Christian County, Illinois

Founding: 1839
Parent counties: Montgomery and Sangamon

Namesake: Christian County, Kentucky
Seat: Taylorville (1839–)

Land area: 709 square miles

Population (2020): 34,032

Population (historic): 1,878 (1840); 10,492 (1860); 28,227 (1880); 32,790 (1900); 37,538 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–1920; 1930–1950; 1970s; 1990s

Subdivisions: Three cities; 12 villages; one CDP; 17 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 4,858 (31.2%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 48.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 8.4%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $1,845
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,955

Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.1 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,782
Average farm size (1920): 141.6 acres
Sources of settlement: Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Germany, and Ireland
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Taylorville

Namesake: John Taylor, Sangamon County commissioner

Founding: 1839 (platting); 1841 (post office); 1881 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 10,506

Population (historic): 2,237 (1880); 4,248 (1900); 7,316 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1880–1950; 1960–1980; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 1,433 (26.3%)
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