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Milford
Illinoisvillage
Milford
Total population
1,052
Median home value
$74,600
Bachelor's+
Median income
$46,827
Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
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Overview
Milford is a village in Milford Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,158 at the 2020 census. The village's name comes from its location, where the Old Hubbard Trail forded Sugar Creek and where a gristmill stood in 1836.
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Geography
Milford is located in southeastern Iroquois County along Illinois Route 1, which leads north to Watseka, the county seat, and south the same distance to Hoopeston in Vermilion County. The Indiana border is east of Milford via county roads. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Milford has a total area of , all land. Sugar Creek flows westward along the southern edge of the village, before turning north to flow to the Iroquois River near Watseka. It is part of the Kankakee River watershed.
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Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.
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Largest nearby schools
- Milford Grade School West CampusElementary · Milford · 356 students · 12.3:1 ratio
- Watseka Comm High SchoolHigh · Watseka · 282 students · 12.8:1 ratio
- Watseka Junior High SchoolMiddle · Watseka · 201 students · 11.8:1 ratio
- Milford High School CampusHigh · Milford · 163 students · 9.6:1 ratio
- Wanda Kendall Elem SchoolElementary · Watseka · 116 students · 16.6:1 ratio
- Bryce Ash Grove Ed CtrOther · Milford
Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).
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Nearby places in Illinois
- Hoopeston11.7 mi away · pop. 5,034
- East Lynn12.4 mi away · pop. 373
- Iroquois15.1 mi away
- Ashkum21.9 mi away · pop. 918
- Alvan (Alvin)22.7 mi away
- Bismarck25.8 mi away
- Gifford27.9 mi away · pop. 822
- Ludlow28.1 mi away · pop. 372
- Aroma Park31.9 mi away
- Elliott32.5 mi away
- Irwin33 mi away · pop. 78
- Cullom34.7 mi away
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • US Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates)
- • Wikidata
- • NCES via Urban Institute Education Data Portal
- • CDC PLACES
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library