-- Second Fair of Vermilion County Agricultural and Mechanical Association were held at the Fairgrounds in Catlin until 1878 when it was transferred to Danville. 1856 -- Guy Merrill and Josiah Hunt made first plat of Catlin. The village is officially named Catlin, after the president of the Great Western Railroad. Geography Catlin is located at (40.066423, -87.706592). According to the 2010 census, Catlin has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.36%) is water. Education The former Catlin Community Unit School District #5 consisted of Catlin Grade School with about 375-400 students and Catlin High School with about 145-175.3 students. In November 2014, Catlin residents approved a referendum to consolidate with the Jamaica Unit #12 school district. The first day of school in the newly formed Salt Fork Unit #512 school district was August 24, 2015. Currently, Salt Fork North is an elementary school in Catlin, IL serving students in grades PK through 5th. It is one of two elementary schools in the Salt Fork School District #512. The school serves approximately 260 students residing in Catlin and the surrounding area. Additionally, Salt Fork High School is also located in Catlin, serving students in grades 9-12 from IL School District 512. Government and politics Catlin's government consists of a mayor and a village board. The village utilizes a commissioner form of government. The mayor is elected separately from the other members of the board and serves a four-year term. Each candidate for the board runs in an at-large election for a four-year term. After a candidate is elected generally to the board, the mayor appoints each board member a specific commissioner position (e.g. Finance, Streets and Sanitation). There are no term limits on any of the elected officials. Religion There are two churches in the village: the Catlin Church of Christ and the Catlin United Methodist Church. Each of the churches is Christian and Protestant. Despite the large number of Protestants in the village, many of Catlin's residents are Roman Catholic and attend services in nearby Danville, Illinois and Westville, Illinois. In addition, a Presbyterian church once existed on what is currently the property of the United Methodist Church. In 1942 this church disbanded, and exchanged properties with the Church of Christ, which later sold its building to the Methodist Church when the Church of Christ built its current structure in 1956. Demographics