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Cornland, Illinois

Census-designated place in Illinois, United States

39°56′15″N 89°24′06″W / 39.93750°N 89.40167°W / 39.93750; -89.40167^[1]CountryUnited StatesStateIllinoisCountyLoganTownshipElkhartArea

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• Total0.10 sq mi (0.25 km²) • Land0.10 sq mi (0.25 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

^[1]

604 ft (184 m)Population

(2020)

• Total89 • Density936.84/sq mi (362.41/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)Postal code

62519

FIPS code17-16431GNIS feature ID2628547^[1]

Cornland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Logan County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 93.^[3]

History

Cornland was laid out and platted in 1871 when the Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad was extended to that point.^[4] A post office called Cornland has been in operation since 1872.^[5]

Geography

The town of Cornland lies on the rolling flat land of the Sangamon River drainage area situated near the bottom grounds of Lake Fork Creek.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	89		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cornland, Illinois
^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
^ Stringer, Lawrence Beaumont (1911). History of Logan County, Illinois: A Record of Its Settlement, Organization, Progress, and Achievement. Unigraphic. p. 633.
^ "Logan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on September 15, 2005. Retrieved January 16, 2016.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.