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Ipava, Illinois

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Pleasant Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61441. The Survey maps it on the Ipava quadrangle. 447 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 660 feet above sea level.

Ipava within Fulton County

Population over time

2 figures

Ipava fell from 470 to 447 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.

YearPeople Change
2010470
2020447-23 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

6,073 words on this township

History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879 names this settlement in its chapter on Pleasant Township. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Ipava is pleasantly situated, on section 6, which is in the northwestern corner of Pleasant township. It is a station on the C, B. & Q. R. R., Rushville Branch, and is surrounded by a country which is as fertile and beautiful as any in the Co. Indeed, the village was at first called Pleasautville, owing to its pleasant location. It was founded by John P]asley Sept. 15, 1846, and at present contains about 800 inhabitants, who are noted for their peaceable, industrious habits and enterprise, as well as for their good station in life. Although Ipava is an agricultural town, its good society and increasing trade constitute an index to the character of all the region it represents. It is in fact one of the best business points in the county. We venture here to particularize some of the prominent features of the place.

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

J. W. Bacon, physician and surgeon, was born in this State Aug. 13, 1838; at 17 to 20 years of age he attended college; taught school; graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1869; has practiced medicine since 1864; took special lessons in the East on diseases of the chest, under the celebrated Dr. Jonesnay of N. Y.; married Elizabeth J. Bailey Dec. 10, 1863, who was born in Illinois in 1841 ; they have 3 children, - Alta, Charles E. and Mattie. He owns a valuable piece of land near Ipava.

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

John N. Chicken, furniture dealer and manufacturer, Ipava, is a son of Daniel and Charlotte Chicken, and was born in Ohio May 4, 1840. He began to learn his chosen trade at the age of 15, which he has continued to follow since. He accompanied his father to this State in 1856 and settled in Astoria, where he began the cabinet business in 1858. He now keeps on hand a line line of furniture and does a good business. He belongs to the M. E. Church, in which he has been a licensed exhorter for 15 years. He has been twice married, first time Sept. 25, 1861 ; and again, Sept. 26, 1874, to Mary A. Moorhouse, a native of New Jersey. They have two children, A^ernon and Jessie. By his former wife he had 4 children ; Elmer, Mary, Sada, deceased, and Carrie E.

Passage source: History of Fulton County, Illinois;, published 1879.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Pleasant Township - it names this place 32 more 32 times.

Storms near this place

18 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ipava in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 tornado. The reports record 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023Tornado (EF3)Ipava4 hurtA tornado touched down about 1 mile south of Ipava at 7:11 PM CDT. It tracked east-northeastward causing EF-1 level damage near the intersection of East Square Road and North Summum Road where several farm buildings and a home sustained damage. The tornado then curved northeastward and crossed the Spoon River Bottoms. Damage began increasing about 1.5 miles west of Lewistown near County Highway 14 where several houses and outbuildings were damaged along North Milton Road. The tornado increased in intensity, producing EF-3 damage just northwest of Lewistown where it crumpled a metal high tension transmission tower. It crossed State Highway 97 just northwest of the intersection with State Highway 100 and damaged numerous homes and farm buildings along State Highway 100 between North Grain Bin Highway and East Epworth Spring Road. The tornado blew down several power poles from this point northeastward to the southwest edge of Bryant. Much of the tornado damage within the town of Bryant was west of State Highway 100 between Ash Street and Elm Street...with damage east of State Highway 100 being caused by rear-flank downdraft winds of 70 to 100 mph. EF-3 tornado damage was observed about 1 mile southwest of Bryant near the intersection of State Highway 100 and North Wright Road where several houses were demolished. EF-3 damage was also noted 1 mile northeast of Bryant near the west end of East Hooty Road. Four injuries occurred in the Bryant area. The tornado continued northeastward, damaging trees and power lines west of Saint David and a home along West Hickory Street southwest of Canton. It dissipated about 2 miles southwest of Canton at 7:38 PM CDT.
March 2020Tornado (EF1)Ipava$100,000A tornado touched down 1.1 miles south-southeast of Ipava at 8:01 PM CDT. The tornado damaged a barn, the roofs of two houses, a front porch, a gazebo, and numerous trees and outbuildings as it tracked northeastward across US-136 before dissipating 1.8 miles east of Ipava at 8:04 PM CDT.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindIpava$70,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down between Ipava and Canton. Other impacted communities included Cuba, Fiatt and Smithfield.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindIpava$30,000Several large trees were blown down in Ipava.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindIpava$25,000A grain bin was blown into the town of Ipava.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindIpava$20,000Large tree branches and small trees were blown down.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindIpava$6,000A power pole was blown down near Ipava causing a few power outages.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindIpava$5,000Several large trees were blown down.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindIpava-Numerous power poles were blown down along US-136 southeast of North Ladds Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindIpava-Several 1 to 2-foot diameter trees were blown down across Ipava, including one blocking a road on the west side of town.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindIpava-Numerous power lines blown down.
May 2003Tornado (F1)Ipava-A tornado touched down 2 miles southwest of Ipava. It traveled to the northeast and went through the middle of town, destroying the fire department as well as numerous trees, power lines, sheds and garages. Numerous homes sustained roof damage and one home had major damage. No injuries were reported.
March 2024HailIpava-no account filed
May 2024HailIpava-no account filed
May 2024HailIpava-no account filed
May 2019HailIpava-no account filed
June 2015HailIpava-no account filed
June 2005HailIpava-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fulton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Bernadotte (historical)3.5 miles18
Howard3.5 miles19
Table Grove5.4 miles19
Summum6.3 miles19
Beaty6.7 miles19
Vermont6.8 miles19
Duncan Mills7.1 miles19
Leesburg7.2 miles15

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 IpavaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2462386The 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 410912. 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.