Chemung, Illinois

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Chemung
Census-Designated Place
Chemung is located in Illinois
Chemung
Chemung
Coordinates: 42°24′55″N 88°40′00″W / 42.41528°N 88.66667°W / 42.41528; -88.66667
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
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

Chemung, elevation 896 feet (273 meters), is an unincorporated census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.[2] As of the 2010 census, its population was 308.[3]

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

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42°24′55″N 88°40′00″W / 42.41528°N 88.66667°W / 42.41528; -88.66667 (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. Lawrence Creek flows along the west side of Chemung in a generally northeast to southwest direction, and a freight branch line of the Union Pacific Railroad traverses the town in an east-northeast to west-southwest direction.[7] 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
Census Pop. %±
2010308—
2020276−10.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]

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.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 9 March 2011.
  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. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
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