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Chemung, elevation 896 feet (273 meters), is an unincorporated census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.[2] Per the 2020 census, the population was 276.[3]

Chemung
Census-Designated Place
Chemung
Chemung
Coordinates: 42°24′55″N 88°40′00″W
Country United States
State Illinois
CountyMcHenry
TownshipChemung Township and Dunham Township
Area
[1]
 • Total0.28 sq mi (0.73 km2)
 • Land0.28 sq mi (0.73 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
896 ft (273 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total276
 • Density982.21/sq mi (379.10/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code(s)
60033
FIPS code17-12879
Wikimedia CommonsChemung, Illinois

History


A post office called Chemung was established in 1845, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943.[4] The name Chemung is said to be a Native American word meaning "big horn" after a large horned fossil was discovered in a nearby river.[5]


Geography


The small, unincorporated town is located approximately 3.14 miles west of downtown Harvard, Illinois at the junction of Illinois Route 173, Oak Grove Road (County Highway A-20) and Island Road (the continuation of Oak Grove Road south of Route 173). The town straddles the boundary shared by Chemung Township and Dunham Township. In terms of geographic coordinates, Chemung is located at 42°24′55″N 88°40′00″W (42.4152964, -88.6667668) [6] In terms of the Public Land Survey System, Chemung is found in Sections 4 and 5, Township 45 North, Range 5 East; and Sections 32 and 33, Township 46 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian. Piscasaw Creek flows along the west side of Chemung in a generally northeast to southwest direction,[7] and a freight branch line of the Union Pacific Railroad traverses the town in an east-northeast to west-southwest direction.[8] Chemung is served by the Harvard post office. Chemung has an area of 0.280 square miles (0.73 km2), all land.


Demographics


Historical population
CensusPop.%±
2010308—
2020276−10.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]
2010[10] 2020[11]

2020 census


Chemung CDP, Illinois – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[10] Pop 2020[11] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 241 179 78.25% 64.86%
Black or African American alone (NH) 12 0 3.90% 0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Asian alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 0 1 0.00% 0.36%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 6 63 0.65% 2.17%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 53 90 17.21% 32.61%
Total 308 276 100.00% 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.


See also



References


  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. "Chemung, Illinois". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. "Chemung CDP, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  4. "County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
  5. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 55.
  6. Chemung, IL, Lat-Long.com. Retrieved on 2009-08-06.
  7. "Geographic Names Information System".
  8. McHenry County Department of Planning and Development, McHenry County Base Map Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine, 2009-06; McHenry County Division of Transportation Archived 2012-12-24 at archive.today, Official Highway Map, 2008.
  9. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  10. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Chemung CDP, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  11. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Chemung CDP, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.


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