About Algonquin, Illinois
Algonquin, Illinois is a suburb of Chicago located about 40 miles northwest of the Loop in McHenry and Kane counties. The village is known as "The Gem of the Fox River Valley." The first settler, Samuel Gillilan, arrived by 1834 coming from Virginia. Shortly after Dr. Cornish, Dr. Plumleigh, Eli Henderson, Alex Dawson, and William Jackson arrived. There was some dispute over the name, but Samuel Edwards suggested the name Algonquin and it became official in 1847. In 1855 the construction of the railroad brought the first signs of economic growth and enabled farmers in the area to have other ways of getting their products to markets in Chicago. On February 25, 1890 the Village of Algonquin was formed. From 1906 to 1913, automobile companies began going to the Algonquin Hill Climbs to attempt to make it up a series of hills in the village. For much of the 20th century, people from the Chicago area would visit the town in order to escape urban life. In the 1980's the village's population started exploding with new residential construction and that continued in earnest through the 2000s.
Per the 2020 census, the population of Algonquin was 29,700. It spans 12.34 square miles of which 12.14 square miles is land and 0.20 square miles is water.
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