Editing Thawville, Illinois

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|name                     = Thawville, Illinois
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'''Thawville''' is a village in [[Ridgeland Township, Iroquois County, Illinois|Ridgeland Township]], [[Iroquois County, Illinois|Iroquois County]], [[Illinois]], United States. The population was 215 at the 2020 census.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1774847 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> The town is {{convert|100|miles}} south of Chicago.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-dead-animals-cruelty-abuse-illinois-sanctuary-rescue-20200121-osj3s36co5ehxmttfu2ioip7zu-story.html|title=Piles of bones, a deadly fire, an animal cruelty arrest: Unraveling what went wrong at a former Illinois animal sanctuary|last=Nickeas|first=Peter|date=January 21, 2020|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=April 15, 2020}}</ref>

Thawville is named after Pittsburgh railroad magnate [[William Thaw Sr.]],<ref>''Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society'', Vol. 29, No. 3 (October 1936), pp. 189-311 (123 pages)</ref> who visited the town only once.

==Geography==
Thawville is located in western Iroquois County at {{coord|40|40|26|N|88|6|48|W|type:city}} (40.673903, -88.113296).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> [[Illinois Route 54]] passes through the southeast side of the village, leading northeast {{convert|6|mi|0}} to [[Onarga, Illinois|Onarga]] and southwest the same distance to [[Roberts, Illinois|Roberts]].

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Thawville has a total area of {{convert|0.31|sqmi|km2|2}}, all land.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |author=US Census Bureau |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 318
|1920= 318
|1930= 242
|1940= 293
|1950= 267
|1960= 246
|1970= 271
|1980= 275
|1990= 241
|2000= 258
|2010= 241
|2020= 215
|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 215 people, 93 households, and 42 families residing in the village. The population density was {{Convert|700.33|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 106 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|345.28|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the village was 80.93% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.40% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.00% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.00% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.00% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 8.84% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 8.84% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 19.07% of the population.

There were 93 households, out of which 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.18% were married couples living together, 13.98% had a female householder with no husband present, and 54.84% were non-families. 33.33% of all households were made up of individuals, and 29.03% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.55 and the average family size was 2.42.

The village's age distribution consisted of 35.1% under the age of 18, 3.6% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 13.5% from 45 to 64, and 26.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.5 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $36,250, and the median income for a family was $44,167. Males had a median income of $28,214 versus $25,179 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $14,974. About 11.9% of families and 24.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 26.8% of those under age 18 and 22.0% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Iroquois County, Illinois}}

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