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Lily Lake, IL
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Kane County, 44 miles W of the Loop. The lake inLily Lake no longer exists. When the town pavedits roadways in the 1930s, they drained the small lake to its south. Lily Lake began as a milk stop when dairy farmers shipped their products to Chicago on the Great Western
railroad
(established in 1885). In 1990 residents of Lily Lake grudgingly voted for incorporation to thwart a landfill plan. The population in 2000 was 825.
| Lily Lake, IL (inc. 1990) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1990 | 542 | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | 825 | 3.5% | — | 115 | |
| 811 | White alone (98.3%) | ||||
| 7 | Black or African American alone (0.8%) | ||||
| 2 | Asian alone (0.2%) | ||||
| 5 | Two or more races (0.6%) | ||||
| 17 | Hispanic or Latino* (2.1%) | ||||
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