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Oswego, IL
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Kendall County, 38 miles SW of the Loop. Settled in the early 1830s on the remains of a
Potawatomi
settlement, Oswego was quickly overshadowed by neighboring
Aurora
owing to the latter's position on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad.
Oswego is home to a Caterpillar Tractor Company plant.
| Oswego, IL (inc. 1857) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1900 | 618 | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 932 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 1,510 | — | — | 99 | |
| 1,509 | White (99.9%) | ||||
| 1 | Other races (0.1%) | ||||
| 1990 | 3,876 | 1.4% | — | 95 | |
| 3,848 | White (99.3%) | ||||
| 11 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.3%) | ||||
| 17 | Other race (0.4%) | ||||
| 45 | Hispanic Origin* (1.2%) | ||||
| 2000 | 13,326 | 4.7% | — | 96 | |
| 12,459 | White alone (93.5%) | ||||
| 239 | Black or African American alone (1.8%) | ||||
| 24 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 183 | Asian alone (1.4%) | ||||
| 4 | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.0%) | ||||
| 238 | Some other race alone (1.8%) | ||||
| 179 | Two or more races (1.3%) | ||||
| 665 | Hispanic or Latino* (5.0%) | ||||
Bibliography
Farren, Kathy, ed.
A Bicentennial History of Kendall County, Illinois.
1976.
Hicks, E. W.
History of Kendall County, Illinois: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time.
1877.
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