Boody is an unincorporated census-designated place (CDP) in Macon County, Illinois, United States. Boody is located on Illinois Route 48, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of downtown Decatur. Boody has a post office with ZIP code 62514.[3] As of the 2010 census, Boody has a population of 276.[4] Boody was named after Col William H Boody.

Boody, Illinois
Census-designated place (CDP)
Boody, Illinois Show map of Illinois Boody, Illinois Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 39°45′59″N 89°02′57″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Macon
Area [1]
• Total	1.15 sq mi (2.98 km2)
• Land	1.15 sq mi (2.98 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	682 ft (208 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	232
• Density	201.56/sq mi (77.84/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	62514
Area code(s)	217
GNIS feature ID	404693[2]

Boody also has a used car dealership (Carl's Auto Sales established in 1941), and a saw mill (Curry Sawmill). Larry Warren, a longtime resident of Boody, donated his estate to be turned into a park after he died in 2003. Warren Park is located off Route 48 in the center of Boody.

In 1998, Joe Crump founded the Boody Water Company. The company worked to provide city water to all of the residents of the town. In 2007, the project was complete, and city water was piped into the town from Macon. Boody now has its own water tower, located on the south end of the town on Route 48.

The old Boody Elementary School, previously part of the Blue Mound School district, is currently for sale as a five bedroom home. Boody also has an old, non-functioning grain elevator in the center of town that is currently listed for sale at $125,000.

Demographics

Notable people

Lauren Doyle a rugby sevens player from the United States. She competed in Rugby Sevens for the United States of America at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

References

This Macon County, Illinois location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e