1980= 524
|1990= 1195
|2000= 2111
|2010= 3438
|2020= 3412
|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 [[United States Census|census]]<ref name = "census"/> of 2010, there were 3,438 people (up from about 2,100 recorded in the 2000 census<ref>{{cite book|title=Illinois, 2000: 2000 Census of Population and Housing. Summary population and housing characteristics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnY2gp5-HKwC&pg=PA309|year=2002|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau|pages=309–| isbn=9780160672033 }}</ref>), 1,175 households, and 975 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|2055.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,218 housing units with an average density of {{convert|728.0|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the village was 96.0% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.3% representing two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race represented 1.8% of the population.

There were 1,175 households, of which 45.1% had children under 18 living with them, 73.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. 14.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 33.6% under the age of 20, 4.2% from 20 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 20 and over, there were 95.9 males.

According to the 2005-2009 [[American Community Survey]],<ref name = "ACS">"[https://www.census.gov American FactFinder] " from the [[United States Census Bureau]] Retrieved June 19, 2011</ref> the median income for a household in the village was $99,196, and the median income for a family was $105,792. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $36,651. About 1.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.6% of those under age 18 and 4.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
* Germantown Hills School District 69 comprises two schools:
** Germantown Hills Elementary School is responsible for Kindergarten to Grade 2. In 2008, 314 students were enrolled.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolID=431020690022002 |title=Illinois Interactive Report Card |publisher=Iirc.niu.edu |date= |accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
** Germantown Hills Middle School educates students in Grades 3 through 8. The school's 2008 enrollment was 612<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iirc.niu.edu/School.aspx?schoolID=431020690022001 |title=Illinois Interactive Report Card |publisher=Iirc.niu.edu |date= |accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref>  In 2008, GHMS was ranked 15 out of the 1357 middle schools in Illinois by results of the [[Illinois Standards Achievement Test|Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT)]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schooldigger.com/go/IL/schoolrank.aspx?pagetype=top10 |title=Top 10 Best Illinois State Elementary Schools - IL School Rankings |publisher=Schooldigger.com |date= |accessdate=July 6, 2011}}</ref>
* Metamora Township High School District 122 encompasses Germantown Hills, responsible for Grades 9 through 12. The village's [[Secondary education|high school]] students attend [[Metamora Township High School]] in neighboring [[Metamora, Illinois|Metamora]].

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.germantownhills.com/ Village of Germantown Hills public Website]
* [http://germantownhillsillinois.org/ Village of Germantown Hills Government Website]

{{Woodford County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in Woodford County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1831]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]