Chemung, Illinois

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| subdivision_name2 = McHenry

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| subdivision_name3 = Chemung, Dunham

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| elevation_m = 273

| elevation_ft = 896

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|population_total = 276

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|area_total_km2 = 0.73

|area_total_sq_mi = 0.28

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Chemung, elevation {{convert|896|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}}, is an unincorporated census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States.{{cite gnis|406004|Chemung, Illinois}} Per the 2020 census, the population was 276.{{Cite web|title=Chemung CDP, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1712879|website=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}

History

A post office called Chemung was established in 1845, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IL&county=McHenry |title=County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=28 February 2015 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402231428/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IL&county=McHenry |archivedate=2 April 2015 }} The name Chemung is comes from the word in the Seneca language meaning "big horn" after a large horned fossil was discovered in a nearby river.{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA55|year=1908|page=55}}

==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 {{coord|42|24|55|N|88|40|00|W|type:city}} (42.4152964, -88.6667668) [http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-406004-Illinois-Chemung.html Chemung, IL], Lat-Long.com. Retrieved on 2009-08-06. 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,{{cite web | url=https://edits.nationalmap.gov/apps/gaz-domestic/public/summary/415738 | title=Geographic Names Information System }} and a freight branch line of the Union Pacific Railroad traverses the town in an east-northeast to west-southwest direction.McHenry County Department of Planning and Development, [http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/departments/planninganddevelopment/Documents/countybasemap.pdf McHenry County Base Map] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719013919/http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/departments/planninganddevelopment/Documents/countybasemap.pdf |date=2011-07-19 }}, 2009-06; [http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/departments/dot McHenry County Division of Transportation] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121224085315/http://www.co.mchenry.il.us/departments/dot |date=2012-12-24 }}, Official Highway Map, 2008. Chemung is served by the Harvard post office. Chemung has an area of {{convert|0.280|mi2|km2}}, all land.

Demographics

{{US Census population

|2010= 308

|2020= 276

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Chemung first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. Census.

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|+Chemung CDP, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
{{nobold|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 may be of any race.}}

!Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)

!Pop 2010{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Chemung CDP, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1712879&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!{{partial|Pop 2020}}{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Chemung CDP, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1712879&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=United States Census Bureau}}

!% 2010

!{{partial |% 2020}}

White alone (NH)

|241

|style='background: #ffffe6; |179

|78.25%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |64.86%

Black or African American alone (NH)

|12

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0

|3.90%

|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%