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City of Taylorville
City
Motto : A Great Place To Live, Work, and Visit [1]
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Christian
Area
- land	20.9 km² (8 sq mi)
- water	5.1 km² (2 sq mi)
Center
- coordinates	39°32′27″N 89°17′17″W / 39.54083, -89.28806Coordinates: 39°32′27″N 89°17′17″W / 39.54083, -89.28806
Population	11,427 (2000)
Mayor	Frank Mathon
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
- summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Location of Taylorville within Illinois
Location of Illinois in the United States
Website : http://www.taylorville.net

Taylorville is a city in Christian County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,427 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat and largest city in Christian County.^GR6

Contents 1 Geography 2 Summary of Taylorville 3 Demographics 4 Taylorville Websites 5 Notable People 6 Other 7 References 8 External links

Taylorville is located at 39°32′27″N, 89°17′17″W (39.540768, -89.288005).^GR1

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 10.0 square miles (26.0 km²), of which, 8.1 square miles (20.9 km²) of it is land and 2.0 square miles (5.1 km²) of it (19.46%) is water.

Taylorville is a town of around 12,000 residents in Central Illinois. In the greater-Taylorville area there is around 15,000+ people. The town is located twenty-five miles southeast of Springfield, the capital of Illinois, and twenty-three miles southwest of Decatur. The town has a variety of restaurants. Besides several strip-malls, many shops are located on and around the Taylorville "Square". The downtown square is the site of the Christian County Courthouse along with multiple shops and cafes. Residents and visitors can play golf at Lakeshore Golf Course which is located on Lake Taylorville, a recreation location for fishing and boating. Taylorville's Manners Park has several rolling hills, a large pond, multiple playgrounds, two pavilions, baseball diamonds, a public pool, and other recreation areas.

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 11,427 people, 4,856 households, and 3,039 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,416.6 people per square mile (546.7/km²). There were 5,208 housing units at an average density of 645.6/sq mi (249.2/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.67% White, 0.71% African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.51% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.31% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.70% of the population.

There were 4,856 households out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.3% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.3 males. 50% of males under the age of 18 go bogging.(It's BAaad)

The median income for a household in the city was $34,235, and the median income for a family was $43,223. Males had a median income of $35,655 versus $23,647 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,162. About 6.8% of families and 10.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or over.

Taylorville Schools Website: http://www.taylorvilleschools.com

Taylorville Park District: http://www.taylorvilleparkdistrict.com

Taylorville Chamber of Commerce: http://taylorvillechamber.com

Taylorville Memorial Hospital: http://www.taylorvillememorial.org

An online news service for Taylorville is available at http://www.taylorvilledailynews.com

The town newspaper is the Breeze-Courier, which is the only daily paper serving Christian County. However, The State Journal-Register, published in Springfield, Illinois covers Taylorville and Christian County quite extensively. The Decatur, Illinois Herald & Review covers the area as well.

• Edward Mills Purcell - 1952 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics.
• Yvonne Craig - Actress, most famous for playing Batgirl in the 1960's seies Batman
• Ron Bontemps - Olympic Gold medal winner and Team Captain - 1952 Men's Basketball
• Jon Corzine - Governor of New Jersey
• Johnny Orr - winningest coach in Iowa State University men's basketball history; also coached the University of Michigan to national runner up in the 1976 NCAA Championship
• Geoff Smith - Dental student at the world renowned SIU-SDM.
• Tim Krachtovil - Holds the world records for eating the most hot dogs in a single baseball game and using the most swear words in a single sentence.

Taylorville was known to many as having a high rate of neuroblastoma, a cancer affecting the brain and striking children. The local power company was sued and lost for contaminating the groundwater in 1994. [1]

The IHSA single season Men's Basketball record of 45-0 was set by Taylorville High School in 1944. (Ron Bontemps and Johnny Orr were team members)

Taylorville is also known as the self-proclaimed Christmas Capital of Illinois.

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Christian County, Illinois
County seat: Taylorville
Cities	Assumption | Pana | Taylorville
Villages	Bulpitt | Dunkel | Edinburg | Harvel | Hewittsville | Jeisyville | Kincaid | Langleyville | Millersville | Morrisonville | Mount Auburn | Old Stonington | Owaneco | Palmer | Stonington | Tovey
Townships	Assumption | Bear Creek | Buckhart | Greenwood | Johnson | King | Locust | May | Mosquito | Mount Auburn | Pana | Prairieton | Ricks | Rosamond | South Fork | Stonington | Taylorville
Unincorporated communities	Clarksdale | Rosamond | Sharpsburg | Willey Station