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20-832: Lick Creek may refer to: Streams [ edit ] Illinois [ edit ] Lick Creek (Sangamon River) , in Illinois Missouri [ edit ] Lick Creek (Fishing River) , in Missouri Lick Creek (Meramec River) , in Missouri Lick Creek (North Fork Cuivre River) , in Missouri Lick Creek (North Fork River) , in Missouri Lick Creek (Osage River) , in Missouri Lick Creek (Smith Creek) , in Missouri Lick Creek (St. Francis River) , in Missouri North Carolina [ edit ] Lick Creek (Brown Creek tributary) ,
40-523: A Republican stronghold for decades, consistently supporting GOP candidates in local, state, and national elections. Despite its relatively large population and the presence of Springfield, the state's capital and a significant urban center, the county has remained reliably conservative. In recent years, however, the county has shown signs of shifting toward the Democratic Party, reflecting changing demographics and political attitudes, particularly as
60-469: A family was $ 66,917. Males had a median income of $ 48,324 versus $ 36,691 for females. The per capita income for the county was $ 28,394. About 9.9% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line , including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over. Sangamon County is governed by a 29-member board. Each member of the board is elected from a separate district. Other elected officials include: Sangamon County has been
80-1047: A stream in Anson County, North Carolina Lick Creek (Cape Fear River tributary) , a stream in Lee County, North Carolina Lick Creek (Deep River tributary) , a stream in Moore County, North Carolina Pennsylvania [ edit ] Lick Creek (Shamokin Creek) , in Pennsylvania Tennessee [ edit ] Lick Creek (Duck River) , in Tennessee Lick Creek (Henderson County, Tennessee) , in Tennessee Populated places [ edit ] Lick Creek, Kentucky Lick Creek, West Virginia Lick Creek Township, Davis County, Iowa Topics referred to by
100-586: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lick Creek (Sangamon River) Lick Creek is a 30.6-mile-long (49.2 km) tributary of Lake Springfield and thus a tributary of the Sangamon River in central Illinois . It drains a large portion of southwestern Sangamon County and a marginal adjacent fragment of southeastern Morgan County . The drainage of Lick Creek includes all of Loami, Illinois and part of Chatham, Illinois . Much of
120-529: Is included in the Springfield, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area . Sangamon County was formed in 1821 out of Madison and Bond counties. The county was named for the Sangamon River , which runs through it. The origin of the name of the river is unknown; among several explanations is the theory that it comes from the Pottawatomie word Sain-guee-mon (pronounced "sang gä mun"), meaning "where there
140-473: Is plenty to eat." Published histories of neighboring Menard County (formed from Sangamon County) suggest that the name was first given to the river by the French explorers of the late 17th century as they passed through the region. The river was named to honor "St. Gamo", or Saint Gamo, an 8th-century French Benedictine monk. The French pronunciation "San-Gamo" is the legacy. Prior to being elected President of
160-613: The Lick Creek Wildlife Preserve by its owner, the Springfield, Illinois -based City Water, Light & Power , in 1991. According to Sangamon County, the watershed protection zone contains a notable grove of mixed sugar maples and chinkapin oaks . One chinkapin, located in Camp Widjiwagan, has been dated at more than 300 years of age. In addition, a 120-acre (0.49 km ) creekside parcel,
180-600: The Nipper Wildlife Sanctuary near Loami, has been redesignated for restoration as tallgrass prairie . Lick Creek gave its name to a short-lived Fourierite phalanx , a Utopian socialist community that operated near Loami in 1845–1846. The Interurban Trail , a local bike trail, bridges the Lick Creek arm of Lake Springfield. The bridge area forms a local fishing hole. The U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) shows 12 streams bearing
200-533: The U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 877 square miles (2,270 km ), of which 868 square miles (2,250 km ) is land and 8.7 square miles (23 km ) (1.0%) is water. In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Springfield have ranged from a low of 17 °F (−8 °C) in January to a high of 87 °F (31 °C) in July, although a record low of −24 °F (−31 °C)
220-399: The Lick Creek drainage is intensely farmed arable land. The drainage also contains 460-acre (1.9 km ) of Wildlife Preserve natural area. When land parcels were condemned for Lake Springfield in the 1920s and 1930s, a large section of the lower Lick Creek bottomland was set aside as woodland to protect the lake's water quality. This 340-acre (1.4 km ) riparian zone was designated as
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#1732798550608240-600: The Republican Party has embraced more socially conservative positions. In 2024, sheriff deputy Sean Grayson was fired after killing Sonya Massey , an unarmed woman, within her home located in Woodside Township near Springfield, Illinois following her call for assistance. Massey's father, community members, and elected officials raised strong concerns about the department, after it was revealed prior to Grayson's hiring in 2023. He had been kicked out of
260-480: The U.S. Army in 2016 after being convicted of 2 DUI's, and worked at 5 different Illinois police departments between 2020 and 2023. Sheriff Jack Campbell who hired Grayson, after receiving calls to resign, including from Governor J.B Pritzker announced he would step down effective August 31, 2024. Sangamon County is divided into these townships : Here is a listing of school districts (all are full K–12) with any territory in this county, no matter how small, even if
280-677: The United States , Abraham Lincoln represented Sangamon County in the Illinois Legislature . Lincoln, along with several other legislators, was instrumental in securing Springfield , the Sangamon County seat, as the state's capital. Sangamon County was also within the congressional district represented by Lincoln when he served in the US House of Representatives . Another legislator who represented Sangamon County
300-407: The age of 18 living with them, 44.4% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 38.1% were non-families, and 31.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 2.94. The median age was 39.2 years. The median income for a household in the county was $ 52,232 and the median income for
320-409: The county was 83.6% white, 11.8% black or African American, 1.6% Asian, 0.2% American Indian, 0.5% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 1.8% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 29.4% were German , 14.8% were Irish , 12.1% were English , 9.5% were American , and 6.3% were Italian . Of the 82,986 households, 30.4% had children under
340-484: The name Lick Creek in Illinois. This article related to a river in Illinois is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sangamon County, Illinois Sangamon County is a county located near the center of the U.S. state of Illinois . According to the 2020 census , it had a population of 196,343. Its county seat and largest city is Springfield , the state capital . Sangamon County
360-455: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lick Creek . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lick_Creek&oldid=977039968 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
380-574: Was Colonel Edmund Dick Taylor , also known as "Father of the Greenback". The prominent financiers and industrialists Jacob Bunn and John Whitfield Bunn were based in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, as well as in Chicago, during the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century. The careers of these men and the people with whom they collaborated helped to shape much of the history and development of Sangamon County, Illinois. According to
400-642: Was recorded in February 1905 and a record high of 112 °F (44 °C) was recorded in July 1954. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.62 inches (41 mm) in January to 4.06 inches (103 mm) in May. As of the 2010 census , there were 197,465 people, 82,986 households, and 51,376 families residing in the county. The population density was 227.4 inhabitants per square mile (87.8/km ). There were 89,901 housing units at an average density of 103.5 per square mile (40.0/km ). The racial makeup of
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