Editing Joppa, Illinois

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'''Joppa''' is a village in [[Massac County, Illinois|Massac County]], [[Illinois]], United States, along the [[Ohio River]]. The population was 350 as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> It is part of the [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]], [[Kentucky|KY]]-IL [[Paducah metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
During the first part of the 19th century, a riverboat [[landing (water transport)|landing]] known as Copeland's Landing operated at what is now Joppa. In the early 1870s, A.J. Kuykendall, a prominent local land owner, and Jesse Baccus, who operated a local sawmill, decided to establish a town. They named the town after the Biblical city of [[Jaffa|Joppa]] (in modern [[Israel]]).  After the arrival of the railroad in 1900, the village thrived for several years as a river-to-rail [[transloading]] station.  Joppa incorporated in 1901.<ref>George W. May, ''[https://archive.org/stream/historyofmassacc00mayg/historyofmassacc00mayg_djvu.txt History of Massac County, Illinois]'' (Wagoner Printing Company, 1955), pp. 192-194. Accessed at archive.org.</ref> Joppa has since lost a lot of population and stores, now only having a school and a few hundred people living there.

==Geography==
Joppa is located in western Massac County at {{coord|37|12|27|N|88|50|35|W|type:city}} (37.207399, -88.843033).<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> The village lies along the [[Ohio River]] downstream from [[Metropolis, Illinois]], and [[Paducah, Kentucky]]. Metropolis is {{convert|8|mi|0}} southeast of Joppa, and Paducah is {{convert|20|mi}} to the southeast. County Road 5 connects Joppa with [[U.S. Route 45]] near Metropolis to the east. The Joppa Generating Station, a coal and natural gas power plant operated by Electric Energy, Inc., lies just west of the village.

According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], Joppa has a total area of {{convert|0.50|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, or 3.57%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

==Demographics==
[[File:Joppa-North-and-Church-il.jpg|thumb|Joppa Municipal Buildings]]
{{US Census population
|1910= 734
|1920= 651
|1930= 462
|1940= 587
|1950= 513
|1960= 578
|1970= 531
|1980= 535
|1990= 492
|2000= 409
|2010= 360
|2020= 350
|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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===2010===
According to the [[2010 U.S. Census]] Bureau, 360 persons lived in the village:
*89.2% [[White American|White]]; 85.8% White, non-Hispanic
*8.6% [[African American|Black]]
*0.6% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
*0.0% [[Asian American|Asian]] 
*0.0% [[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]] 
*1.7% [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]]
*0.0% [[Race (United States Census)|Other races]] 
*3.3% [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (all White)

===2000===
In 2000, there were 409 people, 165 households, and 110 families residing in the village.<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref> The population density was {{convert|838.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 203 housing units at an average density of {{convert|416.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 88.26% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 7.58% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.98% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.93% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.44% of the population.

There were 165 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% were non-families. 28.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.09.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.6% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 109.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $17,813, and the median income for a family was $20,729. Males had a median income of $23,750 versus $16,607 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $8,890. About 34.3% of families and 44.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 65.1% of those under age 18 and 20.0% of those age 65 or over.

==See also==
*[[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]

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==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Joppa, Illinois}}

{{Massac County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in Massac County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Paducah micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Illinois populated places on the Ohio River]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]