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Wonder Lake, IL
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McHenry County, 56 miles NW of the Loop. Situated on the west side of an artificial lake, residents of the Sunrise Ridge
subdivision
incorporated as Wonder Lake in 1974 to obtain local control of
building codes
and
zoning,
and police services. The village remains a slowly expanding bedroom community with a population of 1,345 in 2000.
| Wonder Lake, IL (inc. 1974) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1960 | 3,543 | 5.4% | 21.2% | 99 | |
| 3,537 | White (99.8%) | ||||
| 1 | Negro (0.0%) | ||||
| 5 | Other races (0.1%) | ||||
| 1990 | 1,024 | 2.8% | — | 102 | |
| 1,018 | White (99.4%) | ||||
| 5 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.5%) | ||||
| 1 | Other race (0.1%) | ||||
| 14 | Hispanic Origin* (1.4%) | ||||
| 2000 | 1,345 | 2.2% | — | 106 | |
| 1,307 | White alone (97.2%) | ||||
| 5 | Black or African American alone (0.4%) | ||||
| 1 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 4 | Asian alone (0.3%) | ||||
| 15 | Some other race alone (1.1%) | ||||
| 13 | Two or more races (1.0%) | ||||
| 60 | Hispanic or Latino* (4.5%) | ||||
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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