Normal, Illinois

Normal, Illinois
Town
Uptown Normal district and Uptown Station Normal Theater John W. Cook Hall Illinois State University
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Location of Normal in McLean County, Illinois
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Coordinates: 40°30′44″N 88°59′19″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	McLean
Townships	Normal, Dry Grove, Towanda
Settled	1854
Founded	February 1865
Incorporated	February 25, 1867
Government
• Mayor	Chris Koos
• City Manager	Pamela Reece
Area
• Total	18.03 sq mi (46.70 km2)
• Land	17.94 sq mi (46.47 km2)
• Water	0.089 sq mi (0.23 km2)  0.33%
Elevation	830 ft (250 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	52,736
• Estimate  (2024)	53,304
• Density	2,939.2/sq mi (1,134.85/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central Standard Time (USA))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (Central Daylight Time)
Zip code	61761, 61790
Area code	309
FIPS code	17-53234
GNIS ID	2396818
Website	normalil.gov

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Normal is a town in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 52,736 at the 2020 census. Normal is the smaller of the two principal cities of the Bloomington–Normal metropolitan area, and is Illinois's seventh most populous community outside the Chicago metropolitan area. It is home to Illinois State University and Heartland Community College.

Founded in 1865, it was renamed Normal in 1867 after Illinois State Normal University (now Illinois State University), a normal school. Chris Koos has been the mayor of Normal since 2003.