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Bonfield, Illinois

Field	Value
name	Bonfield, Illinois
settlement_type	Village
image_map	File:Kankakee County Illinois Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Bonfield Highlighted.svg
map_caption	Location of Bonfield in Illinois
image_map1	Illinois in United States (US48).svg
map_caption1	Location of Illinois in the United States
coordinates
coordinates_footnotes
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Illinois
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Kankakee
subdivision_type3	Township
subdivision_name3	Salina
leader_title	Mayor
leader_title1	Village president
unit_pref	Imperial
area_footnotes
area_total_km2	1.27
area_total_sq_mi	0.49
area_land_km2	1.27
area_land_sq_mi	0.49
area_water_km2	0.00
area_water_sq_mi	0.00
elevation_footnotes
elevation_ft	623
population_as_of	2020
population_total	351
population_density_km2	275.60
population_density_sq_mi	713.41
timezone1	CST
utc_offset1	-6
timezone1_DST	CDT
utc_offset1_DST	-5
postal_code	60913
area_codes	815 & 779
blank_name	FIPS code
blank_info	17-07237
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID
blank1_info	2398151
blank2_name_sec2	Wikimedia Commons
blank2_info_sec2	Bonfield, Illinois
website

Bonfield is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Bonfield's population was 351 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Although founded by a quarryman, Thomas Verkler, the village was named after Thomas Bonfield, an attorney for the Kankakee & Seneca Railroad Company, which established a depot in the village. The railroad has long since disappeared into history but it had been on Johnson Street. Old railroad spikes and ties might still be found around the limestone quarry. The depot was moved about a mile and a half south of the village and converted to a barn, which remained in December 2007. The town had a high school, but it burned down in the early 1930s. Students then went to Herscher High School in Herscher.

Geography

Bonfield is located in western Kankakee County and is 12 mi west of Kankakee, the county seat.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Bonfield has a total area of 0.49 sqmi, all land.

Demographics

There were 228 households, out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.33% were married couples living together, 15.79% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.00% were non-families. 23.68% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.21% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 2.57.

The village's age distribution consisted of 23.0% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $68,750, and the median income for a family was $81,875. Males had a median income of $50,417 versus $31,583 for females. The per capita income for the village was $28,422. About 0.6% of families and 2.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.0% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

Popular culture

At a time when payphones could normally be found anywhere, the single payphone in town, near the corner outside the town's only gas station and a portion of the main street, was seen in the opening scenes of The Hunter, Steve McQueen's last movie. It was mentioned in the Kankakee County Journal at the time of filming in summer 1979.

References

"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau.
{{GNIS. 2398151
"Explore Census Data".
US Census Bureau. "Gazetteer Files".
"Census of Population and Housing". United States Census Bureau.
(August 1, 1980). "The Hunter".

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