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Germantown Hills, Illinois

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In the village, the population was spread out, with 33.6% under the age of 20, 4.2% from 20 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 28.8% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.4 males. For every 100 females age 20 and over,
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of 2010, there were 3,438 people (up from about 2,100 recorded in the 2000 census), 1,175 households, and 975 families residing in the village. The population density was 2,055.0 inhabitants per square mile (793.4/km). There were 1,218 housing units with an average density of 728.0 units per
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living together, 6.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 17.0% were non-families. 14.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.26.
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According to the 2010 census, Germantown Hills has a total area of 1.677 square miles (4.34 km), of which 1.63 square miles (4.22 km) (or 97.2%) is land and 0.047 square miles (0.12 km) (or 2.8%) is water.
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and hotel named the Germantown House, for which the village would be named more than 100 years later. A steam sawmill was built in 1860, and in the 1890s, the Union House was erected as a tavern, grocery store, and
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Germantown Hills Middle School educates students in Grades 3 through 8. The school's 2008 enrollment was 612 In 2008, GHMS was ranked 15 out of the 1357 middle schools in Illinois by results of the
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Rev. Zadock Hall began preaching in modern-day Worth Township. Soon after, an iron foundry was opened by settler Philip Klein. By 1837, a
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in 1954. The village's founders wished to use the name "Germantown" to reflect Hoshor's Germantown House and the area's large
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Metamora Township High School District 122 encompasses Germantown Hills, responsible for Grades 9 through 12. The village's
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Germantown Hills Elementary School is responsible for Kindergarten to Grade 2. In 2008, 314 students were enrolled.
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for the village was $ 36,651. About 1.7% of families and 2.2% of the population were below the
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There were 1,175 households, of which 45.1% had children under 18 living with them, 73.1% were
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The area remained almost completely agricultural until the incorporation of
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square mile (281.1 units/km). The racial makeup of the village was 96.0%
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Settlement of the area began as early as November 1831, when
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Germantown Hills School District 69 comprises two schools:
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Location of Germantown Hills in Woodford County, Illinois.
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Catholics in the area. In 1850, William Hoshor built a
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Village
Welcome sign on Illinois Route 116
Illinois Route 116
Location of Germantown Hills in Woodford County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
40°46′17″N 89°27′43″W / 40.77139°N 89.46194°W / 40.77139; -89.46194
Woodford
Worth
Time zone
UTC-6
CST
DST
UTC-5
CDT
ZIP Code(s)
Area code
309
FIPS code
germantownhillsillinois.org
Woodford County
Illinois
Peoria
Worth Township
census
Peoria Metropolitan Area
Methodist
Catholic
German
tavern
saloon

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