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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
- Official name
- Eureka
- Population
- 4871
- Area
- 7.952702
- Elevation
- 234
- Official website
- www.eurekaillinois.net
- Image
- Eureka College Main Building flickr.jpg
- Households
- 2172
- Dialing code
- 309
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- postal code
- 61530
- Commons category
- Eureka, Illinois
- inception
- 1855-01-01
- P8168
- 4-H
- water as percent of area
- 1.5643
- per capita income
- 28072
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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.