Iroquois County, Illinois
152 public bodies govern here, 8 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 1 farmers market. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 26,449
- Median household income
- $66,255
- ±2,456
- Unemployed
- 4.5%
- 580 of 12,970 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 86.5%
- 9,903 of 11,443 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Iroquois | 26,827 (2021) | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | Website |
Cities, towns and villages 21
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Gilman | 1,731 (2021) | 215 N Central St, Gilman | — |
| City of Watseka | 4,622 (2021) | Po Box 338, Watseka | Website |
| Village of Ashkum | 742 (2021) | Po Box 449, Ashkum | — |
| Village of Beaverville | 303 (2021) | Po Box 219, Beaverville | — |
| Village of Buckley | 485 (2021) | Po Box 64, Buckley | — |
| Village of Chebanse | 1,023 (2021) | Po Box 400, Chebanse | Website |
| Village of Cissna Park | 806 (2021) | Po Box 488, Cissna Park | — |
| Village of Clifton | 1,334 (2021) | Po Box 472, Clifton | Website |
| Village of Crescent City | 544 (2021) | Po Box 280, Crescent City | Website |
| Village of Danforth | 595 (2021) | Po Box 201, Danforth | — |
| Village of Donovan | 247 (2021) | 516 E 2nd St, Donovan | — |
| Village of Iroquois | 130 (2021) | Po Box 31, Iroquois | — |
| Village of Loda | 350 (2021) | Po Box 146, Loda | — |
| Village of Martinton | 332 (2021) | Po Box 164, Martinton | — |
| Village of Milford | 1,146 (2021) | Po Box 137, Milford | — |
| Village of Onarga | 1,319 (2021) | Po Box 100, Onarga | — |
| Village of Papineau | 134 (2021) | Po Box 288, Papineau | — |
| Village of Sheldon | 960 (2021) | Po Box 546, Sheldon | — |
| Village of Thawville | 214 (2021) | Village Hall, Thawville | — |
| Village of Wellington | 203 (2021) | Po Box 145, Wellington | — |
| Village of Woodland | 244 (2021) | Po Box 103, Woodland | — |
Townships 26
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Township of Artesia | 823 (2021) | Po Box 321, Buckley | — |
| Township of Ash Grove | 649 (2021) | 1168 N 1700 East Rd, Milford | — |
| Township of Ashkum | 1,417 (2021) | 502 E 2400 North Rd, Danforth | — |
| Township of Beaver | 470 (2021) | 2461 N 2600 East Rd, Donovan | — |
| Township of Beaverville | 507 (2021) | Po Box 219, Beaverville | — |
| Township of Belmont | 2,424 (2021) | 105 S Loveridge Ln, Watseka | — |
| Township of Chebanse | 2,861 (2021) | Po Box 271, Clifton | — |
| Township of Concord | 371 (2021) | 3130 E. 200 N. RD., Sheldon | — |
| Township of Crescent | 531 (2021) | Po Box 335, Crescent City | — |
| Township of Danforth | 890 (2021) | Po Box 196, Danforth | — |
| Township of Douglas | 2,034 (2021) | 615 S Maple St, Gilman | — |
| Township of Fountain Creek | 300 (2021) | 1530 E 300 N Rd, Cissna Park | — |
| Township of Iroquois | 547 (2021) | 1522 E 2250 North Rd, Ashkum | — |
| Township of Loda | 1,431 (2021) | 122 Dakota Dr, Loda | — |
| Township of Lovejoy | 372 (2021) | Po Box 38, Wellington | — |
| Township of Martinton | 826 (2021) | 2190 E 2750 North Rd, Martinton | — |
| Township of Middleport | 3,692 (2021) | Po Box 414, Watseka | — |
| Township of Milford | 1,471 (2021) | 2118 E County Road 9, Milford | — |
| Township of Milks Grove | 162 (2021) | 405 N Maple St, Abingdon | — |
| Township of Onarga | 1,599 (2021) | Po Box 21, Onarga | — |
| Township of Papineau | 436 (2021) | 1914 E. 3150 N. Road, St Anne | — |
| Township of Pigeon Grove | 1,115 (2021) | Po Box 97, Cissna Park | — |
| Township of Prairie Green | 164 (2021) | 2512 E. 100N Road, Hoopeston | — |
| Township of Ridgeland | 319 (2021) | Po Box 42, Thawville | — |
| Township of Sheldon | 1,215 (2021) | Po Box 455, Sheldon | — |
| Township of Stockland | 201 (2021) | Po Box 77, Stockland | — |
Special districts 104
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilman Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 615 S Maple St, Gilman | — |
| Sugar Creek Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 1005 N Westwood Rd, Milford | — |
| Artesia Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Artesia Drainage District 4 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Artesia Ridgeland Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Artesia Ridgeland Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Artesia-Ash Grove Township Union Mutual Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Artesia-Onarga Union Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Ash Grove Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Ash Grove Mutual Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Ashkum Danforth Union Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Ashkum Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Beaver Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Beaver Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Beaver Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Belmont Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Belmont Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Bergan Goodman Taylor Drainage District | Drainage | 1638 E 3500N Rd, Kempton | — |
| Big Beaver Drainage and Levee District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Blackson Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Chebanse Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Concord Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Coon Creek Drainage District | Drainage | 216 S Center St, Clinton | — |
| Crescent Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Crescent Iroquois Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Crescent Onarga Ashgrove Mutual Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Danforth Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Danforth Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Danforth Drainage District 5 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Danforth Drainage District 6 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Danforth-Ashkum Township Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Danforth-Douglas Union Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Eastburn Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Eastburn Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Eastburn Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Fountain Creek Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Fountain Creek Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Fountain Creek Love Joy Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Iroquois Crescent Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Iroquois Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Iroquois Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| La Hogue Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Martinton Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Martinton Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 2408 E 3100 North Rd, Beaverville | — |
