Cuba, Illinois
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Cuba, Illinois
Centerville Middletown | |
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| Nicknames: Cube, Cubie-town | |
| Error creating thumbnail: Location of Cuba in Fulton County, Illinois. | |
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| Coordinates: 40°29′37″N 90°11′36″W / 40.49361°N 90.19333°WCoordinates: 40°29′37″N 90°11′36″W / 40.49361°N 90.19333°W[1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Fulton |
| Township | Putman |
| Founded | 1818 |
| Area | |
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| • Water | Template:Infobox settlement/areadisp |
| Elevation | Template:Infobox settlement/lengthdisp |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 1,184 |
| • Estimate (2024)[3] | 1,137 |
| • Density | Template:Infobox settlement/densdisp |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Postal code | 61427 |
| Area code(s) | 309 |
| FIPS code | 17-17991 |
| GNIS ID | 2393689[1] |
Cuba is a city in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,184 at the 2020 census.[4]
History
[edit | edit source]Cuba was founded in 1837 when the two rival towns of Centerville and Middleton merged.[5] The new town was named after the island of Cuba.[6] The name could be in reference to the town of Havana, roughly fifteen miles to the southeast[7]. A post office has been in operation at Cuba since 1837.[8]
Geography
[edit | edit source]Cuba is located near the geographic center of Fulton County. Illinois Route 97 passes through the city, leading north 40 miles (64 km) to Galesburg and south 20 miles (32 km) to Havana on the Illinois River.
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Cuba has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.40 km2), all land.[9]
Demographics
[edit | edit source]2020 census
[edit | edit source]As of the 2020 census, Cuba had a population of 1,184 and 487 households, including 227 families.[10][11][4] The population density was 2,180.48 inhabitants per square mile (841.89/km2).[4]
The median age was 42.8 years. 20.3% of residents were under the age of 18 and 21.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 86.6 males age 18 and over.[10][11]
0.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 100.0% lived in rural areas.[12]
Of the 487 households, 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 42.9% were married-couple households, 16.6% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 28.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 28.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[10]
There were 540 housing units, of which 9.8% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 4.9%. Housing density was 994.48 per square mile (383.97/km2).[10][4]
| Race | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,136 | 95.9% |
| Black or African American | 3 | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian | 1 | 0.1% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 0 | 0.0% |
| Some other race | 1 | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 3.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) | 13 | 1.1% |
Income and poverty
[edit | edit source]The median income for a household in the city was $33,672, and the median income for a family was $60,313. Males had a median income of $34,375 versus $30,227 for females. The per capita income for the city was $25,716. About 11.9% of families and 18.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.3% of those under age 18 and 5.3% of those age 65 or over.
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Paul H. Landis, sociologist[13]
- Loren E. Murphy, chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court[14][15][16]
- William Harrison Nebergall, chemist who synthesized the fluoride compatible polishing agent calcium pyrophosphate.[17]
- Harry K. Newburn, university president[18]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Template:GNIS
- ↑ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ↑ "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2024". United States Census Bureau. U.S. Department of Commerce. July 2024. Retrieved February 18, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ↑ Callary, Edward (September 29, 2008). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
- ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. p. 96.
- ↑ Callary, Edward (2009). Place names of Illinois. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-09070-7.
- ↑ "Fulton County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
- ↑ "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)". United States Census Bureau. 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
- ↑ "2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)". United States Census Bureau. 2023. Retrieved May 1, 2026.
- ↑ D'Antonio, William V., ed. (November 1985). "Obituaries" (PDF). Footnotes. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association. 13 (8): 15. ISSN 0749-6931.
- ↑ Illinois Supreme Court-Loren E. Murphy
- ↑ 'Loren E. Murphy – obituary,' Galesburg Register-Mail (Illinois), June 6, 1963, p. 25.
- ↑ 'The Michigan Alummnus,' volume XLV, October 8, 1938–September 16, 1939, Loren E. Murphy–1906 Law, p. 520.
- ↑ uspto.gov patent number 2,876,166
- ↑ "Office of the President: Harry K. Newburn and Orlando John Hollis (interim) records". archiveswest.orbiscascade.org. Retrieved April 4, 2024.