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Eliza is an unincorporated community in Eliza Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States.[3] Eliza is 9 miles (14 km) north of New Boston.
Eliza, Illinois | |
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Unincorporated community | |
  Eliza, Illinois  Eliza, Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 41°17′45″N 90°58′04″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Mercer |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) |
| • Land | 0.13 sq mi (0.33 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 696 ft (212 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 25 |
| • Density | 196.85/sq mi (76.18/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 309 |
| FIPS code | 17-23139 |
| GNIS feature ID | 407865[2] |
Demographics
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| Census | Pop. | %± | |
| 2020 | 25 | — | |
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History
The Bishop family settled the town around the 1840s. The grandson John Bishop owned almost all of the town, including his own general store. John also managed his own band he had since 1914. [5] The town also had a basketball team. Their church was named the Eliza Episcopal Church. By the late 1920s, the town had 53 acres of farmland along with a general store, drugstore, church, theater, dancehall, pool hall, and a barber shop among houses and a few community buildings. On November 14th of 1929, John Bishop auctioned off almost all the town, save for 4 houses. [6] His reasons were not officially stated, but could have likely been due to the recent start of the Great Depression in late October. News of the auction was featured in newspapers as far as Ohio, Iowa, and New Jersey.
References
- "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Eliza, Illinois
- Mercer County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 1988. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
- "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
- Alton Evening Telegraph (Newspaper) |https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61142213/eliza-il-auctioned-2/ |1929. Retrieved 10/15/2020
- The Mansfield News (Newspaper) |https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61141783/eliza-il-auctioned/ |1929. Retrieved 10/15/2020
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County seat: Aledo | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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