Sorento, Illinois
| Sorento, Illinois | |
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 Downtown Sorento, IL on 6-14-2014
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Bond |
| Township | Shoal Creek |
| Coordinates | 38°59′57″N 89°34′26″W / 38.99917°N 89.57389°WCoordinates: 38°59′57″N 89°34′26″W / 38.99917°N 89.57389°W |
| Area | 0.54 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - land | 0.54 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - water | 0.00 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Population | 505 (2012) |
| Density | 922.2/sq mi (356/km2) |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 62086 |
| Area code | 217 |
  Location of Sorento within Illinois
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Sorento is a village in Bond County, Illinois, United States. The population was 498 at the 2010 census. Sorento is part of the St. Louis Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is also considered part of the Metro East region of Illinois.
Sorento was founded as a village in 1882. The town was laid out and platted on August 15, 1882 by August H. Scharf, a local farmer and businessman, and his father, William Scharf. They named the town Sorento after Sorrento, Florida, a town they had once visited. The town grew quickly and by the end of 1883 there were over 500 residents.
The Sorento Coal Mine opened in 1883 and was in operation until March 31, 1914.
Charles Lindbergh is known to have landed in fields just outside Sorento while preparing for his solo transatlantic flight.
Jimmy Swaggart preached at the Sorento Assembly of God church in the early 1960s.
Famed cave explorer Floyd Collins is known to have visited Sorento and explored caves in the region during the early 1900s.
Sorento is home to the Sorento Elementary School which educates students ages pre-K through 8th grade. Sorento Elementary was a 2011 Blue Ribbon school, one of only 19 schools in Illinois and 304 in the entire United States.
Sorento is located at 38°59′57″N 89°34′26″W / 38.99917°N 89.57389°W (38.999264, -89.573809).
According to the 2010 census, Sorento has a total area of 0.54 square miles (1.40 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 601 people, 238 households, and 167 families residing in the village. It should be noted than any official census figures are somewhat flawed and don't reflect the true population of the village. There are many Sorento residents who don't live within the official Sorento village limits. These individuals attend the Sorento school, use the village roads, and are served by Sorento emergency personnel. However, they are not listed in the official village population because they do not live within the official village limits. The population density was 1,110.5 people per square mile (429.7/km²). There were 255 housing units at an average density of 471.2 per square mile (182.3/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.17% White, 0.67% Native American, 0.33% from other races, and 0.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.00% of the population.
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