What is "farmer city"

Population (2000): 2055
Housing Units (2000): 906
Land area (2000): 2.301775 sq. miles (5.961570 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.048853 sq. miles (0.126528 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.350628 sq. miles (6.088098 sq. km)
FIPS code: 25414
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.246306 N, 88.641858 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61842
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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