Cumberland County, Illinois

{{Infobox U.S. county

| county = Cumberland County

| state = Illinois

| seal =

| founded = 1823

| seat wl = Toledo

| largest city wl = Neoga

| area_total_sq_mi = 347

| area_land_sq_mi = 346

| area_water_sq_mi = 1.0

| area percentage = 0.3

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_total = 10450

| pop_est_as_of = 2023

| population_est = 10261 {{loss}}

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| ex image = Cumberland-courthouse.jpg

| ex image cap = Cumberland County Courthouse

| ex image size = 250px

| web = https://cumberlandcoil.gov/

| district = 12th

| named for = Cumberland Road

}}

Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,450.{{cite web|title=Cumberland County, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Cumberland_County,_Illinois?g=050XX00US17035|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=June 8, 2023}} Its county seat is Toledo.{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}

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.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n96 97]}}

File:Cumberland County Illinois 1843.png|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 {{convert|347|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|346|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.0|sqmi}} (0.3%) is water.

=Climate and weather=

{{climate chart

|Toledo, Illinois

|17|33|2.03

|21|39|2.08

|32|50|3.06

|42|62|3.84

|53|73|3.95

|63|83|4.21

|66|86|4.16

|64|84|3.25

|56|78|3.06

|45|66|3.02

|33|51|3.71

|22|38|2.84

|float=right

|units=imperial

|clear=both

|source=The Weather Channel{{cite web

|url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL1169

|title=Monthly Averages for Toledo, Illinois

|access-date=January 27, 2011

|publisher=The Weather Channel

}}}}

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Toledo have ranged from a low of {{convert|17|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|86|°F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-23|°F}} was recorded in January 1985 (jobs) and a record high of {{convert|111|°F}} was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|2.03|in}} in January to {{convert|4.21|in}} in June.

=Adjacent counties=

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

=Transit=

Rides Mass Transit District

=Major highways=

Demographics

{{US Census population

|1850= 3718

|1860= 8311

|1870= 12223

|1880= 13759

|1890= 15443

|1900= 16124

|1910= 14281

|1920= 12858

|1930= 10419

|1940= 11698

|1950= 10496

|1960= 9936

|1970= 9772

|1980= 11062

|1990= 10670

|2000= 11253

|2010= 11048

|2020= 10450

|estyear=2023

|estimate=10261

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2024}}

|align-fn=center

|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 4, 2014}}
1790-1960{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 4, 2014|archive-date=August 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|url-status=dead}} 1900-1990{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/il190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 4, 2014}}
1990-2000{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 4, 2014}} 2010{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17035.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606160357/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17035.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}

}}

As of the 2010 United States census, there were 11,048 people, 4,377 households, and 3,121 families living in the county.{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US17035

|title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data

|access-date=July 11, 2015

|publisher=United States Census Bureau

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213022528/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US17035

|archive-date=February 13, 2020

|url-status=dead

}} The population density was {{convert|31.9|PD/sqmi}}. There were 4,874 housing units at an average density of {{convert|14.1|/sqmi}}.{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17035

|access-date=July 11, 2015

|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County

|publisher=United States Census Bureau

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212204135/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17035

|archive-date=February 12, 2020

|url-status=dead

}} 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. In terms of ancestry, 30.6% were German, 17.4% were American, 11.7% were Irish, and 11.4% were English.{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US17035

|title=DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

|access-date=July 11, 2015

|publisher=United States Census Bureau

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213014442/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP02/0500000US17035

|archive-date=February 13, 2020

|url-status=dead

}}

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.

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.{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US17035

|title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

|access-date=July 11, 2015

|publisher=United States Census Bureau

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213015029/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US17035

|archive-date=February 13, 2020

|url-status=dead

}}

Communities

=Cities=

Neoga
Casey (mostly in Clark County)

=Villages=

=Townships=

Cumberland County is divided into eight townships:

=Unincorporated Communities=

Education

Cumberland County is served by two school districts.

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.

{{PresHead|place=Cumberland County, Illinois|source={{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=October 31, 2018}}}}

References

History of Southern Illinois, George Washington Smith, 1912.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20070310144543/http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/irad/edgar.html United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
[http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20081205020547/http://www.nationalatlas.gov/ United States National Atlas]

{{Geographic location

|Centre = Cumberland County, Illinois

|North = Coles County

|Northeast =

|East = Clark County

|Southeast =

|South = Jasper County

|Southwest = Effingham County

|West = Shelby County

|Northwest =

}}

{{Coord|39.27|-88.24|display=title|type:adm2nd_region:US-IL_source:UScensus1990}}