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Marengo, IL

McHenry County, 56 miles NW of the Loop. Originally called Pleasant Grove, the village was settled along the Galena–Chicago Road after 1835 and prospered with the coming of the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad in 1851. An important commercial center for area farmers, the com- munity incorporated as a village in 1857 and as a city in 1893. Slow but steady growth brought the population to 6,355 by 2000.


Marengo, IL (inc. 1857)
Year Total
(and by category) 		  Foreign Born Native with foreign parentage Males per 100 females
1870 1,327   8.9% — —
1900 2,005   — — —
1930 1,948   10.6% 27.4% 99
  1,947 White (99.9%)      
  1 Negro (0.1%)      
  2 Indian (0.1%)      
1960 3,568   4.1% 14.9% 98
  3,558 White (99.7%)      
  10 Other races (0.3%)      
1990 4,768   3.2% — 101
  4,581 White (96.1%)      
  89 Black (1.9%)      
  19 American Indian (0.4%)      
  79 Other race (1.7%)      
  280 Hispanic Origin* (5.9%)      
2000 6,355   7.0% — 96
  5,851 White alone (92.1%)      
  19 Black or African American alone (0.3%)      
  17 American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.3%)      
  18 Asian alone (0.3%)      
  1 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (0.0%)      
  352 Some other race alone (5.5%)      
  97 Two or more races (1.5%)      
  826 Hispanic or Latino* (13.0%)      

Craig L. Pfannkuche

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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