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Hebron, IL

Hebron, IL

McHenry County, 58 miles NW of the Loop. Yankees were Hebron's earliest settlers, though they eventually were joined by German, Irish, Dutch, and Scandinavian immigrants. The 1860 arrival of the Kenosha & Rockford Railroad allowed the township's farmers to ship livestock to Chicago's stockyards. Incorporated in 1895, Hebron remains primarily a farming community, with a population of 1,038 in 2000.


Hebron, IL (inc. 1895)
Year Total
(and by category)
  Foreign Born Native with foreign parentage Males per 100 females
1900 611  
1930 608  
1960 701  
1990 809   1.0% 99
  780 White (96.4%)      
  4 Black (0.5%)      
  3 Other race (0.4%)      
  3 Hispanic Origin* (0.4%)      
2000 1,038   1.3% 100
  1,015 White alone (97.8%)      
  4 Black or African American alone (0.4%)      
  1 Asian alone (0.1%)      
  12 Some other race alone (1.2%)      
  6 Two or more races (0.6%)      
  55 Hispanic or Latino* (5.3%)      
Bibliography
McHenry County in the Twentieth Century, 1968–1994. McHenry County Historical Society. 1994.
Nye, Lowell A., ed. McHenry County, Illinois, 1832–1968. 1968.