Cumberland County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. As of the 2020 census, the population was 10,450. Its county seat is Toledo.

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.

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File:Cumberland County Illinois 1843.png|Cumberland County at the time of its creation in 1823

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Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.3%) is water.

Climate and weather

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Toledo have ranged from a low of in January to a high of in July, although a record low of was recorded in January 1985 (jobs) and a record high of was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from in January to in June.

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2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 10,450. The median age was 42.8 years. 22.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 20.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 99.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 98.1 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 95.5% White, 0.3% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2% Asian, <0.1% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.3% from some other race, and 3.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.1% of the population.

There were 4,276 households in the county, of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 55.4% were married-couple households, 17.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The population density was . There were 4,874 housing units at an average density of .

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.

Communities

Cities

  • Neoga
  • Casey (mostly in Clark County)

Villages

  • Greenup
  • Jewett
  • Montrose (mostly in Effingham County)
  • Toledo (seat)

Townships

Cumberland County is divided into eight townships:

  • Cottonwood
  • Crooked Creek
  • Greenup
  • Neoga
  • Spring Point
  • Sumpter
  • Union
  • Woodbury

Census-designated place

  • Janesville

Unincorporated communities

  • Bradbury
  • Dees
  • Hazel Dell
  • Janesville
  • Johnstown
  • Liberty Hill
  • Lillyville
  • Maple Point
  • Neal
  • Roslyn
  • Timothy
  • Union Center
  • Vevay Park
  • Walla Walla
  • Woodbury

Education

The following school districts have territory in Cumberland County:

  • Neoga Community Unit School District 3
  • Cumberland Community Unit School District 77
  • Casey-Westfield Community Unit School District 4C
  • Charleston Community Unit School District 1
  • Dieterich Community Unit School District 30
  • Jasper County Community Unit School District 1
  • Mattoon Community Unit School District 2
  • Teutopolis Community Unit School District 50

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.

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See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Illinois

References

  • History of Southern Illinois, George Washington Smith, 1912.
  • United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
  • United States National Atlas