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Spring Grove, IL
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McHenry County, 54 miles NW of the Loop. Platted around a grist-mill in 1845, this hamlet stagnated even after the Milwaukee Road
Railroad
appeared in 1900. Incorporating in 1902 in anticipation of growth that finally materialized in the 1980s, Spring Grove today contains residential, light industrial, and agricultural areas and hosts a noted annualstorytelling festival. Population in 2000 was 3,880.
| Spring Grove, IL (inc. 1902) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1930 | 184 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 301 | — | — | — | |
| 1990 | 1,066 | 1.7% | — | 108 | |
| 1,077 | White (101.0%) | ||||
| 4 | American Indian (0.4%) | ||||
| 2 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.2%) | ||||
| 5 | Other race (0.5%) | ||||
| 14 | Hispanic Origin* (1.3%) | ||||
| 2000 | 3,880 | 2.1% | — | 101 | |
| 3,778 | White alone (97.4%) | ||||
| 5 | Black or African American alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 6 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 35 | Asian alone (0.9%) | ||||
| 4 | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 14 | Some other race alone (0.4%) | ||||
| 38 | Two or more races (1.0%) | ||||
| 69 | Hispanic or Latino* (1.8%) | ||||
Bibliography
McHenry County in the Twentieth Century, 1968–1994.
McHenry County Historical Society. 1994.
Nye, Lowell A., ed.
McHenry County, Illinois, 1832–1968.
1968.
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