Congerville is a village in Woodford County,

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. The population was 474 as of the 2010 census, up from 466 in 2000. Congerville is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

The site of Congerville was surveyed for Joseph Schrock on January 2, 1888, and the village was known as ''Schrock''. The name was changed to ''Conger'' on February 27, 1888, after the early settler Ben Conger, and then to ''Congerville'' on July 31, 1888.

Geography

Congerville is located at . After a January 5, 1999, reading of , Congerville held the record for the coldest temperature ever officially recorded in

. It took this title from Mount Carroll—which had recorded in 1930—and lost it to the same town on January 31, 2019, when the temperature there dropped to . According to the 2010 census, Congerville has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.36%) is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 466 people, 163 households, and 131 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 167 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 98.93%

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, 0.43% Native American, 0.21% Asian, and 0.43% from two or more races. None of the population is

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or Latino of any race, or from other races. There were 163 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 74.2% were

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living together, 2.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 19.6% were non-families. 17.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.27. In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 11.8% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 19.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 30 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.3 males. The median income for a household in the village was $51,786, and the median income for a family was $60,313. Males had a median income of $45,673 versus $25,132 for females. The

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for the village was $20,795. None of the families and 0.7% of the population were living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 2.8% of those over 64.

Notable people

* Simon E. Lantz, Illinois farmer and politician, lived in Congerville.'Illinois Blue Book 1951-1952,' Biographical Sketch of Simon E. Lantz, pg. 178 * Andy Studebaker, outside linebacker for the

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References

{{authority control Villages in Woodford County, Illinois Peoria metropolitan area, Illinois Populated places established in 1888 Villages in Illinois