Editing Kansas, Illinois

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{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Kansas
|settlement_type          = [[Village (United States)|Village]]
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|image_skyline            = Kansas Illinois water tower.png
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|image_caption            = The water tower in Kansas
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|map_caption              = Location of [[Kansas]] in Edgar County, Illinois
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|pushpin_map_caption      = Kansas's location in [[Edgar County, Illinois|Edgar County]]
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Illinois}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Illinois|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Edgar County, Illinois|Edgar]]
|subdivision_type3        = [[List of townships in Illinois|Township]]
|subdivision_name3        = [[Kansas Township, Edgar County, Illinois|Kansas]]
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.02
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.02
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 670
|population_density_km2   = 253.18
|population_density_sq_mi = 655.58
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|elevation_ft             = 715
|coordinates              = {{coord|39|33|16|N|87|56|22|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis/>
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP Code]]
|postal_code              = 61933
|area_code                = [[Area code 217#United States|217]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 17–38986
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2398327<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2398327}}</ref>
|website                  = {{official URL}}
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|area_total_km2           = 2.65
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'''Kansas''' is a [[village]] in [[Kansas Township, Edgar County, Illinois|Kansas Township]], [[Edgar County, Illinois|Edgar County]], [[Illinois]]. The population was 670 at the 2020 census.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1738986 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

==Geography==
Kansas is located in southwest Edgar County approximately 1.2 miles from the Edgar-[[Coles County, Illinois|Coles]] county line. The community is at the intersection of Illinois routes [[Illinois Route 16|16]] and [[Illinois Route 49|49]] approximately ten miles southwest of [[Paris, Illinois|Paris]].<ref>''Illinois Atlas & Gazetteer'', DeLorme, 6th ed., 2010, p. 65 {{isbn|0899333214}}</ref>

According to the 2010 census, Kansas has a total area of {{convert|1.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1738986
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=August 4, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213051547/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1738986
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

== History==
A post office called Kansas has been in operation since 1855.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IL&county=Edgar&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Edgar County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=March 2, 2015}}</ref> The town was named after the [[Kansas Territory]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3ZshAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9JcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2343%2C73306 | title=Towns named after states | work=Reading Eagle | date=July 2, 1897 | access-date=October 14, 2015 | pages=3}}</ref>

In or before 1972, students and their [[physical education]] teacher at the high school invented a game called Deckerball. This has been credited as being the possible origin of the very similar game [[Wallyball]].<ref>http://www.wallyball-info.com/New_Wallyball_Rulebook_2012_ver9.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left|1880= 723
|1890= 1037
|1900= 1049
|1910= 945
|1920= 944
|1930= 900
|1940= 875
|1950= 835
|1960= 815
|1970= 779
|1980= 791
|1990= 887
|2000= 842
|2010= 787
|2020= 670
|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 670 people, 339 households, and 183 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|655.58|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 366 housing units at an average density of {{convert|358.12|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|units&nbsp;|units|}}. The racial makeup of the village was 91.04% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.04% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.30% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.30% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.15% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.16% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.49% of the population.

There were 339 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.05% were married couples living together, 12.98% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.02% were non-families. 36.58% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.76% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.10 and the average family size was 2.27.

The village's age distribution consisted of 25.3% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 30.3% from 45 to 64, and 17.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 44.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,375, and the median income for a family was $51,827. Males had a median income of $45,714 versus $32,813 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $29,752. About 21.9% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 29.2% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Secondary education is provided by a public high school, Kansas High School. Up until 2004 the school's sports team was the Kansas Bulldogs. In 2004, however, Kansas, in union with local Oakland High School, created the Tri-County Co-op. The team name was then changed to the Tri-County Titans. With local Shiloh High School joining the co-op later, this brings us to the present situation of the sports co-op.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.kansas-illinois.com/history/bulldog-gym.htm|title = Kansas High School Gym|access-date = January 22, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150214051752/http://kansas-illinois.com/history/bulldog-gym.htm|archive-date = February 14, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*[[John Honnold]] (1915–2011), former law professor at the [[University of Pennsylvania Law School]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website}}

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