Illinois · Census place 1765962

Rossville, Illinois

Rossville is a village in Vermilion County, Illinois with an estimated 1,162 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 605th largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,162
#605 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-4.4%
-54 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
830 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Rossville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Rossville population, 2020 to 2024

Rossville lost 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.4%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,219. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rossville covers 1.40 square miles of land, for 830 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Rossville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rossville is in

All of Rossville's residents live in Vermilion County, which had 71,106 residents in 2024. Rossville holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rossville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Rossville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60942, 60963. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Rossville is

The Census internal point of Rossville is at 40.381500, -87.669900. Springfield, the capital, is 112.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hoopeston, IL (4,691 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Joliet, IL, 82.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.381500, -87.669900
DMS
40°22'53.40"N 87°40'11.64"W
UTM
16N 443136.8E 4470316.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GJ98JJ+J2

Daylight in Rossville

At 40.38° N, Rossville gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rossville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Hoopeston, 5.5 miles away, with 4,691 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rossville, IL?

1,162 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 54 (4.4%) from 1,216 in July 2020.

What county is Rossville in?

Vermilion County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rossville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 60942, 60963.

How far is Rossville from Springfield?

112.6 miles (181.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Rossville.

What is the nearest larger city to Rossville?

Hoopeston, IL, with 4,691 residents, 5.5 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.