Cable, Illinois

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Cable, Illinois

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| settlement_type = Census-designated place

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Illinois

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Mercer

| subdivision_type3 = Township

| subdivision_name3 = Richland Grove

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| pushpin_label = Cable

| coordinates = {{coord|41|16|59|N|90|30|26|W|display=inline,title}}

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| unit_pref = Imperial

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Illinois |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_17.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=March 16, 2023}}

| area_total_km2 = 2.94

| area_land_km2 = 2.94

| area_water_km2 = 0.00

| area_total_sq_mi = 1.14

| area_land_sq_mi = 1.14

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

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| elevation_ft = 677

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes = {{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1710305&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Cable CDP, Illinois: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=United States Census Bureau| access-date=March 16, 2023}}

| population_total = 117

| population_density_km2 = 39.76

| population_density_sq_mi = 102.99

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| timezone1 = CST

| utc_offset1 = -6

| timezone1_DST = CDT

| utc_offset1_DST = -5

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| postal_code = 61281 (Sherrard)

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| blank_info = 17-10305

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Cable is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is located south of Sherrard.{{cite map|publisher=Illinois Department of Transportation|title=Mercer County General Highway Map|url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/maps/county/mercer.pdf|year=1988|accessdate=May 26, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320074307/http://www.dot.state.il.us/maps/county/mercer.pdf|archivedate=March 20, 2012}} As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 117.