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Beecher, IL
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Will County, 37 miles S of the Loop. Timothy L. Miller successfully raised then-rare longhorn Hereford cattle here by the 1870s. An influx of
German
settlers was followed by incorporation in 1883 and the arrival of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Railroad
in 1905. Beecher changed very slowly in subsequent decades. The Shady Lawn
Golf
Course inhabits the former Miller estate, and a café occupies the 1850 Old Stage Tavern building. Over 53 percent of its residents claim German heritage, and five of its seven churches represent the Lutheran denomination.
| Beecher, IL (inc. 1883) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1900 | 410 | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 772 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 1,367 | — | — | 88 | |
| 1,367 | White (100.0%) | ||||
| 1990 | 2,032 | 1.3% | — | 98 | |
| 2,022 | White (99.5%) | ||||
| 2 | American Indian (0.1%) | ||||
| 8 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.4%) | ||||
| 9 | Hispanic Origin* (0.4%) | ||||
| 2000 | 2,033 | 2.5% | — | 91 | |
| 1,993 | White alone (98.0%) | ||||
| 3 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 9 | Asian alone (0.4%) | ||||
| 7 | Some other race alone (0.3%) | ||||
| 21 | Two or more races (1.0%) | ||||
| 36 | Hispanic or Latino* (1.8%) | ||||
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