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Goofy Ridge, IL - History
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Goofy Ridge has a population of 238. 60.1% of Goofy Ridge’s inhabitants are Male, and 39.9 are female. 27.9% of Goofy Ridge is married and 75% own their own home. Household median income in Goofy Ridge is $25,667, and the individual median income is $23,456. Goofy Ridge’s Ethnic is the following: White(98.3%), Multiple(1.7%).
Goofy Ridge, Illinois is a census-designated place in Quiver Township, Mason County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 210, down from 350 at the 2010 census. Goofy Ridge is given Topeka mailing addresses. According to an American Journal article Passing Gas: And Other Towns Along the American Highway (ISBN 1580084567) by Gary Gladstone, Goofy Ridge got its name thus: Years back it was just The Ridge, a camp near the river bank where moonshiners and other carousers met weekly to do their drinking.
After some serious drinking one night, a local game warden said he wasn’t too drunk to shoot a walnut off the head of a volunteer. Naturally, someone was drunk enough to volunteer. The game warden placed the tiny target on the volunteer’s head, aimed his .22 rifle, and shot the nut right off. This caper was called by a witness “one damned goofy thing to do,” and the camp was ever after known as Goofy Ridge. The abstract of the academic paper "Goofy Ridge: On Human Ecology, Poverty, and the Labeling of Places" hints there may be a social significance associated with this incident, something confirmed by a segment on Weekend America.
According to Storyville, USA (ISBN 0820323039) by Dale Peterson, "Al Capone, as a matter of fact, used to come down [to Goofy Ridge] to hunt and fish."
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