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South Elgin, IL
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Kane County, 37 miles W of the Loop. Built around a gristmill dam on the
Fox River
in 1847 and known as Clintonville, the community grew slowly. Following the establishment of the Elgin State
Hospital
just north, the community incorporated as South Elgin in 1897. Rapid growth as a bedroom community to
Elgin
brought the community's population to 16,100 in 2000.
| South Elgin, IL (inc. 1897) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1900 | 515 | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 745 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 2,624 | 4.2% | 14.7% | 100 | |
| 2,590 | White (98.7%) | ||||
| 33 | Negro (1.3%) | ||||
| 1 | Other races (0.0%) | ||||
| 1990 | 7,474 | 5.4% | — | 95 | |
| 6,949 | White (93.0%) | ||||
| 176 | Black (2.4%) | ||||
| 12 | American Indian (0.2%) | ||||
| 204 | Asian/Pacific Islander (2.7%) | ||||
| 144 | Other race (1.9%) | ||||
| 403 | Hispanic Origin* (5.4%) | ||||
| 2000 | 16,100 | 8.8% | — | 100 | |
| 13,850 | White alone (86.0%) | ||||
| 415 | Black or African American alone (2.6%) | ||||
| 27 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 881 | Asian alone (5.5%) | ||||
| 2 | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.0%) | ||||
| 625 | Some other race alone (3.9%) | ||||
| 300 | Two or more races (1.9%) | ||||
| 1,664 | Hispanic or Latino* (10.3%) | ||||
Bibliography
Alft, E. C.
South Elgin: A History of the Village from Its Origin as Clintonville.
1979.
Tredup, Ralph.
South Elgin: 150 Years of Heritage, 1835–1985.
1989.
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