Editing Whiteash, Illinois

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| name                    = Whiteash
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| subdivision_name2       = [[Williamson County, Illinois|Williamson]]
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| population_total        = 279
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'''Whiteash''' is a [[Census designated place]] in [[Williamson County, Illinois|Williamson County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 268 at the 2000 census, and dropped to 248 in the 2010 census. This village dissolved in 2014.<ref>{{cite web | title = Boundary Changes | url = http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/partnerships/bas/2010-2015entitychanges.txt | access-date = November 15, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170818212400/https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/partnerships/bas/2010-2015entitychanges.txt | archive-date = August 18, 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

== History ==
Whiteash began as a coal mining community around the Chicago and Marion Coal Company's mine organized by Charles A. Gent of nearby [[Marion, Illinois]]. In 1903, Gent bought the site of the village from Samuel K. Casey, publisher of the ''Egyptian Press'' newspaper also of Marion. He in turn had inherited it from his grandfather George W. Binkley who had homesteaded the land and entered it with the government in 1837. Gent platted the village on July 3, 1903, in the northwest corner of Section 31, Township 8 South, Range 3 East of the [[Third Principal Meridian]], also known as [[Lake Creek Precinct, Williamson County, Illinois|Lake Creek Precinct]]. He named the town Whiteash after the trade name he used for the coal his mine produced.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

A post office opened there on February 29, 1904, with Robert T. Payne as postmaster. Residents incorporated the village the following year on June 16, 1905. The mine operated until 1922 when it filled with water and was abandoned. Mail service continued for another decade or so, finally closing on November 30, 1934. The population in 1960 was 160.<ref>James N. Adams, comp. 1989. ''Illinois Place Names''. Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Society. 545.</ref><ref>Barbara Burr Hubbs. 1939, Reprint 1979. ''Pioneer Folks and Places''. Marion, Ill.: Williamson County Historical Society. 230-231.</ref>

==Geography==
Whiteash is located at {{coord|37|47|18|N|88|55|35|W|type:city}} (37.788300, -88.926450).<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>

According to the 2010 census, Whiteash has a total area of {{convert|0.884|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.86|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 97.29%) is land and {{convert|0.024|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 2.71%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
  |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1781165
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |accessdate=December 25, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213090834/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1781165
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  |url-status=dead
  }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 353
|1920= 381
|1930= 237
|1940= 206
|1950= 204
|1960= 160
|1970= 181
|1980= 268
|1990= 249
|2000= 268
|2010= 241
|2020= 279
|footnote=U.S. Census<ref>
{{Citation|title =Census of Population and Housing|publisher =U.S. Census Bureau|url =https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|access-date =December 6, 2017}}
</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<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> of 2000, there were 268 people, 114 households, and 80 families residing in the village. The population density was {{convert|308.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 121 housing units at an average density of {{convert|139.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the village was 97.01% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.75% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]] and 2.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.12% of the population.

There were 114 households, out of which 31.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 27.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 23.1% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $24,167, and the median income for a family was $28,000. Males had a median income of $25,972 versus $15,938 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $11,780. About 22.1% of families and 23.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 35.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 14.7% of those 65 or over.

==References==
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{{Williamson County, Illinois}}

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[[Category:Villages in Williamson County, Illinois]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1903]]
[[Category:1903 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Populated places disestablished in 2014]]
[[Category:Former municipalities in Illinois]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Illinois]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]