Cuba, Illinois

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History

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Historical photo of the United Electric Coal Co's. Cuba Mine near Cuba, Fulton Co., Illinois. Shown is the largest dirt moving machine in USA at the time, used for strip mine operations during the mid 20th century. It could move 1000 cubic yards of overburden in an hour. The overburden in Cuba is about 100 feet thick. The rotary shovel could take six cubic yards per minute.

Cuba was founded in 1837 when the two rival towns of Centerville and Middleton merged.[2] The new town was named after the island of Cuba.[3] A post office has been in operation at Cuba since 1837.[4]

Geography

Cuba is located near the geographic center of Fulton County. Illinois Route 97 passes through the city, leading north Script error: No such module "convert". to Galesburg and south Script error: No such module "convert". to Havana on the Illinois River.

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Demographics

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U.S. Decennial Census[6]

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".As of the 2020 census[1] there were 1,184 people, 457 households, and 227 families residing in the city. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 540 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the city was 95.95% White, 0.25% African American, 0.08% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.08% from other races, and 3.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.10% of the population.

There were 457 households, out of which 21.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.57% were married couples living together, 11.82% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.33% were non-families. 43.11% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.79% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the average family size was 2.22.

The city's age distribution consisted of 19.4% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 15.1% from 25 to 44, 34.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 111.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.8 males.

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

References

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