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Shorewood, IL

Will County, 39 miles SW of the Loop. In 1834, Jedediah Wooley, Jr., built a large sawmill along the DuPage River, among the first of its kind in Will County. In 1931, residents established the Shorewood Beach Improvement Association. In 1957, Shorewood incorporated to regulate trailers along the river. In the 1970s, Shorewood began a residential boom based on convenient access to interstates 55 and 80. The village grew from 1,749 in 1970 to 7,686 in 2000.


Shorewood, IL (inc. 1957)
Year Total
(and by category) 		  Foreign Born Native with foreign parentage Males per 100 females
1960 358   — — —
1990 6,264   2.4% — 99
  6,009 White (95.9%)      
  93 Black (1.5%)      
  5 American Indian (0.1%)      
  107 Asian/Pacific Islander (1.7%)      
  50 Other race (0.8%)      
  110 Hispanic Origin* (1.8%)      
2000 7,686   4.3% — 100
  7,126 White alone (92.7%)      
  184 Black or African American alone (2.4%)      
  21 American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.3%)      
  102 Asian alone (1.3%)      
  1 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.0%)      
  152 Some other race alone (2.0%)      
  100 Two or more races (1.3%)      
  341 Hispanic or Latino* (4.4%)      

Erik Gellman
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