agricultural. Earlville lacks major shopping centers and industries. Many of the inhabitants of Earlville work at blue-collar jobs. Earlville's population has declined somewhat over the past two decades. Several planned residential developments of moderate size were derailed by the nationwide housing crash that began in 2008. Education Earlville Community Unit School District #9 (CUSD #9) occupies a campus of school buildings on Union Street, a main thoroughfare and former route of US 34. The school has undergone many changes over the last several years, including the recent implementation of a new air conditioning system and re-doing of one of the gyms for the 2021-2022 school year. The campus includes Earlville Grade School, Earlville Junior High, and Earlville High School. The administrative offices are within buildings on the site, which the Elementary, Junior High, and High School share. On the site is also a cafeteria, 2 gymnasiums, and library. The school Mascot is a Raider, stylized as a Pirate, with the school colors of Red and White. The School is a part of the Little Ten Conference, which includes Earlville, Serena, Newark, Indian Creek (Shabbona/Waterman), DePue, Leland, Somonauk, LaMoille, Kirkland Hiawatha, Hinckley Big Rock, and most recently IMSA. Earlville and Leland merged athletic programs in 2006, but separated again in 2018 after failing to come to an agreement regarding the co-op. Notable people Steve Behel, MLB player for the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets Herbert O. Crisler, head football coach and athletic director at University of Michigan, and namesake of Crisler Arena at the university Frank Haven Hall, inventor of the Hall Braille Writer Bessie S. McColgin, Oklahoma state representative John J. Myers, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark, N.J Gary K. Wolf, author of the novel Who Censored Roger Rabbit?, which became the Movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit References Cities in Illinois Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area Cities in LaSalle County, Illinois 1844 establishments in Illinois