La Fayette, Illinois

La Fayette
Location of La Fayette in Stark County, Illinois.
Location of La Fayette in Stark County, Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 41°6′35″N 89°58′25″W / 41.10972°N 89.97361°W / 41.10972; -89.97361
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyStark
Area
 • Total0.19 sq mi (0.49 km2)
 • Land0.19 sq mi (0.49 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total160
 • Density846.56/sq mi (327.15/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)
61449
Area code309
FIPS code17-40676
Wikimedia CommonsLa Fayette, Illinois

La Fayette (named after Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, pronounced locally "Lay - fay - et") is a village in Stark County, Illinois. It is located south of Kewanee off Route 78 on Route 17|IL-17 (Madison Street). The population was 223 at the 2010 census, down from 227 in 2000. It is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. Once a prominent strip coal mine and farming village with; a general store, high school(until 1970), hotel, bank, grain elevator, train depot, and many other features and amenities. Once the coal mines shut down and railroad was removed in the early 1980s, it slowly became a low income and high poverty village with many people moving away and it eventually diminished to the hollow shell of what it once was.

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.