Editing Iuka, Illinois

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{{Infobox settlement
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'''Iuka''' is a village in [[Marion County, Illinois|Marion County]], [[Illinois]], United States. The population was 512 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==Geography==
Iuka is located in eastern Marion County. [[U.S. Route 50]] passes through the north side of the village, leading west {{convert|8|mi|0}} to [[Salem, Illinois|Salem]], the [[county seat]], and east {{convert|17|mi}} to [[Flora, Illinois|Flora]].

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Iuka has a total area of {{convert|0.73|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.001|sqmi|sqkm|3}}, or 0.14%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> Jamison Creek crosses the north side of the village, running east to the [[Skillet Fork]], a southeast-flowing tributary of the [[Little Wabash River]]. The southernmost part of the village drains to Johns Branch, a more southerly tributary of the Skillet Fork.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1880= 315
|1890= 362
|1900= 421
|1910= 364
|1920= 435
|1930= 371
|1940= 470
|1950= 450
|1960= 378
|1970= 343
|1980= 353
|1990= 388
|2000= 598
|2010= 489
|2020= 512
|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>
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As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 489 people, 185 households, and 127 families residing in the village.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1737933&y=2010&d=DEC+Summary+File+1&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P18| title=P18. Household Type: Iuka village, Illinois (2010 DEC Summary File 1)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|619.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 217 housing units at an average density of {{convert|223.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 98.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.8% of the population.

There were 185 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 25.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 33.4% under the age of 19, 5.7% from 20 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33.1 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.2 males.

==Points of interest==
There is a limestone outcropping due southeast of Iuka that is one of the purported locations of [[Burrows Cave]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.illinoiscaves.com/jackwbio.htm |author = Jack Ward |title = Jack Ward personal biography |accessdate=January 27, 2014}}</ref> In 1982, Russell E. Burrow claimed to have found numerous archeological artifacts in this cave inscribed in Ancient Egyptian and Greek. Today, Burrows Cave is considered a hoax by most mainstream archeologists.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Joseph |first=Frank |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=11koDwAAQBAJ&dq=Iuka,+Illinois+Burrows+cave&pg=PT138 |title=The Lost Treasure of King Juba: The Evidence of Africans in America before Columbus |date=March 25, 2003 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-59143-851-9 |language=en}}</ref>

Along [[U.S. Route 50]], {{convert|0.8|mi|1}} east of the village limits, lies the Halfway Tavern, a replica structure of the original that lies halfway between [[Vincennes, Indiana|Vincennes]] and [[St. Louis]]. The building is now a State Historic Site.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.illinois.gov/dnrhistoric/Experience/Sites/Southeast/Pages/Halfway-Tavern.aspx| title=Halfway Tavern| publisher=Illinois Historic Preservation Division| access-date=February 24, 2023}}</ref> It is claimed that [[Abraham Lincoln]] stayed at the inn, though there is no proof of his presence at the tavern. It is also believed that a group of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] robbed gold from a passing stagecoach in the early 1800s, and that the gold is buried in a wooded area to the north of the tavern, but cited evidence questions the legitimacy of this claim.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.salemil.us/Pages/SalemIL_About/tavern |title=Welcome to Salem, IL - Legend of Half-Way Tavern |website=www.salemil.us |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024214246/http://www.salemil.us/Pages/SalemIL_about/tavern |archive-date=October 24, 2006}}</ref>

Further east along U.S. Route 50 lies the Hebron School, a wooden one-room schoolhouse that operated between 1908 and 1952.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==References==
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==External links==

{{Marion County, Illinois}}

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