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News around Sangamon County
Rome Sentinel
July 23
Springfield Celebrates Route 66 Centennial Year With New Attractions and Experiences
In the 1930s, more than 200,000 people traveled Route 66 to escape drought, debt and hardship. A century later, travelers follow the same highway for strikingly different reasons: nostalgia, history and the chance to experience one of America's most iconic…
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Thayer by the numbers
Population
651Population figure, 2020
Households & income
- Area
- 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km²)
- Median age
- 46.4
- Persons per household
- 2.1
- Median household income
- $62,083
- Median house value
- $97,100
Municipal office
- Office
- VILLAGE CLERK
- Address
- PO BOX 139, THAYER, IL 62689