Geography
Gillespie is placed at 39°7'34" North, 89°48'59" West (39.126023, -89.816403).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount locality of Ternary.Octet km² (1.5 mi²). Tierce.Eighter from decatur klick² (I.Fivesome mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by a body of water. Gillespie does nevertheless have a super big flow of any stream, Flow of any stream Gillespie, good on the fringe of town. Several population from either surrounding towns enjoy camping, water system-skiing & sunbathing at Gillespie Flow of any stream.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 3,412 people, 1,452 family, & 936 families living in the city. A population density is 908.5/km² (2,349.3/mi²). There are 1,547 housing units at an typical density of 411.9/km² (1,065.1/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 98.56% White, 0.32% African American, 0.21% Native American, 0.12% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. Zero.73% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,452 family away from which Xxviii.9% use youngsters under a age of Eighteen accept the children, L.8% come married couples living together, 9.9% have a female homeowner using there is no hubby present, & 35.5% come non-families. 31.0% of completely family come mass produced higher of souls & Xvi.4% develop person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Ii.35 & a typical personal size is Ii.93.

In a city the people is spread retired using Xxiii.3% under a age of Eighteen, Ix.3% from either 18 to Two dozen, Twenty-seven.3% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-two.7% from either 45 to 64, & Seventeen.4% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 39 years. For each Hundred females there are 88.Terzetto males. For each Hundred females age Eighteen & concluded, there are 86.One males.

the median income for a personal in the city is $33,168, & the median income for a family is $40,500. Males have a median income of $35,032 versus $23,136 for females. A per capita income for the city is $19,042. Xii.4% of the people & Viii.6% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a sum people, Seventeen.4% of people under a age of 18 & 9.5% of people 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

City of Gillespie Commerce Gillespie has the number of hexad dining establishments; Dairy farm Queen, Famer's Lodge (erst Bernhardt's), 2 Angels Cafe, China Home, Little Italy's & Roma's Pizza pie. Gillespie doesn't have the movie house however it does have a bowling alley & a Karate Studio. There exists merely of these food market around Gillespie, Harmon's IGA. There are ii drug places, 1 teacher's supply store, the single haberdashery, the jewelry dealer, the Dollar General, a True Value & threesome gasoline station.

Items to Do Gillespie has an annual Black Diamond Times festival which is held within Macoupin Street (known as Main Street by indigen) a 1st weekend in June.

More Facts Gillespie's mascot is a Mineworker & the High School colors come orange & black. Gillespie has ii lawn tennis courts & tercet infield. A todays city manager of Gillespie is Josh Ross.--67.51.81.142 08:08, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)