Eureka

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Eureka

Total population

5,007

Median home value

$154,300

32.2%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$56,048

Eureka$56k

National$74k

Founded

1855

Elevation234 m

Land area7.06 km²

Weather86°F · Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny

Coordinates40.71°, -89.28°

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

Eureka is a city in and the county seat of Woodford County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Eureka had a population of 5,227. Eureka is part of the Peoria metropolitan area.

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 Eureka, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

William A. Poynter

American politician (1848–1909)

Ben Zobrist

American baseball player

S

Steve Rankin

American film producer, television actor, film actor and film director

W

William Perry Haydd

American zoologist (1872-1947)

Levi Branson "Lee" Reeder

American politician in Oregon (1865-1930)

L

Lewis Henry Haney

American economist

M

Mary Lou Sumner

politician

C

Charity Cannon Willard

American scholar

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

Nearby places in Illinois

• Goodfield
  5.9 mi away
• Deer Creek
  6.5 mi away
• Carlock
  11.9 mi away
• Mackinaw
  13.1 mi away
• Kappa
  14.4 mi away
• Bay View Gardens
  14.8 mi away
• Creve Coeur
  17.5 mi away
• La Rose
  18.4 mi away
• Marquette Heights
  18.4 mi away
• Bartonville
  20.7 mi away
• Bellevue
  20.8 mi away
• Hopewell
  20.9 mi away · pop. 604

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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 Eureka

Eureka

Edgar Allan Poe · 1848

Eureka, Illinois

2009

History of Eureka, Illinois

Burrus Dickinson · 1985

Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, 1855-1955

1955

Farmer's State Bank, of Eureka, Ill

Phone Number List | Databases List · 1916

Illinois Sealmap

Eureka Cartography (Firm) · 1997

Reveille to taps (1919)

Eureka College · 1919

Illinois

Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection · 1910

Search results from Open Library.