Raymond, Illinois
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Raymond Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62560. The Survey maps it on the Raymond quadrangle. 949 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 639 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRaymond fell from 1,006 to 949 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 | 1,006 | |
| 2020 | 949 | -57 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1923 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Decatur quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Raymond quadrangle1:24000
Storms near this place
24 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Raymond in 24 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 17 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1999 | Tornado (F3) | Raymond | 1 killed, 4 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage between Raymond and the Witt/Nokomis area. Numerous trees, tree limbs and some power lines were blown down. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $300 | Large trees and power lines were blown down across much of the county. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $300 | Winds gusted to 70 mph uprooting several trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | $200 | Large trees and power lines were blown down across much of the county. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | KTVI provided a report of winds gusting to an estimated 60 mph along the leading edge of a thunderstorm. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Thunderstorm winds snapped off a 20 foot tall aluminum flagpole near the base. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several power lines on the northeast side of Raymond, as well as numerous tree limbs. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large tree limbs around town. A couple of homes had a few shingles blown off. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down several trees and power lines around town. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Raymond | - | Intermittent brief touchdowns recorded by storm chasers in open fields to the west, south and southeast of Raymond. No damage was observed. The tornado has been rated EF0 with a path length of 4.94 miles and a max path width of 25 yards. |
| September 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | A line of thunderstorms moved through the area. In Raymond, a gutter was torn off of a house and numerous large tree limbs were blown down. In Litchfield, several large trees were blown down as well as several power lines. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Thunderstorm winds blew part of the roof off of a large barn...just east of Interstate 55 just south of Illinois Route 48. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Several large tree limbs were blown down in Raymond. |
| February 2008 | Flash Flood | Raymond | - | Two to three inches of rain fell over portions of Montgomery county during the afternoon and evening hours on February 5th. Six to eight inches of water was over Illinois Route 127 just west of Raymond. |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed several trees and power lines across town. Virtually the entire town was without power for about two hours. At least 8 homes had trees or large limbs fall on the roofs. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | Storm spotters reported power lines down in Raymond. |
| May 1993 | Hail | Raymond | - | Golf ball-sized hail was reported in west-central Montgomery County along Interstate 55 west of Raymond. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Raymond | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down road signs on Interstate 55 near the Macoupin/Montgomery County line. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Raymond | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Raymond | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Raymond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvel | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Zanesville | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Shop Creek | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Honey Bend | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Waggoner | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sunrise Hills | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Stagecoach Junction | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Barnett | 7.6 miles | 10 |
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 Raymond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2671846 | 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 416427. 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.






