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Eureka
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city in Woodford County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Woodford
- Mayor
- Eric Lind
- Total
- 2.73 sq mi (7.08 km )
- Land
- 2.68 sq mi (6.95 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 738 ft (225 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 5,189
- Density
- 1,947.3/sq mi (751.86/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Fips code
- 17-24543
- Website
- www .eurekaillinois .net
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Eureka
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Woodford County
- Population
- 4871
- Area
- 7.952702
- Elevation
- 234
- Capital of
- Woodford County
- Official website
- www.eurekaillinois.net
- Image
- Eureka College Main Building flickr.jpg
- Households
- 2172
- Dialing code
- 309
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Encyclopedic overview
Eureka is a city in and the county seat of Woodford County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Eureka had a population of 5,227. Eureka is part of the Peoria metropolitan area.
Eureka is a small community centered on the intersection of what is now U.S. 24 and Illinois 117. It is also one of the towns along the Ronald Reagan Trail, a series of roads that connect towns in central Illinois that were of importance to Reagan's early life. President Reagan attended and graduated from Eureka College.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eureka” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.