| Henry, Illinois | |
| Settlement Type: | City |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Henry |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.1131°N -89.3603°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Illinois |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Marshall |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Henry |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Title1: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.84 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.87 |
| Area Land Km2: | 4.65 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.80 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.19 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.07 |
| Elevation Ft: | 487 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 2320 |
| Population Density Km2: | 498.44 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1291.04 |
| Timezone1: | CST |
| Utc Offset1: | -6 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -5 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 61537 |
| Area Code: | 309 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 17-34163 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
| Blank2 Info Sec2: | Henry, Illinois |
Henry is a city in Marshall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,320 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Peoria Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Henry is named after General James D. Henry and was initially surveyed in 1834. The topography of the land on the west side of the Illinois River, with relatively steep banks rising well above river level, assured early settlers that their homes would not flood.
Its slogan, "Best Town in Illinois by a Dam Site", is derived from the city's distinction of having the first lock and dam built on the Illinois River. It was completed in 1870 at a cost of $400,000.
The retreat house of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria (Nazareth Retreat House, formerly King's House) is located here.[3]
Henry is located in northern Marshall County at 41.1131°N -89.3603°W (41.113152, -89.360218).[4] It is bordered to the east by the Illinois River, which forms the boundary with Putnam County. Illinois Route 18 passes through the center of Henry as Third Street and School Street, leading southwest across the Illinois River on the Henry Bridge, then east to Streator. Illinois Route 29 passes through the west side of the city, leading north and east to Spring Valley and southwest to Peoria.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Henry has a total area of 1.87sqmi, of which 1.8sqmi are land and 0.07sqmi, or 3.85%, are water,[1] consisting of the Illinois River and its inlets.
Henry lies on a segment of a river terrace that is about 14.5km (09miles) long and just over 6.5km (04miles) wide. This fluvial terrace is underlain by stratified; yellowish brown to grayish brown; calcareous; and usually clean and moderately well sorted sand and gravel with cobbles and boulders. These sands and gravels contain occasional beds of silt and clay and unconformably overlie older sand and gravel deposits, glacial till]], or bedrock.[5] The sands and gravels underlying the terrace on which Henry lies were deposited by the Kankakee Torrent about 19,000 BP calibrated years ago.[6] [7]
Within the Illinois River valley, these sediments typically range from 3to thick. These and other Wisconsinan coarse-grained, fluvial sands and gravel within Illinois have been named after the city of Henry and are currently known as the Henry Formation, a geological formation. The parts of the Henry Formation which are of fluvial or glaciofluvial origin are designated as the Mackinaw facies of the Henry Formation. The original exposure from which the Henry Formation was named was a former sand and gravel pit that was located along Illinois Highway 29, 3.2km (02miles) north of Henry.[8] [9]
As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 2,540 people, 1,014 households, and 678 families residing in the city. The population density was 1821.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,085 housing units at an average density of 778sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the city was 97.68% White, 0.51% African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 1.30% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.63% of the population.
There were 1,014 households, out of which 29.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.2% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.1% were non-families. 29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 3.00.
In the city the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 22.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,236, and the median income for a family was $50,375. Males had a median income of $39,919 versus $18,621 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,473. About 5.7% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.5% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
Henry has its own school district, Henry-Senachwine Consolidated Unit School District #5 (CUSD #5), that includes two schools.
The two schools that make up CUSD #5 each have their own mascots: cardinals for the grade/junior high school and mallards for the high school. Both schools use red as the primary school color.