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Momence is a city and capital of Momence Township, Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,171 at the 2000 census, and 3,310 in 2010. It is part of the Kankakee–Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Momence city overview:
Name:	Momence city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Illinois
County:	Kankakee County
Elevation:	620 ft (190 m)
Total Area:	1.67 sq mi (4.32 km²)
Land Area:	1.57 sq mi (4.06 km²)
Water Area:	0.10 sq mi (0.25 km²)
Total Population:	3,117
Population Density:	1,986.62/sq mi (767.07/km²)
Area code:	815
FIPS code:	1749893
Website:	http://cityofmomence.com

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History

First known as “Lower Crossing”, Momence was named after a local Potawatomi, Isadore Moness. Momence was first platted by Dr. Hiram Todd in 1846. It is located on the Kankakee River. In July, 1893, a crew paid for by an appropriation from the neighboring State of Indiana cut a shallow channel not quite a meter deep through a limestone ledge running just east of Momence, which had for millennia partially blocked and restricted the flow of the Kankakee River, making up to that point the Grand Kankakee Marsh, then the nation’s largest inland wetland, possible. The increased river flow, while doing little for the citizens of Illinois, drained thousands of acres of Indiana wetlands, permitting them to be profitably farmed, while destroying most of the Marsh.

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Geography

According to the 2010 census, Momence has a total area of 1.627 square miles (4.21 km), of which 1.53 square miles (3.96 km) (or 94.04%) is land and 0.097 square miles (0.25 km) (or 5.96%) is water.