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Sullivan, Illinois

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1998. It stands in Sullivan Township. It lies in ZIP code area 61951. The Survey maps it on the Sullivan quadrangle. 4,413 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

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Sullivan within Moultrie County

On record in Sullivan

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Sullivan fell from 4,440 to 4,413 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
20104,440
20204,413-27 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sullivan: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Moultrie PitStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Moultrie County

Storms near this place

45 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sullivan in 45 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 29 thunderstorm wind, 14 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$350,000Roofs were ripped off several houses, trees were blown down, and a machine shed was knocked down on the southeast side of Sullivan.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindSullivan$75,000In Sullivan, numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. One tree fell onto a house causing minor damage. Five miles northeast of Lovington, several barns, outbuildings, and a garage were destroyed. Two homes sustained minor damage. Damage in this area was estimated around $75,000. Eight miles northeast of Lovington, several trees were blown down across US Route 36.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSullivan$45,000A roof was torn off a house and siding and shingle damage occurred to another house.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindSullivan$40,000Farm equipment and a truck were blown over in Sullivan. Several trees and power lines were knocked down as well.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$30,000A machine shed was blown down just east of Sullivan.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$12,000Several ornamental trees were damaged and shingles were torn off a roof.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan$12,000Six power lines were blown down north of Sullivan.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindSullivan$200A flag pole was broken in Sullivan.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A trained spotter estimated winds of 50 to 60 mph and shared a video of the conditions at their location.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Half of a large tree was blown down onto a home in Sullivan.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A few 6-inch diameter tree limbs were blown down.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Numerous tree branches and power lines were blown down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several trees were blown over. Large tree branches were snapped and power lines were downed as well.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A power line was blown down in Sullivan.
February 2008Flash FloodSullivan-Many roads were flooded in Moultrie county.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Trailer destroyed.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-A few trees were blown down near Lake Shelbyville.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Large tree blown down near the Timberlake Golf Course.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Numerous trees and power lines blown down.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several large tree limbs were blown down around town.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Large tree fell on railroad tracks across from Route 121 due to high winds.
July 2001Tornado (F0)Sullivan-A tornado briefly touched down in a field. No damage or injuries were reported.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several trees and power lines were blown down in town.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several power lines were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Several trees were blown down.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Thunderstorm winds bent over a ham radio tower one mile south of Sullivan. No injuries were reported.
November 1998Thunderstorm WindSullivan-Numerous large tree limbs were blown down in Sullivan, some of which caused minor damage to the roof of a garage. No damage estimate was available.
March 2026HailSullivan-no account filed
March 2026HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2024HailSullivan-no account filed
August 2022HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2018HailSullivan-no account filed
March 2017HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2017HailSullivan-no account filed
April 2016HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
April 2006HailSullivan-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
June 2006HailSullivan-no account filed
July 2005HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2004HailSullivan-no account filed
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed
July 2004HailSullivan-no account filed
August 2000HailSullivan-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindSullivan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Moultrie 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
Chipps2.7 miles14
Kirksville3.8 miles14
Cushman4.3 miles14
Dunn4.8 miles14
Allenville5.1 miles14
Bruce5.6 miles14
Cadwell7.3 miles14
Fuller7.3 miles13

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 SullivanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q575190The 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 419327. 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.