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- source: Family History Library Catalog
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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 a center of recreation along with agriculture in the western portion, it has more recently experienced rapid rates of suburbanization, exurbanization and urbanization, but the western portions of the county remain primarily agricultural and rural.
History
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McHenry County was formed in 1836 out of Cook and LaSalle counties. The county was named for Major William McHenry, a member of the Illinois Militia during Tecumseh's War, a major during the Blackhawk War in 1832, and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Senate. He died in Vandalia in 1835.
McHenry County originally stretched all the way east to Lake Michigan, with the county seat centrally in McHenry, but in 1839, the eastern townships of the county were carved out to form Lake County.
Historical sites
- The Count's House, 3803 Waukegan Rd, McHenry
- Charles H. Hibbard House, 413 W Grant Hwy, Marengo
- Col. Gustavus A. Palmer House, 5516 Terra Cotta Rd., Crystal Lake
- Orson Rogers House, 19621 E Grant Hwy, Marengo
- Lucein Boneparte Covell House, 5805 Broadway, Richmond
- Memorial Hall, 10308 Main St, Richmond
- Old McHenry County Courthouse, Woodstock City Square, Woodstock
- Woodstock Opera House, 110 Van Buren St, Woodstock
- Woodstock Square Historic District, Woodstock
- George Stickney House, 1904 Cherry Valley Rd, Bull Valley
- Terwilliger House, Mason Hill Rd & Cherry Valley Rd, Bull Valley
Timeline
| Date | Event | Source
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| 1836 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1837 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1838 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1839 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1840 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1840 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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| 1840 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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| 1877 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
| Census Year | Population
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| 1840 | 2,578
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| 1850 | 14,978
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| 1860 | 22,089
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| 1870 | 23,762
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| 1880 | 24,908
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| 1890 | 26,114
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| 1900 | 29,759
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| 1910 | 32,509
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| 1920 | 33,164
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| 1930 | 35,079
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| 1940 | 37,311
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| 1950 | 50,656
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| 1960 | 84,210
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| 1970 | 111,555
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| 1980 | 147,897
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| 1990 | 183,241
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of McHenry County, Illinois, United States
Research Tips
External Links
- Outstanding guide to McHenry County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.co.mchenry.il.us/
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