Ford County Illinois - Government Site
Population: 14,211
Area: 486 square miles
County Seat: Paxton
Area Code(s) in use: 815 217
Time Zone: CST
Adjacent counties:
Champaign Iroquois Kankakee Livingston McLean Vermilion
Airport
Barnes Landing Strip, Beherns Airport, Bradbury Airport, C D Maulding Airport, Clifford D Foster Airport, Gibson City Municipal Airport, Gibson Community Hospital Heliport, John H Garrelts Airport, Otto Junior Airport, Paxton Airport, Read Airport, Roberts RLA Airport, Teds Place Airport, Wright Airport
Building
Ford County Jail, Gibson City City Hall, Middlecoff Mansion, Moyer Library, Paxton Carnegie Library, Paxton City Hall
Canal
Wall Town Drainage Ditch
Cemetery
Blackford Cemetery, Brewton Cemetery, Drummer Township Cemetery, Farmersville Cemetery, Glen Cemetery, Hall Cemetery, Meharry Cemetery, Melvin Cemetery, Mona Township Cemetery, Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Olivet Cemetery, Oregon Cemetery, Pells Park, Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Pontoppidan Cemetery, Prospect Cemetery, Saint Joseph Cemetery, Ten Mile Grove Cemetery, Trickle Grove Cemetery
Church
American Lutheran Church, Bible Church, Church of Christ, Church of Christ (historical), Church of the Nazarene, Evangelical Covenant Church, Federated Church, First Baptist Church, First Christian Church, First Congregational Church (historical), First Lutheran Church, First Presbyterian Church, First Southern Baptist Church, Gibson City Pentecostal Church, Gibson City United Methodist Church, Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses, Mount Olive Church, Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Paxton Church of Christ, Paxton United Methodist Church, Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church, Pontoppidan Lutheran Church, Prairie Baptist Church, Saint Alfreds Chapel, Saint Marys Catholic Church, Saint Peter Catholic Church, Westminister Presbyterian Church
Civil
Ford County, Township of Brenton, Township of Button, Township of Dix, Township of Drummer, Township of Lyman, Township of Mona, Township of Patton, Township of Peach Orchard, Township of Pella, Township of Rogers, Township of Sullivant, Township of Wall
Crossing
Interchange 261
Dam
Laue Lake Dam
Hospital
Gibson Community Hospital, Gibson Manor Nursing Home, Paxton Community Hospital (historical)
Lake
Lake Genevieve (historical), Lake Sibley
Locale
Beeset Station (historical), Moffett School, Railside Golf Club
Park
Belson Park, Fulton Park, LaFevre Park, Lowery Park, McMillen Baseball Park, North City Park, Prospect Cemetery Prairie Nature Preserve, South City Park
Populated Place
Cabery, Clarence, Derby, Elliott, Garber, Gibson City, Guthrie, Harpster, Kempton, Melvin, Paxton, Perdueville, Piper City, Proctor, Roberts, Sibley, Stelle
Post Office
East Bend Post Office (historical), Eldredgeville Post Office (historical), Gibson City Post Office, Piper City Post Office, Sibley Post Office, Sugar Loaf Post Office (historical)
Reservoir
Laue Lake
School
Adam School (historical), Alpha Omega School, Anderson School (historical), Ashley School (historical), Augustana College (historical), Bishop School (historical), Blackford School (historical), Blake School (historical), Blanchard School (historical), Burger School (historical), Center School (historical), Center School (historical), Clara Peterson Elementary School, Clayton School (historical), Columbia School (historical), Cothern School (historical), Crandall School (historical), Dehm School (historical), Donahue School (historical), Down School (historical), Drendel School (historical), Eclipse School (historical), Eden School (historical), Farmersville School (historical), Flagg School (historical), Froyd School (historical), Fuoss School (historical), Gallahue School (historical), Gibson City High School, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley Elementary School, Gibson School (historical), Graham School (historical), Grand Prairie School (historical), Guthrie School (historical), Hall School, Heavisides School (historical), Herr School (historical), Hevener School (historical), Howell School (historical), Keighin School (historical), Kemp School (historical), Lake Shore School (historical), Larkin School (historical), Lily Dell School (historical), McDermott School (historical), McKinney School (historical), Meadow Mound School (historical), Miller School (historical), Minch School (historical), Miner School (historical), North Union School (historical), Ogilvie School (historical), Paxton High School, Paxton Public School (historical), Paxton-Buckley-Loda Junior High School, Pine Tree School (historical), Plainview School (historical), Pleasant Ridge School (historical), Pleasant Valley School (historical), Pleasant View School (historical), Put School (historical), Sand Ridge School (historical), Scott School (historical), Selock School (historical), Shute School (historical), Skeel School (historical), Smith School (historical), South Brenton School (historical), Strayer School (historical), Stringtown School (historical), Sullivan School (historical), Taylor School (historical), Tri-Point Elementary School, Tri-Point Junior High School, Trickel Grove School (historical), Victor School (historical), Wagner School (historical), Waite School (historical), Walnut Dell School (historical), West Point School (historical), White School (historical), Woodward School (historical), Zahn School (historical)
Stream
Big Four Ditch, Kelly Creek, West Branch Drummer Creek
Tower
WGCY-FM (Gibson City), WPXN-FM (Paxton)
Woods
Burr Oak Grove, Drummer Grove (historical), Heiting Grove, Sharps Grove (historical), Ten Mile Grove, White Oak Grove (historical)
| Race | Population |
| White |  13,941 |
| Mixed | 101 |
| Asian | 77 |
| Black | 73 |
| American Indian | 19 |
| Hawaiian & Pacific Islander | 0 |
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