Junction, Illinois | |
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Coordinates: 37°43′22″N 88°14′17″W / 37.72278°N 88.23806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Gallatin |
Area | |
• Total | 0.83 sq mi (2.14 km2) |
• Land | 0.83 sq mi (2.14 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
Population (
2010) | |
• Total | 129 |
• Estimate (2019)
[2] | 111 |
• Density | 134.38/sq mi (51.88/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( CST) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 ( CDT) |
ZIP Code(s) | 62954 |
Area code | 618 |
FIPS code | 17-38778 |
Wikimedia Commons | Junction, Illinois |
Junction is a village in Gallatin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 56 at the 2020 census. [3]
Junction was founded in the 1880s, and was named for its location at the junction of the L&N and B&O railroads. When a post office was established in 1884, it was named "Cypress Junction." The name was changed to "Junction City" in 1888, and shortened to "Junction" in 1894. [4]
Junction's location in a relatively flat area leaves it prone to flooding along the Ohio River, which can cause waters in the nearby Saline River to back up. A major flood in March 1997 displaced several area residents and blocked all but one road leading into the village. [5]
On June 1, 2022 Junction General Baptist Church burned down after lightning struck the steeple. [6]
The Hickory Hill mansion, almost five miles west of Junction, is the 19th-century home of illegal slave trader and slave breeder John Hart Crenshaw. It was infamously known as the "Old Slave House," as it was used as a criminal front for the kidnapping of free blacks who were illegally sold into the Southern slave trade on the Reverse Underground Railroad, as well as a farm for slave breeding. [7]
Junction is located at the center of Gallatin County at 37°43′22″N 88°14′17″W / 37.72278°N 88.23806°W (37.722726, -88.237973). [8] The village lies along Illinois Route 13, a few miles west of the Ohio River, and north of the Shawnee National Forest. The Saline River, a tributary of the Ohio, passes just to the south.
According to the 2010 census, Junction has a total area of 0.883 square miles (2.29 km2), of which 0.88 square miles (2.28 km2) (or 99.66%) is land and 0.003 square miles (0.01 km2) (or 0.34%) is water. [9]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1910 | 800 | — | |
1920 | 321 | −59.9% | |
1930 | 292 | −9.0% | |
1940 | 320 | 9.6% | |
1950 | 239 | −25.3% | |
1960 | 238 | −0.4% | |
1970 | 199 | −16.4% | |
1980 | 192 | −3.5% | |
1990 | 201 | 4.7% | |
2000 | 139 | −30.8% | |
2010 | 129 | −7.2% | |
2020 | 56 | −56.6% | |
U.S. Decennial Census [10] |
As of the 2020 census, there were 56 people, 35 households, and 38 families residing in the village. The racial makeup of the village was 92.9% White. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.79% of the population. [11]
There were 35 households, out of which 10.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.6% were married couples living together, 22.9% had a female householder with no husband present. 18.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a household in the village was $32,375, and the median income for a family was $42,500. 45.5% of those over 64 were living below the poverty line.