Boody, Illinois

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Boody, Illinois |settlement_type = Census-designated place |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |pushpin_map = Illinois#USA |pushpin_label = Boody  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Illinois |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Macon |subdivision_type3 = Township |subdivision_name3 = Blue Mound  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |established_title = |established_date =  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Illinois |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_17.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=February 7, 2023}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 2.98 |area_land_km2 = 2.98 |area_water_km2 = 0.00 |area_total_sq_mi = 1.15 |area_land_sq_mi = 1.15 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.00  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1707315&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Boody CDP, Illinois: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> |population_total = 232 |population_density_km2 = 77.84 |population_density_sq_mi = 201.56  |timezone = Central (CST) |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = -5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 689 |coordinates = {{coord|39|45|52|N|89|02|48|W|region:US-IL|display=inline,title}}<ref name=gnis/>  |postal_code_type = ZIP code |postal_code = 62514 |area_code = 217 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 2628544<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2628544}}</ref> |blank1_name = FIPS code |blank1_info = 17-07315 |footnotes = }}

'''Boody''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Macon County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, Boody had a population of 232,<ref name="Census 2020"/> down from 276 in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1752961&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P1| title=P1. Race – Boody CDP, Illinois: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=February 7, 2023}}</ref> Boody has a post office with ZIP code 62514.<ref>[http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=62514&Go=Go ZIP Code Lookup] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615111407/http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?cnty=cnty&zip=62514&Go=Go |date=June 15, 2011 }}</ref>

The community was named after Col William H Boody.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Geography== Boody is located in southwestern Macon County on Illinois Route 48, {{convert|8|mi|0}} southwest of downtown Decatur, the county seat, and {{convert|20|mi}} northeast of Taylorville.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Boody CDP has an area of {{convert|1.15|sqmi|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The community is drained to the southwest by tributaries of Spring Creek, a tributary of west-flowing Mosquito Creek and part of the Sangamon River watershed.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align = left |2010= 276 |2020= 232 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }}{{clear left}}

==Education== It is a part of the Meridian Community Unit School District 15.<ref name=MaconCoSDMapCensus2020>{{cite map|author=Geography Division|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17115_macon/DC20SD_C17115.pdf|title=2020 Census - School District Reference Map - Macon County, IL|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|place=Suitland, Maryland|date=December 22, 2020|access-date=2026-03-01}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st17_il/schooldistrict_maps/c17115_macon/DC20SD_C17115_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

The district's comprehensive high school is Meridian High School.

== Notable people == *Lauren Doyle, rugby sevens player who competed for the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Category:Census-designated places in Macon County, Illinois Category:Census-designated places in Illinois Category:Unincorporated communities in Illinois Category:Populated places established in 1998 Category:Unincorporated communities in Macon County, Illinois