East Dundee is a village in

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, United States, with a small section in

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. The population was 3,152 at the 2020 census.

History

The village of East Dundee was incorporated in 1871, four years after

West Dundee West Dundee is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,686 as of the 2020 US Census. It is considered a far northwest Chicago suburb. West Dundee lies across the Fox River from East Dundee and Carpentersville. ...

. A historic district along the Fox River and stores on Main Street constitute the commercial part of East Dundee. The historic feed and coal store became Dundee Lumber, which burned down in March 2007. A former railroad bed is now the Fox River Trail, which follows the east side of the Fox River through town. The train depot was rebuilt in 1984 as a tourist center. Santa's Village theme park operated from 1959 to 2006. It reopened in 2011 under new ownership as Santa's Village AZoosment Park. DeLoris Doederlein, educator and politician, lived in East Dundee.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, East Dundee has a total area of , of which (or 92.36%) is land and (or 7.64%) is water.

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 3,152 people, 1,453 households, and 850 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 1,502 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 74.08%

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, 5.84%

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, 0.54% Native American, 2.44% Asian, 0.00%

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, 7.93% from other races, and 9.17% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 18.08% of the population. There were 1,453 households, out of which 18.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.46% were married couples living together, 9.57% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.50% were non-families. 36.75% of all households were made up of individuals, and 26.98% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 2.21. The village's age distribution consisted of 13.8% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 29.3% from 45 to 64, and 26.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 52.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.2 males. The median income for a household in the village was $73,199, and the median income for a family was $91,591. Males had a median income of $64,575 versus $33,723 for females. The

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for the village was $52,929. About 7.5% of families and 10.4% of the population were below the

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, including 21.5% of those under age 18 and 8.6% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

Pace provides bus service on Routes 543 and 803 connecting East Dundee to Elgin and other destinations. East Dundee was served by the Chicago & North Western line between Elgin and Crystal Lake. It was abandoned in the 1980s.

Notable residents

Nina Armagno Nina Marion Armagno (born March 20, 1966) is a retired United States Space Force Lieutenant general (United States), lieutenant general who served as the first director of staff of the United States Space Force from 2020 to 2023. She is the ser ...

(born 1966), first female

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of the

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. She was a childhood resident of East Dundee. * DeLoris Doederlein (born 1925), member of the

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from 1987 to 1993. She is a longtime East Dundee resident.

References

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