| Martinton Drainage District 4 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Martinton Iroquois Union Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Middleport Drainage Dist #1 Main | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Middleport Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Milford Lovejoy Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Milks Grove Special Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| MUD Creek Drainage District | Drainage | P O Box 604, Cissna Park | — |
| North Sheldon South Concord Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga #6 Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga Douglas Danforth Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga Drainage District 4 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga Drainage District 5 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga-Ridgeland Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Onarga-Ridgeland Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 101 S Blue Spruce Ln, Onarga | — |
| Papineau Drainage District 3 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant, Watseka | — |
| Papineau-Martinton Union Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Pigeon Creek Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Pigeon Grove Fountain Creek Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Pond Lily Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Possum Trot Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 2017 E 1400 North Rd, Watseka | — |
| Ridgeland Drainage District 2 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Shavetail Ash Grove Crescent Onarga Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Sheldon Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1552 N 3000 East Rd, Sheldon | — |
| Spring Creek Drainage District of Iroquois County | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Stockland Prairie Green Union Drainage District 1 | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Whiskey Creek Drainage District | Drainage | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
| Central Citizens Public Library District | Libraries | 1134 E 3100 North Rd, Clifton | Website |
| Cissna Park Community Public Library District | Libraries | 511 North 2nd St, Cissna Park | — |
| Clifton Public Library District | Libraries | Po Box 452, Clifton | Website |
| Gilman Danforth Public Library District | Libraries | 715 N Maple St, Gilman | Website |
| Milford Public Library District | Libraries | 2 S Grant Ave, Milford | Website |
| Onarga Public Library District | Libraries | 209 W Seminary Ave, Onarga | — |
| Sheldon Public Library District | Libraries | Po Box 370, Sheldon | — |
| Ashkum Township Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 321, Ashkum | — |
| Beaver Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 117, Donovan | — |
| Beaverville Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 218, Beaverville | — |
| Buckley Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 104 S. 6th Street, Buckley | — |
| Chebanse Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 666, Clifton | — |
| Cissna Park Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 417 N 1st St, Cissna Park | — |
| Concord Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 2799 E 2400 North Rd, Donovan | — |
| Crescent Iroquois Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 189, Crescent City | — |
| Danforth Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 1, Danforth | — |
| Gilman Community Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 61, Gilman | Website |
| Iroquois Ford Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 1654 E 1900 North Rd, Thawville | — |
| Loda Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 157, Loda | — |
| Martinton Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 128, Martinton | — |
| Milford Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 66, Milford | — |
| Onarga Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 136, Onarga | — |
| Papineau Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 295, Papineau | — |
| Sheldon Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 125, Sheldon | — |
| Stockland Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 63, Stockland | — |
| Wellington Greer Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | 2532 E 300 North Rd, Wellington | — |
| Woodland Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 112, Woodland | — |
| Douglas Park District | Parks and recreation | Po Box 143, Gilman | — |
| Milford Township Park District | Parks and recreation | 223 Allen Street, Milford | — |
| Watseka Park District | Parks and recreation | 110 S 3rd St, Watseka | Website |
| Loda Sanitary District | Sewerage | Po Box 146, Paxton | — |
| Iroquois County Soil and Water Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 1001 E Grant St, Watseka | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
Central CUSD 4
School district4 schools
203 N Third St, Ashkum, IL, 60911
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Cissna Park CUSD 6
School district3 schools
511 N 2nd St, Cissna Park, IL, 60924
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Crescent Iroquois CUSD 249
School district1 schools
600 South St, Crescent City, IL, 60928
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Donovan CUSD 3
School district3 schools
600 North St, Donovan, IL, 60931
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Iroquois County CUSD 9
School district4 schools
1411 W Lafayette St, Watseka, IL, 60970
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Iroquois Special Education
Specialized district1 schools
106 E Front St, Gilman, IL, 60938
Iroquois West CUSD 10
School district5 schools
529 E 2Nd St, Gilman, IL, 60938
Its website — where its board posts meetings. Federal record.
Milford Area PSD 124
School district3 schools
208 S Chicago St, Milford, IL, 60953
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
Watseka Farmers Market
120 E. Walnut St. Watseka, IL, 60970
Gathered by USDA from the web; USDA record last changed 2023-03-20. USDA listing
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.