Valmeyer, Illinois
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| Valmeyer | |
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| Name origin: Valley of the Meyers | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Monroe |
| Precinct | 20 |
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| Area | 3.3 sq mi (9 km²) |
| - land | 3.3 sq mi (9 km²) |
| Density | 182.7 /sq mi (71 /km²) |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Date | December 4 |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 62295 |
| Area code | 618 |
   Location of Valmeyer within Illinois
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Valmeyer is a village in Monroe County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1200 at the 2006 census it was 900 before the flood.
Valmeyer's name originated from the name of a German immigrant who settled there, Val-Meyer, literally:"The valley of the Meyers". Many of his relations and descendants live in the area to this day. The original site of the village in the American Bottom floodplain was inundated in 1993 by a historic flood of the Mississippi River. After the flood receded, the village relocated to higher ground about 2 miles (3 km) away. The 1993 flood which precipitated the move of the village was much larger and more destructive than previous floods that happened most recently in the 1940's, before the Army Corp of Engineers constructed a levee system in the early 1950's. The levee system put a halt to that for almost 50 years, even as floods occurred upstream from Valmeyer. It was not until 1993 that the levees protecting Valmeyer were overtopped, which relieved pressure upstream from Valmeyer, and very likely saved downtown St. Louis from a major flood event. Ironically, the levee system worked just as planned, as it was an intentional design element in the original levee plan that used the sparsely populated agricultural areas surrounding Valmeyer as a relief valve for the more valuable real estate in the levee districts north of Valmeyer, including St. Louis.
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[edit] Geography
Valmeyer is located at (38.299904, -90.308334).[1]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.7 km²), of which, 3.3 square miles (8.6 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.90%) is water.
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[edit] Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 608 people, 222 households, and 166 families residing in the village. The population density was 182.7 people per square mile (70.5/km²). There were 241 housing units at an average density of 72.4/sq mi (27.9/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.68% White, 0.33% African American, 0.33% Asian, 0.16% Pacific Islander, and 0.49% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.82% of the population.
There were 222 households out of which 39.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.0% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 24.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.29.
In the village the population was spread out with 27.8% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 87.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.9 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $53,214, and the median income for a family was $58,646. Males had a median income of $38,500 versus $26,838 for females. The per capita income for the village was $20,420. None of the families and 3.0% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 10.2% of those over 64.
[edit] References
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
[edit] External links
- Valmeyer, Illinois is at coordinates Coordinates:
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