| Tiskilwa | |
| Village | |
| Nickname: Gem of the Valley | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Bureau |
| Townships | Indiantown, Arispie |
| Coordinates | |
| Area | 0.5 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - land | 0.5 sq mi (1 km2) |
| Population | 787 (2000) |
| Density | 1,642.7 / sq mi (634 / km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 61368 |
| Area code | 815 |
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Location of Tiskilwa within Illinois
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| Wikimedia Commons: Tiskilwa, Illinois | |
Tiskilwa is a village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. The population was 787 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Exelon Wind, a division of Exelon's Exelon Power, owns and operates the Illinois Wind AgriWind Project in Tiskilwa.[1]
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Tiskilwa was established in 1834.
The second Saturday in June is Tiskilwa's Strawberry Festival celebrating Tiskilwa's strawberry season with a community celebration. The festival offers fresh berries and strawberry shortcake, children’s activities and entertainment. It coincides with town-wide garage sales. There are rides to a local farm for people to pick their own strawberries.[2]
The first weekend in August, Tiskilwa celebrates Pow Wow Days. This is a three day event that includes a children's "rodeo", a parade, a Pow Wow and a beer garden which was founded in 1976 by Joe Ary, John Stacker, Rock Lucas, Fred and Frank Nordstrom, Joel Taylor and many others who joined in the community, bicentennial spirit that summer.
Tiskilwa is located at (41.291664, -89.506462)[3].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.5 square miles (1.3 km2), all of it land.
As of the census[4] of 2000, there were 787 people, 317 households, and 222 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,642.7 people per square mile (633.0/km²). There were 336 housing units at an average density of 701.4 per square mile (270.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 97.84% White, 0.25% African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.25% Asian, and 1.40% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.89% of the population.
There were 317 households out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.4% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.7% were non-families. 25.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.98.
In the village the population was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 24.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.7 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $35,278, and the median income for a family was $42,321. Males had a median income of $29,844 versus $20,865 for females. The per capita income for the village was $17,625. About 7.3% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.
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