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Farmer City, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Farmer City a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Farmer City Home page. The Farmer City Home page provides as much information as possible on Farmer City. Knowing Farmer City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Farmer City’s Home page, you will also find Farmer City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Farmer City has a population of 2063. 44.6% of Farmer City’s inhabitants are Male, and 55.4 are female. 60.9% of Farmer City is married and 87.4% own their own home. The Average Home price is $119,251, and the average rent is $880. Household median income in Farmer City is $66,591, and the individual median income is $31,660. Farmer City’s Ethnic is the following: White(98%), Hispanic(1.8%), Other(1.2%), Multiple(0.8%).
The Kickapoo and Potawatomi Native American tribes lived on the prairie and woodlands around Salt Creek and other local streams. The westward push of traders and adventurers led to settlers around 1825. Dennis Hurley is believed to be the first white settler in the area. Hurley built a cabin in the area, which became known as Hurley's Grove, with other families settling nearby.
Some of the founding families were the Kirbys, McCords, Clearwaters, Watsons, Johnson, Webb, Blalach, Weedmans, Coveys, Cummings, and Huddlestons. Hurley's Grove was just south of present-day Farmer City, with increased population by 1837, becoming part of DeWitt County in 1839. The area to the south of Hurley's Grove was solidified as a permanent settlement, due to the safety of the area's wooded terrain.
North of the primary area became known as Mt. Pleasant. Subdivision of the land divided the area into 14 blocks, with a central public square. The first residence built was that of Nathan Clearwater, and William McFall opened a store in 1837. Mail delivery was established in 1837, but with another Mt.
Pleasant in the state, the name changed to Santa Anna. Dewitt County was part of the Eighth Judicial District in the early 1850s, and lawyer Abraham Lincoln traveled in the area many times on his circuit; he was well respected by county residents. C. H. Moore House in nearby Clinton is the former residence of Lincoln's co-counsel in various cases. The settlement grew in population and physical size, with the center of activity moving northward.
The area became connected in 1870 by rail, prospering; that year's census listed 1276 people in the township, and 537 in Mt. Pleasant. The necessity of an official name arose in 1869, with Farmer City chosen after much discussion and debate. The business district was destroyed in 1879 by a major fire, but the town was rebuilt.
The rebuilding process had to be rebooted after an 1894 fire destroyed the new business district. The early years of the next century saw Farmer City grow into a bustling community. A newspaper, the Public Reaper, first printed on November 27, 1879. City fathers helped usher the area into a modern era, with utilities such as a water tower (1920).
The new business district was joined by schools, churches, and fine homes. Interstate 74 was completed in the early 1970s. In 1980, an extensive study of the dialect of Farmer City was completed, making the city well known in the field of sociolinguistics.
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