Tennessee, Illinois
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Tennessee Township. It lies in ZIP code area 62374. The Survey maps it on the Colchester quadrangle. 101 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTennessee fell from 115 to 101 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 | 115 | |
| 2020 | 101 | -14 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1913 USGS Colchester quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Colchester quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Macomb quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Burlington quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tennessee: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colchester Plant No. 1 & Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mc Clure Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Colchester Brick & Tile Co.Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Colchester Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Valentine Welch & Booz Pit | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tennessee in 20 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 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 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Tennessee | $400,000 | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | $40,000 | Trees down |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | $30,000 | Large trees down |
| July 2003 | Hail | Tennessee | $20,000 | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Tennessee | $4,000 | Dime to half dollar sized hail |
| September 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | $2,000 | Corn flattened in a field with many branches down. There was also 0.55 inch of rain in 15 minutes. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | - | A structure was damaged. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Tennessee | - | Rural roads were covered with water from area creeks. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | - | Several large trees were blown down, including one that fell on an antique store. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | - | Many large branches were blown down. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | - | A trained spotter estimated wind gusts up to 70 mph along with heavy rainfall. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Tennessee | - | A trained spotter about 2 miles southwest of Tennessee measured dime to nickel size hail. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | - | Wind gusts estimated to be 60 to 65 mph blew down some 2 foot diameter trees onto Route 61 west of Tennessee, IL around 410 pm June 19. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | - | Wind gusts were estimated to be 60 mph in the vicinity of Colchester, IL. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tennessee | - | Hail was covering the ground. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Tennessee | - | The size of the hail ranged from penny to nickel. |
| August 2005 | Heavy Rain | Tennessee | - | 2.50 inches of rain in 35 minutes. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Tennessee | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tennessee | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Tennessee | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hills Grove (historical) | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Colchester | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ragtown (historical) | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Fandon | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Colmar | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Georgetown | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Little Ireland (historical) | 8.3 miles | 20 | |
| Lamone Village | 9.0 miles | 20 |
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 Tennessee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2302102 | 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 419594. 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.







