Cornell, Illinois
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Amity Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61319. It stands on Ida Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northwest Pontiac quadrangle. 446 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 632 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresCornell fell from 467 to 446 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 467 | |
| 2020 | 446 | -21 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1935 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1939 USGS Pontiac quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Northwest Pontiac quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Fairbury quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Peoria quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Northwest Pontiac quadrangle1:24000
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cornell: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Valley View Shale Quarry | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornell in 14 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | $4,000 | Utility poles and power lines were blown down near 2500 North and 1400 East. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Three power poles were blown over (not snapped) west of Cornell. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Several trees were snapped and several large tree limbs were blown down. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Cornell | - | A private weather station measured 4.36 inches of rain in 75 minutes. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Trees were blown down and damage to barns was reported. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout and immediately north of Cornell. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Cornell | - | A brief touchdown was reported by law enforcement. No damage occurred. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Scattered wind damage was reported across Cornell, including a few trees and utility poles that were blown down. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Cornell | - | Video from a storm spotter along with eyewitness accounts from the Dwight Fire Department confirmed a weak tornado about four miles east of Cornell. The tornado remained in an open field and no damage or injuries were reported. |
| August 2022 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| August 2022 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cornell | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cornell | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Michigan (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Manville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rowe | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Blackstone | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Smithdale | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Missal | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rooks Creek | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Graymont | 8.1 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cornell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2558420 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 406593. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








