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Prairie Grove, IL

McHenry County, 43 miles NW of the Loop. The village of Prairie Grove is located within Nunda Township in southeastern McHenry County. When the village incorporated in 1973, the rural locale's population of 434 residents was barely dense enough to qualify for incorporation. Since then land annexations, including manufacturing sites, have more than doubled the size of the village, which had a population of 960 in 2000.


Prairie Grove, IL (inc. 1973)
Year Total
(and by category) 		  Foreign Born Native with foreign parentage Males per 100 females
1990 654   4.9% — 102
  647 White (98.9%)      
  3 Black (0.5%)      
  6 Asian/Pacific Islander (0.9%)      
  10 Hispanic Origin* (1.5%)      
2000 960   4.1% — 97
  931 White alone (97.0%)      
  6 Black or African American alone (0.6%)      
  2 American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.2%)      
  10 Asian alone (1.0%)      
  4 Some other race alone (0.4%)      
  7 Two or more races (0.7%)      
  12 Hispanic or Latino* (1.3%)      

Ian McGiver

Bibliography
McHenry County in the Twentieth Century, 1968–1994. McHenry County Historical Society. 1994.

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