Illinois · Census place 1728430
Galva, Illinois
Galva is a city in Henry County, Illinois with an estimated 2,396 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 449th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,396
- #449 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -2.6%
- -63 people
- Land area
- 2.8 sq mi
- Density
- 859 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Galva population, 2020 to 2024
Galva lost 63 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -11.
Galva covers 2.79 square miles of land, for 859 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Galva is less dense than the typical town.
What county Galva is in
All of Galva's residents live in Henry County, which had 48,177 residents in 2024. Galva holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Galva
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Galva by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 61434. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Galva is
The Census internal point of Galva is at 41.169000, -90.037400. Springfield, the capital, is 98.0 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kewanee, IL (12,146 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Peoria, IL, 36.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.169000, -90.037400
- DMS
- 41°10'8.40"N 90°02'14.64"W
- UTM
- 15N 748536.7E 4561749.8N
- Geohash
- 9zrfpnsfb
- Plus code
- 86HF5X97+H2
Daylight in Galva
At 41.17° N, Galva gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Galva
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Kewanee, 7.6 miles away, with 12,146 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Galva, IL?
2,396 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 63 (2.6%) from 2,459 in July 2020.
What county is Galva in?
Henry County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Galva?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 61434.
How far is Galva from Springfield?
98.0 miles (157.8 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Galva.
What is the nearest larger city to Galva?
Kewanee, IL, with 12,146 residents, 7.6 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.