Cumberland County, Illinois

Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,450.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Its county seat is Toledo.<ref name="GR6">Template:Cite web</ref>

Cumberland County is part of the Charleston–Mattoon, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Cumberland County was created on March 2, 1823, from parts of Coles County. It is named for the National Road (Cumberland Road), which was projected to run through it.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

• Cumberland County at the time of its creation in 1823
  Cumberland County at the time of its creation in 1823

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert is land and Template:Convert (0.3%) is water.<ref name="census-density"/>

Climate and weather

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Adjacent counties

• Coles County - north
• Clark County - east
• Jasper County - south
• Effingham County - southwest
• Shelby County - west

Transit

• Rides Mass Transit District

Major highways

• File:I-57.svg Interstate 57
• File:I-70.svg Interstate 70
• File:US 40.svg U.S. Route 40
• File:US 45.svg U.S. Route 45
• File:Illinois 49.svg Illinois Route 49
• File:Illinois 121.svg Illinois Route 121
• File:Illinois 130.svg Illinois Route 130

Demographics

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 11,048 people, 4,377 households, and 3,121 families living in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">Template:Cite web</ref> The population density was Template:Convert. There were 4,874 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert.<ref name="census-density">Template:Cite web</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 98.3% white, 0.3% black or African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.2% from other races, and 0.8% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.7% of the population.<ref name="census-dp1"/> In terms of ancestry, 30.6% were German, 17.4% were American, 11.7% were Irish, and 11.4% were English.<ref name="census-dp2">Template:Cite web</ref>

Of the 4,377 households, 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.7% were married couples living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 28.7% were non-families, and 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.95. The median age was 40.9 years.<ref name="census-dp1"/>

The median income for a household in the county was $42,101 and the median income for a family was $51,729. Males had a median income of $42,157 versus $29,142 for females. The per capita income for the county was $21,262. About 8.1% of families and 12.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 8.2% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">Template:Cite web</ref>

Communities

Cities

• Neoga
• Casey (mostly in Clark County)

Villages

• Greenup
• Jewett
• Montrose (mostly in Effingham County)
• Toledo (seat)

Townships

Cumberland County is divided into eight townships:

• Cottonwood
• Crooked Creek
• Greenup
• Neoga
• Spring Point
• Sumpter
• Union
• Woodbury

Unincorporated Communities

• Bradbury
• Dees
• Hazel Dell
• Janesville
• Johnstown
• Liberty Hill
• Lillyville
• Maple Point
• Neal
• Roslyn
• Timothy
• Union Center
• Vevay Park
• Walla Walla
• Woodbury

Education

Cumberland County is served by two school districts.

• Neoga Community Unit School District 3
• Cumberland Community Unit School District 77

Politics

Although predominantly Democratic in the years before World War I, in the aftermath of which Woodrow Wilson’s policies towards Germany were locally deplored, Cumberland County has since become powerfully Republican. Even in Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 and 1936 landslides, he won only small victories, and since then only three Democrats have carried the county. Bill Clinton, who won a plurality in 1992, is the last Democrat to reach forty percent of the county's vote, and in 2016, the rapid Upland South trend towards overwhelmingly Republican voting caused his wife Hillary to win less than twenty percent of the county's ballots.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Illinois

References

• History of Southern Illinois, George Washington Smith, 1912.
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States National Atlas