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Hampshire, IL
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A site called Henpeck, settled in 1839 along the Galena–Chicago Road north of the present village, was abandoned in 1874 when the Milwaukee Road
Railroad
bypassed it. Platted and incorporated along the railroad, the village is now in transition from an agricultural center to a suburban bedroom community. Population in 2000 was 2,900.
| Hampshire, IL (inc. 1876) | |||||
| Year |
Total
(and by category) |
Foreign Born | Native with foreign parentage | Males per 100 females | |
| 1900 | 760 | — | — | — | |
| 1930 | 656 | — | — | — | |
| 1960 | 1,309 | — | — | 96 | |
| 1,308 | White (99.9%) | ||||
| 1 | Other races (0.1%) | ||||
| 1990 | 1,843 | 1.7% | — | 96 | |
| 1,835 | White (99.6%) | ||||
| 2 | Black (0.1%) | ||||
| 9 | American Indian (0.5%) | ||||
| 3 | Asian/Pacific Islander (0.2%) | ||||
| 9 | Other race (0.5%) | ||||
| 39 | Hispanic Origin* (2.1%) | ||||
| 2000 | 2,900 | 2.0% | — | 93 | |
| 2,848 | White alone (98.2%) | ||||
| 3 | Black or African American alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 11 | American Indian and Alaska Native alone (0.4%) | ||||
| 4 | Asian alone (0.1%) | ||||
| 18 | Some other race alone (0.6%) | ||||
| 16 | Two or more races (0.6%) | ||||
| 70 | Hispanic or Latino* (2.4%) | ||||
Bibliography
Joslyn, R. Waite, and Frank W. Joslyn.
History of Kane County, Illinois.
2 vols. 1908.
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