New Lenox
| New Lenox | |
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 New Lenox City Hall |
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| Location in Will County | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | October 4, 1946 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| County : | Will County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 31 ′ N , 87 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
24,394 (status: 2010) 9,461,105 (status: 2010) |
| Population density : | 600.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 40.61 km 2 (approx. 16 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 204 m |
| Postal code : | 60451 |
| Area code : | +1 779 815 |
| FIPS : | 17-52584 |
| GNIS ID : | 414439 |
| Mayor : | Timothy A. Baldermann |
 Laraway Road Station |
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New Lenox is a municipality (with the status " Village ") in Will County in the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . In 2010 , New Lenox had a population of 24,394.
New Lenox is part of the Chicago metropolitan area .
geography
New Lenox is located in northeast Illinois, in the southwest suburb of Chicago . The place lies on both sides of the Hickory Creek , which belongs to the Mississippi river basin via the Des Plaines River and the Illinois River .
The geographical coordinates of New Lenox are 41 ° 30'43 "north latitude and 87 ° 57'56" west longitude. The municipality extends over an area of 40.61 km². New Lenox is mainly located in the New Lenox Township , but also extends to smaller parts into the neighboring Homer Township and the Manhattan Township .
Neighboring locations of New Lenox are Homer Glen (12.5 km north-northeast), Mokena and Frankfort (on the eastern border), Manhattan (on the southern border), Elwood (23 km southwest), Ingalls Park (on the western border), Joliet (11 km west) and Lockport (15 km northwest).
Downtown Chicago is 67 km northeast, Rockford is 169 km northwest, Wisconsin's capital, Madison, is also 261 km northwest, and Milwaukee is 190 km north.
history
A first settlement in the area of today's New Lenox parish was built in the late 1820s at around the site of today's US Highway 30 / Gougar Road intersection . This settlement was called VanHorne Point . In 1852 this settlement became part of the newly founded Tracey Township , the township was named after an employee of the Rock Island Railroad . Shortly afterwards the place was renamed New Lenox by the railroad official John Van Duser, the name is derived from the name of the city of Lenox in the state of New York , Van Duser's hometown.
In 1853 the first church was built in New Lenox. This church, known as Bethel Church , was located on the city boundary between New Lenox and Frankfort and served both parishes for services. A Methodist Church was also established in New Lenox ten years later. In 1868 the village received a third church with the Grace Episcopal Church . In the 1870s, New Lenox had three shops, three blacksmiths , a grain store, and a hotel. In the following years the place continued to grow and the church buildings were replaced by new, larger sacred buildings. In 1898 the New Lenox was connected to the telephone network. In 1927, the town's first bank opened on Maple Street in New Lenox.
On October 4, 1946, New Lenox was officially incorporated as the Village . In 1954, the Lincoln-Way Shopping Center , the first shopping mall in New Lenox, opened in the city . In 1968 New Lenox was connected to Interstate 80 , which connects the city with Chicago, and the rail line was modernized. These measures led to a sharp increase in population in the following years, especially through the influx of young families, as Chicago was now easier to reach.
traffic
Interstate 80 runs through the north of New Lenox in a west-east direction and is the shortest connection from the Quad Cities to Chicago. From I 80, Interstate 355 branches off in a northerly direction , the outer southwest bypass of the greater Chicago area. The US Highway 30 runs west-east direction through the center of New Lenox. All other roads are subordinate routes as well as inner-city connecting roads.
With the Southwest Service and Rock Island District lines, two METRA lines cross in New Lenox , a local transport system in the greater Chicago area comparable to a German S-Bahn. There are two METRA stops within the city: New Lenox and Laraway Road .
The O'Hare International Airport of Chicago is 65 km north-northeast of New Lenox.
population
According to the 2010 census , New Lenox had 24,394 people in 8,000 households. The population density was 600.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 3.04 people lived in each of the 8,000 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.2 percent white, 0.7 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and 1.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.7 percent of the population.
30.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 8.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 90,833 USD . The per capita income was $ 33,581. 2.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Eric Steinbach (* 1980), American football player - born in New Lenox
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved September 17, 2014
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on September 17, 2014
- ^ History of New Lenox. In: newlenox.net , accessed October 11, 2019.
- ^ The Village of New Lenox. New Lenox Area Historical Society, accessed October 11, 2019.
