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Yorkville, IL
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Kendall County, 45 miles W of the Loop. Yorkville was settled permanently in 1836 but was not incorporated as a village until 1887. Located on the
Fox River,
the city increased in local importance with the arrival of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad
in 1870. Smaller retail stores satisfy the bulk of the community's contemporary economic needs and nearby
Aurora
provides employment for many of Yorkville's citizens.
| Yorkville, IL (inc. 1873) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1900 | 413 | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 492 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 1,568 | 25.1% | 75.6% | 93 | |
| 1,568 | White (100.0%) | ||||
| 1990 | 3,925 | 2.3% | — | 97 | |
| 3,824 | White (97.4%) | ||||
| 13 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.3%) | ||||
| 88 | Other race (2.2%) | ||||
| 93 | Hispanic Origin* (2.4%) | ||||
| 2000 | 6,189 | 3.7% | — | 97 | |
| 6,003 | White alone (97.0%) | ||||
| 26 | Black or African American alone (0.4%) | ||||
| 12 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 24 | Asian alone (0.4%) | ||||
| 3 | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | ||||
| alone (0.0%) | |||||
| 45 | Some other race alone (0.7%) | ||||
| 76 | Two or more races (1.2%) | ||||
| 182 | Hispanic or Latino* (2.9%) | ||||
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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