Mount Carroll, Illinois

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History

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Carroll County Courthouse

Mount Carroll began life as a mill town around 1841. In 1843, a referendum moved the county seat from nearby Savanna to Mount Carroll. The town was incorporated in 1855 and became a city in 1867; the first mayor was Nathaniel Halderman, a prominent local businessman and co-founder of the mill.[1]

Shimer College was established in Mt. Carroll in 1853, but mounting debts forced a move to Waukegan in 1979 and subsequently to Chicago in 2006. The campus now is home to several organizations, most notably the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies.

Geography

Mount Carroll is located slightly northwest of the center of Carroll County. U.S. Route 52 passes through the southern part of the city, leading east Script error: No such module "convert". to Lanark and west Script error: No such module "convert". to Savanna on the Mississippi River.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Mount Carroll has a total area of Script error: No such module "convert"., all land.[2]

Climate

Mt. Carroll has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification: Dfa), with cold winters, hot summers, and four seasons.[3] Annual precipitation is about 40 inches.

Due to its elevation and northwesterly location, Mount Carroll is subject to unusually cold winter weather. From 1930 to 1999, Mount Carroll held the record for the lowest temperature ever recorded in Illinois, Script error: No such module "convert"., recorded on January 22, 1930.[4][5] The record was beaten by Congerville in 1999, by one degree Fahrenheit. 20 years later, on January 31, 2019, during an extreme cold snap, Mount Carroll regained the title of coldest city in Illinois when a new Illinois state record low temperature of Script error: No such module "convert". was officially recorded.[6] Script error: No such module "weather box".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Demographics

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As of the 2020 census[8] there were 1,479 people, 667 households, and 403 families residing in the city. The population density was Script error: No such module "convert".. There were 812 housing units at an average density of Script error: No such module "convert".. The racial makeup of the city was 95.2% White, 0.34% African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.41% from other races, and 3.85% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.84% of the population.

There were 667 households, out of which 25.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.43% were married couples living together, 12.14% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.58% were non-families. 36.13% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.09% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.12.

The city's age distribution consisted of 19.6% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 19.3% from 25 to 44, 29.9% from 45 to 64, and 21.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 77.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $54,821, and the median income for a family was $62,788. Males had a median income of $42,396 versus $30,387 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,966. About 6% of families and 10.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.7% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

Arts and culture

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Metcalf Hall Shimer Campus-Campbell Center

Mount Carroll enjoys a remarkable concentration of historically and architecturally significant structures. The bulk of the town's downtown and older residential area are included in the Mount Carroll Historic District, which encompasses Script error: No such module "convert". and was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Mount Carroll is also home to the Campbell Center for Historic Preservation Studies, located on the historic former Shimer College campus near the south edge of town.

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Transportation

The former Milwaukee Road line from Chicago to Omaha runs through Mount Carroll.

Education

It is in the West Carroll Community Unit School District 314[10]

Notable people

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References

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