Volo is a village in Lake County,

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. It was incorporated as a village on April 26, 1993. Per the 2020 census, the population was 6,122.

Geography

Volo is located at (42.331047, -88.160975). According to the 2010 census, Volo has a total area of , of which (or 98.05%) is land and (or 1.95%) is water.

Major streets

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Illinois Route 60 Illinois Route 60 (IL 60) is a east–west state highway in Lake County, in northeastern Illinois. It connects the village of Volo at Illinois Route 120 (Belvidere Road) just east of Illinois Route 59 with the city of Lake Forest at U.S. ...

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(Belvidere Road) * Nippersink Road * Molidor Road * Fish Lake Road * Gilmer Road * Sullivan Lake Road * Fox Lake Road * Volo Village Road

Demographics

2020 census

''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 can be of any race.''

2000 Census

As of the

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of 2000, there were 180 people, 52 households, and 39 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 61 housing units at an average density of 21.9 per square mile (8.4/km). The racial makeup of the village was 92.78%

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, 1.11%

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, 0.56% from

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, and 5.56% from two or more races.

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of any race were 23.33% of the population. There were 52 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were

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living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. 13.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.33. In the village, the population was spread out, with 22.8% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 33.3% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 127.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.6 males. The median income for a household in the village was $45,833, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $33,750 versus $36,250 for females. The

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for the village was $22,791. About 13.5% of families and 33.0% of the population were below the

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, including 55.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 33.3% of those 65 or over.

Institutions and parks

Volo contains the Volo Auto Museum and is located near the

Volo Bog State Natural Area Volo Bog State Natural Area is a nature reserve in Illinois, United States, preserving Volo Bog. The bog was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973 as the only remaining open-water quaking bog in Illinois. The site also contains woodlan ...

(which is just outside the village boundary), which was the first purchase of the Illinois Nature Conservancy.Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2009). "The Historical Roots of the Nature Conservancy in the Northwest Indiana/Chicagoland Region: From Science to Preservation." ''The South Shore Journal'', 3. http://www.southshorejournal.org/index.php/issues/volume-3-2009/83-journals/vol-3-2009/75-the-historical-roots-of-the-nature-conservancy-in-the-northwest-indianachicagoland-region-from-science-to-preservation Cyrus Mark, the first president of the Illinois Nature Conservancy, spearheaded the effort to purchase Volo Bog for preservation. Cyrus was the son of steel magnate

Clayton Mark Clayton Mark (June 30, 1858 – July 7, 1936), one of the pioneer makers of steel pipe in the United States, was an industrialist in the Chicago area who founded the Mark Manufacturing Company in 1888, a firm for the fabrication and sale of water-w ...

, the builder of the planned worker community named Marktown.Smith, S. & Mark, S. (2011)
"Marktown: Clayton Mark's Planned Worker Community in Northwest Indiana"
. ''South Shore Journal'', 4. The current mayor is Stephen Henley. Bonnie Rydberg is the clerk.

References

External links

Village of Volo official website
{{authority control Villages in Illinois Villages in Lake County, Illinois Populated places established in 1993 1993 establishments in Illinois