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Chemung, elevation 896 feet (273 meters), is an unincorporated census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 276.

Chemung CDP overview:
Name:Chemung CDP
LSAD Code:57
LSAD Description:CDP (suffix)
State:Illinois
County:McHenry County
Elevation:896 ft (273 m)
Total Area:0.28 sq mi (0.73 km²)
Land Area:0.28 sq mi (0.73 km²)
Water Area:0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:276
Population Density:982.21/sq mi (379.10/km²)
FIPS code:1712879

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History

A post office called Chemung was established in 1845, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1943. The name Chemung is said to be a Native American word meaning “big horn” after a large horned fossil was discovered in a nearby river.

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Geography

The small, unincorporated town is located approximately 3.14 miles west of downtown Harvard, Illinois at the junction of Illinois Route 173, Oak Grove Road (County Highway A-20) and Island Road (the continuation of Oak Grove Road south of Route 173). The town straddles the boundary shared by Chemung Township and Dunham Township. In terms of geographic coordinates, Chemung is located at 42°24′55″N 88°40′00″W / 42.41528°N 88.66667°W / 42.41528; -88.66667 (42.4152964, -88.6667668) In terms of the Public Land Survey System, Chemung is found in Sections 4 and 5, Township 45 North, Range 5 East; and Sections 32 and 33, Township 46 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian. Piscasaw Creek flows along the west side of Chemung in a generally northeast to southwest direction, and a freight branch line of the Union Pacific Railroad traverses the town in an east-northeast to west-southwest direction. Chemung is served by the Harvard post office. Chemung has an area of 0.280 square miles (0.73 km), all land.

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Map of McHenry County, Illinois
McHenry County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 Census, it had a population of 310,229, making it the sixth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Woodstock. McHenry County is one of the five collar counties of the Chicago-Naperville–Elgin, IL-IN–WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. Long known as ... Read more
Map of McHenry County, Illinois

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