Carpentersville (Illinois)
Kane County
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Carpentersville is a village in Kane County in the northeast of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Carpentersville had 30 586 inhabitants, a 2008 estimate showed an increase in the population at 37,210.
Carpentersville is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Geography
Carpentersville is located at 42 ° 07'16 " north latitude and 88 ° 16'29 " west longitude. The city covers 19.1 square kilometers, consisting almost entirely of land area.
Carpentersville is located on the east bank of the Fox River, which flows into the Illinois River in the more southern LaSalle County.
By Carpentersville runs in a north -south direction, the Illinois State Route 25, which leads north of the village in the Illinois State Route 62. South of Carpentersville runs in an east -west direction, the Illinois State Route 68 8.1 km south of Carpentersville extends Interstate 90 from Chicago to the west.
69.4 km southeast of Carpentersville is the center of Chicago, Wisconsin's largest city, Milwaukee is located 127 km to the northeast, Wisconsin's capital Madison 169 km to the northwest, on the Rockford, 85 km away, there are 234 kilometers west- north-westerly direction to Dubuque in Iowa, the Quad Cities 240 km west- south-westerly direction, Illinois ' capital Springfield is located 330 km to the south- southwest and Indiana's capital Indianapolis 359 km to the southeast.
History
The first white men to the territory of the city settled the two brothers, Daniel and Charles Valentine Carpenter. In 1837 the two brothers on the Fox River were on the road and camped at the site of the present town and decided due to unfavorable conditions for further travel to settle equal firmly in place. The place was first called Carpenter 's Grove. 1851 was Angelo Carpenter, the son of Charles Valentine Carpenter, parcel out the land and prepare for the settlement of other residents. The settlement was renamed in the same year in Carpentersville. It was built a mill, which was later converted into a textile factory.
1864 was a foundry and a locksmith who founded Illinois Iron & Bolt Company. This later became the Star Manufacturing Company, an existing factory until 1977 for agricultural machinery. During the 1870s and 1880s many immigrants came from Germany, Sweden and Poland in the area and worked in the newly emerging factories. Carpenter creating housing for the workers and built a church. Although Carpenter in 1875 retired to Elgin, whose main interest was the development of Carpentersville. It was achieved that the Chicago & North Western Railroad built a line from East Dundee Carpentersville with a bridge over the Fox River.
1887, the settlement was officially recognized as a Village.
In 1912 Carpenters employed both companies 2,000 employees. However, the town grew less rapidly than did the neighboring municipalities on the Fox River, the direct rail links to Chicago.
1896 Carpentersville was connected to the network of overland tram in the Elgin and Aurora Railway, which was connected to the tramway network of Elgin. This railway company changed hands several times and was a 1924 Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company. The train was heavily used for commuting to the numerous factories in the area and learned with the world economic crisis in 1929 its decline. The increasing motorization accelerated this process. When in 1933 by a tornado, the bridge was destroyed in West Dundee, the end came for the web.
Until the 1950s Carpentersville consisted of a network of roads along the Fox River, the heart of which from the bridge over the river Main Street was coming. After that was built with Meadowdale north of Carpentersville an entirely new district.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 30 586 was determined. These distributed to 8,872 households in 7,239 families. The population density was 1603.7 / km ². There were 8,936 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 468.5 / km ².
The population consisted in 2000 of 68.8 % White, 4.2% Black or African American, 0.6 % Native Americans, 2.0 % Asian and 20.9% other. 3.5 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 40.6 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
33.2% were under 18, 10.9 % from 18 to 24, 35.9 % 25-44, 15.3% from 45 to 64, and 5.3 % 65 and older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females were statistically 106.7 men in the over 18 year olds 106.2.
The average income per household was $ 54,526, the average family income is $ 55,921. The average income of men was $ 38,052, and for women about $ 26,957. The per capita income amounted to $ 17,424. Around 6.7 % of families and 8.5 % of the total population were income below the poverty line.