Mendota, Illinois
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 Illinois Avenue in Downtown Mendota |
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| Location in LaSalle County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1853 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| County : | LaSalle County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 33 ′ N , 89 ° 7 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 7,372 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 562.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.34 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) of which 13.10 km 2 (about 5 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 226 m |
| Postal code : | 61342 |
| Area code : | +1 779 815 |
| FIPS : | 17-48333 |
| GNIS ID : | 413397 |
| Website : | www.mendota.il.us |
| Mayor : | David W. Boelk |
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Mendota is a small town ( city ) in LaSalle County in the state of Illinois in the United States . At the last census in 2010 , Mendota had 7,372 residents.
location
Mendota is located in northwest LaSalle County, about 15 miles north of Peru , 80 kilometers south of Rockford and 130 kilometers west-southwest of downtown Chicago . Neighboring towns are Earlville in the east, Troy Grove in the south, La Moille in the west and Sublette in the northwest.
In the northwestern part of the urban area of Mendota is the Mendota Lake Park with Lake Mendota and Lake Kakusha .
history
The settlement of Mendota was built around a train station on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad , which was extended into the place from June 1852. The following year the city was incorporated . The name Mendota comes from a language of the Native Americans who previously settled there and means "crossing of two roads", the name was chosen because the city is the routes of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad crossed. Also in 1853, a railway depot was built in Mendota , the second floor of which housed a hotel.
Between 1865 and 1887 there was an organ workshop in Mendota. Most of the first settlers were farming, and due to its location on two railway connections, Mendota grew rapidly in the early years. The original railway depot burned down in 1895 and was replaced by a larger new building. In 1918 a hospital was built in Mendota, it was closed in 1951 and replaced by the Mendota Community Hospital, which is still in operation today under the name OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center .
population
| growth of population | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 1934 | - | |
| 1870 | 3546 | 83.4% | |
| 1880 | 4142 | 16.8% | |
| 1890 | 3542 | -14.5% | |
| 1900 | 3736 | 5.5% | |
| 1910 | 3806 | 1.9% | |
| 1920 | 3934 | 3.4% | |
| 1930 | 4008 | 1.9% | |
| 1940 | 4215 | 5.2% | |
| 1950 | 5129 | 21.7% | |
| 1960 | 6154 | 20% | |
| 1970 | 6902 | 12.2% | |
| 1980 | 7134 | 3.4% | |
| 1990 | 7018 | -1.6% | |
| 2000 | 7272 | 3.6% | |
| 2010 | 7372 | 1.4% | |
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2010 Census
At the 2010 United States Census, Mendota had 7,372 residents, spread across 2,826 households and 1,882 families. 88.3% of the population were white , 0.7% African American , 0.3% Native American, and 0.5% Asian; 8.5% of the population were of other races and 1.7% had two or more races. Hispanics and Latinos made up 24.5% of the total population. There were married couples in 50.8% of households, 11.0% of households were made up of single women and 4.8% of single men. 32.3% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them and 31.3% of households had seniors over 65 years of age.
The median age in Mendota in 2010 was 39.2 years. 25.1% of the residents were younger than 18 years, 8.2% were between 18 and 24, 23.3% between 25 and 44, 25.4% between 45 and 64 and 18.0% of the residents were 65 years or older older. 47.6% of the population were male and 52.4% female.
Census 2000
At the United States Census 2000 , Mendota had 7,272 residents in 2,748 households and 1901 families. 89.4% of the population were white, 0.4% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 8.8% were of other race, and 1.1% was of multiple race. 18.2% of the total population were Hispanics or Latinos.
At the time of the census, the median income in Mendota was $ 39,354 per household and $ 46,279 per family. The average per capita income was $ 17,731. 11.2% of the population of Mendota lived below the poverty line , of which 16.6% were under 18 and 4.4% over 65 years old.
Economy and Infrastructure
The agricultural company Archer Daniels Midland and the food manufacturer Del Monte Foods have manufacturing facilities in Mendota.
Mendota is at the junction of US Highway 34 from Joslin to Chicago with US Highway 52 from Dixon to Joliet . About five kilometers east of Mendota run Interstate 39 and US Highway 51 from Bloomington to Rockford with a junction in Mendota. Illinois State Route 251 branches off north of Mendota . The Amtrak station in Mendota has trains to Chicago, Quincy , Kansas City and Los Angeles three times a day .
Mendota is part of Mendota CC School District 289 , this school district includes two elementary schools (K-1 and 2–4), a middle school (5–8) and a high school (9–12). In the 2019/20 school year, 1,539 students were enrolled in the entire school district. There is also a Christian private school in Medota.
Culture and sights
In Mendota, the Mendota Sweet Corn Fesitval takes place annually on a weekend in August with a parade, carnival parade, beer garden and live music. The event is financially supported by Del Monte Foods and thus serves primarily as an advertisement for the company. Furthermore, the Tri-County Fair , a fun fair, takes place annually on the weekend before Labor Day .
Mendota has no landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places .
sons and daughters of the town
- Frank Seno (1921–1974), American football player
- William Louis Beatty (1925-2001), lawyer
- Chris Brown (* 1953), pianist
- Kimberly Archer (* 1973), composer and professor
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ History of Mendota. In: mendotachamber.com , accessed October 13, 2019.
- ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics. United States Census Bureau, accessed October 13, 2019.