Mansfield, Illinois

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Field	Value
name	Mansfield
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Mansfield Illinois Post Office.jpg
image_caption	Mansfield Post Office
image_map	File:Piatt County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Mansfield Highlighted.svg
map_caption	Location of Mansfield in Piatt County, Illinois.
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Illinois
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Piatt
subdivision_type3	Township
subdivision_name3	Blue Ridge
leader_title	Mayor
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	1.39
area_total_sq_mi	0.54
area_land_km2	1.31
area_land_sq_mi	0.51
area_water_km2	0.07
area_water_sq_mi	0.03
population_as_of	2020
population_total	928
population_density_km2	705.90
population_density_sq_mi	1826.77
timezone	CST
utc_offset	-6
timezone_DST	CDT
utc_offset_DST	-5
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	725
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	61854
area_code	217
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	17-46487
blank1_name	GNIS ID
blank1_info	2399244
website
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History

Mansfield was originally incorporated around 1870. The village may have been named for John Mansfield, an officer in the Civil War. Other sources suggest Mansfield was named after a number of other unrelated men named Mansfield, including Jared Mansfield, an early American surveyor, or J.L. Mansfield, a local philanthropist. The village may also have been named after the city of Mansfield, Ohio – which was itself named for the surveyor Jared Mansfield.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, Mansfield has a total area of 0.555 sqmi, of which 0.53 sqmi (or 95.5%) is land and 0.025 sqmi (or 4.5%) is water.{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1746487 |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1 |accessdate=October 26, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213061216/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1746487 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead

Climate

|source = NOAA

Demographics

|align=left |1880= 398 |1890= 533 |1900= 708 |1910= 681 |1920= 669 |1930= 681 |1940= 693 |1950= 665 |1960= 743 |1970= 870 |1980= 921 |1990= 929 |2000= 949 |2010= 906 |2020= 928 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Northern_Piatt_County_Fire_Protection_District_Mansfield_Illinois_Fire_Station.jpg" caption="Northern Piatt County Fire Protection District Fire Station in Mansfield"] ::

As of the census of 2000, there were 949 people, 396 households, and 293 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,856.3 PD/sqmi. There were 424 housing units at an average density of 829.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 98.95% White, 0.53% Asian, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population.

There were 396 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.4% were married couples living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.8% were non-families. 22.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.79.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.1 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $43,942, and the median income for a family was $48,393. Males had a median income of $32,042 versus $23,047 for females. The per capita income for the village was $20,947. About 1.4% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 1.6% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Mansfield is home to Blue Ridge Intermediate Junior High School which is part of Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18. Elementary and High School age students attend Ruth M. Schneider Elementary School and Blue Ridge High School in nearby Farmer City.

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
{{GNIS. 2399244
(1921). "Illinois Blue Book". Secretary of State.
Gannett, Henry. (1905). "The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States". U.S. Government Printing Office.
Callary, Edward. (October 1, 2010). "Place Names of Illinois". University of Illinois Press.
"Station: MANSFIELD 3.0 WSW, IL US US1ILPT0013". [[NCEI.
"Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.
"U.S. Census website". [[United States Census Bureau]].

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