{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Cable, Illinois | settlement_type = Census-designated place | image_skyline = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Illinois#USA | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label = Cable <!-- Location --> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Illinois | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Mercer | subdivision_type3 = Township | subdivision_name3 = Richland Grove <!-- Government --> | established_title = | established_date = <!-- Area --> | 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=March 16, 2023}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 2.94 | area_land_km2 = 2.94 | area_water_km2 = 0.00 | area_total_sq_mi = 1.14 | area_land_sq_mi = 1.14 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 <!-- Population --> | population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US1710305&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Cable CDP, Illinois: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=United States Census Bureau| access-date=March 16, 2023}}</ref> | population_total = 117 | population_density_km2 = 39.76 | population_density_sq_mi = 102.99 | population_demonym = <!-- General information --> | timezone = CST | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 709 | coordinates = {{coord|41|16|51|N|90|30|12|W|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> <!-- Area/postal codes and others --> | postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = 61281 (Sherrard) | area_code_type = | area_code = | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = 17-10305 | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 2806465<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2806465}}</ref> | website = | footnotes = }} '''Cable''' is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Richland Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. It is located south of Sherrard.<ref>{{cite map|publisher=Illinois Department of Transportation|title=Mercer County General Highway Map|url=http://www.dot.state.il.us/maps/county/mercer.pdf|year=1988|accessdate=May 26, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320074307/http://www.dot.state.il.us/maps/county/mercer.pdf|archivedate=March 20, 2012}}</ref> As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 117.<ref name="Census 2020"/>
==Geography== Cable is located in northeastern Mercer County,<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> on the east side of the valley of Camp Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Edwards River. The village of Sherrard is {{convert|3|mi|0}} to the north, and Viola is {{convert|9|mi|0}} to the southwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Cable CDP has an area of {{convert|1.14|sqmi|2}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>
==Demographics== {{US Census population |align = left |2020= 117 |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=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref> }}
Cable first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 United States census.<ref>{{Cite web|title=2020 Geography Changes|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/technical-documentation/table-and-geography-changes/2020/geography-changes.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau }}</ref> {{clear left}}
==Notable people== *Baby Doll Jacobson, MLB outfielder for numerous teams *Don Nelson, NBA player and coach. *Luke Nelson, MLB pitcher for the New York Yankees
==References== {{reflist}} {{Mercer County, Illinois}}
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Category:Census-designated places in Mercer County, Illinois Category:Census-designated places in Illinois Category:Unincorporated communities in Mercer County, Illinois Category:Unincorporated communities in Illinois
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