Editing Mulberry Grove, Illinois

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'''Mulberry Grove''' is a village in [[Mulberry Grove Township, Bond County, Illinois|Mulberry Grove Township]], [[Bond County, Illinois|Bond County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 520 at the 2020 census.

==History==
Mulberry Grove has existed under the names Bucktown, Houston and Shakerag. A post office was established in 1834. 

In 1841, Mulberry Grove was platted by Francis Gill.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mulberry Grove Historical Marker |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=144132 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=www.hmdb.org |language=en}}</ref> Mulberry Grove was incorporated as a village in 1857.<ref name="historicgville">Allan H. Keith, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1gJ_RVeb5JYC&pg=PA2&dq=richard+bock+sculptor&ie=ISO-8859-1&sig=ngQRYGbj78gEH8yXNlEZrDnRlMU#PPA1,M1 ''Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL'']. Consulted on August 15, 2007.</ref>

==Geography==
Mulberry Grove is located along [[Illinois Route 140]] approximately one mile north of [[I-70]]. [[Greenville, Illinois|Greenville]] lies about seven miles to the west-southwest and [[Vandalia, Illinois|Vandalia]] is about nine miles to the east-northeast. [[Owl Creek (Hurricane Creek tributary)|Owl Creek]] flows past the north side of town and joins [[Hurricane Creek (Kaskaskia River tributary)|Hurricane Creek]] about 1.5 mile to the east in adjacent [[Fayette County, Illinois|Fayette County]].<ref>''Mulberry Grove, IL,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1974 (1977 rev.)</ref>

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Mulberry Grove has a total area of {{convert|1.03|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|1.02|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 99.12%) is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 0.88%) 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
|align=left|1900= 632
|1910= 716
|1920= 725
|1930= 596
|1940= 702
|1950= 712
|1960= 745
|1970= 697
|1980= 707
|1990= 660
|2000= 671
|2010= 634
|2020= 520
|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 [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1751284 |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> there were 520 people, 344 households, and 175 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|507.32|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 268 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|261.46|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 93.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.35% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.38% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.00% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 0.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 4.81% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.96% of the population.

There were 344 households, out of which 29.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.70% were married couples living together, 1.16% had a female householder with no husband present, and 49.13% were non-families. 43.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.45% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.46 and the average family size was 2.46.

The village's age distribution consisted of 26.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 18.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $40,800, and the median income for a family was $46,823. Males had a median income of $34,063 versus $18,194 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $19,672. About 14.3% of families and 31.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 36.4% of those under age 18 and 35.7% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.mgschools.com/ Mulberry Grove Community School District #1]
* [http://www.mgschools.com/jrsr.html Mulberry Grove Junior/Senior High School]
* [http://www.mgschools.com/elementary.html Mulberry Grove Elementary School]
* [http://www.fbcmulberrygrove.com Mulberry Grove First Baptist Church]
* [https://mulberrygroveil.org/ Official website]

{{Bond County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in Bond County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1834]]
[[Category:1834 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]