Hoyleton, Illinois
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hoyleton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62803. The Survey maps it on the Hoyleton quadrangle. 520 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 518 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHoyleton fell from 531 to 520 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 | 531 | |
| 2020 | 520 | -11 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1931 USGS Hoyleton quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1936 USGS Nashville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Belleville quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Hoyleton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pinckneyville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Storms near this place
23 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoyleton in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2014 | Lightning | Hoyleton | $1,000,000 | Lightning struck a church in Hoyleton, Illinois at approximately midnight. The fire smoldered in the rafters for several hours before erupting into flames. The fire department was not called til around 2 am. Most of the damage was confined to the attic and bell tower, rest of the building sustained major water damage. No one was in building at the time and no injuries were reported. The building is considered a total loss. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Hoyleton | $200,000 | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Tornado (F1) | Hoyleton | $20,000 | no account filed |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | $10,000 | Power lines were knocked over in Hoyleton. The fire chief reported trees down and the entire town without power. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | Thunderstorm winds damaged 2 grain silos and a handful of other farm buildings. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | A microburst hit a business located in a pole barn on the southeast side of Hoyleton, destroying it. Debris, mainly metal roofing pieces where thrown onto nearby houses causing minor to moderate damage. Several trees, tree limbs, power poles and power lines in the area were blown down as well. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down numerous large tree limbs. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a couple of ham radio antennas. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | Downburst winds extending from the Kaskaskia River northwest of Hoyleton to Hoyleton caused widespread crop and tree damage. Also, several large trees fell onto homes in Hoyleton causing minor to moderate roof damage. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | The County Sheriff Department reported a few trees and large tree limbs down in Hoyleton. A couple of streets were blocked by the debris. |
| July 2004 | Hail | Hoyleton | - | The County Sheriff reported 3/4 inch hail in Hoyleton. |
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| September 2012 | Hail | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | no account filed |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoyleton | - | 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.
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 Hoyleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2672015 | 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 410632. 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.
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.






