Bluffs

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Bluffs

Total population

531

Median home value

$73,600

18%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$69,250

Bluffs$69k

National$74k

Elevation143 m

Land area0.89 km²

Weather63°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates39.75°, -90.54°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Bluffs is a village in Scott County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Bluffs had a population of 618. It was briefly (1969–1971) the location of the WJJY TV Mast, the tallest structure built to that date in Illinois.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Bluffs, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

F

Frank Skinner

American film composer and arranger (1897–1968)

William B. Pine

American politician (1877-1942)

R

R. Thomas Flynn

retired president of Monroe Community College

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Illinois

• Oxville
  3.3 mi away
• Concord
  9.9 mi away · pop. 162
• Glasgow
  14.2 mi away · pop. 179
• Jacksonville
  16.2 mi away · pop. 18,014
• Beardstown
  18.8 mi away · pop. 6,169
• Murrayville
  19 mi away
• Literberry
  19.3 mi away · pop. 39
• El Dara
  25.8 mi away · pop. 118
• Ashland
  29.6 mi away
• Kampsville
  31.5 mi away
• Eldred
  32 mi away
• Carrollton
  32.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Bluffs

Wolf Run, Bluffs, Illinois

Illinois. Office of Water Resources · 2007

Flood insurance study

1980

Rand McNally Easyfinder Libertyville/Mundelein/Lake Bluff, Illinois (Rand McNally Easyfinder)

2000

Variation in bluff recession in relation to lake level fluctuations along the high bluff Illinois shore

Curtis E. Larsen · 1973

Archaeological surveys of the American Bottoms and adjacent bluffs, Illinois

Patrick J. Munson · 1971

Final report of the Symposium on "Productivity--Problems and Prospects," October 1-3, 1980, Harrison Conference Center, Lake Bluff, Illinois

Ill.) Symposium on "Productivity: Problems and Prospects" (1980 Lake Bluff · 1980

Taft-Hartley amendments

American Hospital Association. · 1976

Population, theory and policy

Conference on Population (1979 Lake Bluff, Ill.) · 1982

Search results from Open Library.