Channahon is a village located in Will County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 7,344. Channahon is also the name of the township in which most of the village resides. The current mayor is Joe Cook. Will County is a county located in the northern part of the state of Illinois. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Geography

Its name meaning "Meeting of the Waters" in the language of the area's original Potawatomi inhabitants, Channahon is located at the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, where they form the Illinois River. The Illinois and Michigan Canal (including several locks) runs through most of the village, where it is fed by the water of the DuPage River. Later in the 19th century, a line that eventually came under the control of the Santa Fe Railroad was laid through the eastern portions of the township, but no railroad actually passed through the village itself. In the late 1920s, U.S. Highway 6 came through Channahon; Interstates 80 and 55 followed in the 1960s (although I-80 runs approximately two miles to the north of the village limits). Rain dance, Kansas, c. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... The Kankakee River is a tributary of the Illinois River, approximately 90 mi (144 km) long, in northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois in the United States. ... This article is about the river in the U.S. state of Illinois. ... The location and course of the Illinois and Michigan Canal. ... The DuPage River, a tributary of the Des Plaines River actually starts as two individual streams in DuPage County, Illinois. ... Categories: Rail stubs | Defunct railroad companies of the United States | Arizona railroads | California railroads | Colorado railroads | Illinois railroads | Iowa railroads | Kansas railroads | Louisiana railroads | Missouri railroads | Nebraska railroads | New Mexico railroads | Oklahoma railroads | Texas railroads ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION MILEPOST California US-395 INY 0. ... MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # US-101 CA 0 20px I-880 CA ? I-580 CA ? CA ? I-680 CA ? I-780 CA ? I-505 CA ? I-5 CA ? California/Nevada State Line CA ?/NV ? I-580 NV ? Nevada/Utah State Line NV ?/UT ? I-215 UT ? I-505 UT ? UT... Interstate 55 is an interstate highway in the central United States. ...

History

Channahon's abundance of transportation links (as shown above) makes its historically small size somewhat of a puzzle. The demise of the I & M Canal by 1900 certainly contributed to the village's dwindling population, and the absence of a railroad only encouraged business to locate elsewhere. Another possible explanation is that, although the area has been settled by whites since the 1830s, the village did not formally incorporate until 1896, and disincorporated fifteen years later (to avoid liability in an early automobile accident). It did not reincorporate until 1962. The original downtown business district, along what is now Bridge and Fryer Streets fell out of favor when U.S. 6 was re-routed to a new alignment north of that area around 1940. While Channahon has a concentration of businesses along US6, it currently has no real downtown, and throughout the first three quarters of the 20th century it was primarily a working-class bedroom community for neighboring Joliet. A car accident in Yate, near Bristol, England, in July 2004. ... Joliet is a city located in both Will and Kendall County, Illinois and is a suburb southwest of Chicago. ...

Serious development finally began in the 1970s, as the village's proximity to two trunk line interstates and white flight from Joliet resulted in both industrial growth (a Mobil oil refinery, two petrochemicals plants, a gigantic soybean oil production facility, and numerous support businesses for the freight hauling industry) and residential development. The village also saw an influx of population from eastern Kentucky in the wake of the closure of many of that area's coal mines. Beginning in the 1990s, development in Channahon took on a more middle-class bent, with subdivisions sprouting in the former gravel quarrying and dairy farming areas near the I&M Canal in the village's western areas, and a widely acclaimed public golf course opening in the hilly southeastern area of the village near I-55. A major natural gas pipeline to the Chicago area from Canada had its southern terminus built in Channahon in 2000, bringing even more jobs and desperately needed tax revenue (Channahonians are noted for their aversion to taxation) to the now fast-growing village. White flight is a colloquial term for the demographic trend of upper and middle class white people moving away from (predominantly non-white) inner cities, finding new homes in nearby suburbs or even moving to new locales entirely, e. ... Mobil was a major oil company which merged with the Exxon Corporation in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. ... View of the Tosco (ex Valero, originally Shell) Martinez oil refinery An oil refinery is an industrial process plant where crude oil is processed and refined into useful petroleum products. ... A petrochemical is any chemical derived from fossil fuel. ... Binomial name Glycine max Merr. ... State nickname: Bluegrass State Official languages English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Senators Mitch McConnell (R) Jim Bunning (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 37th 104,749 km² 1. ... Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by deep mining, coal mining (open-pit mining or strip mining). ... Gravel being unloaded from a barge Gravel is rock that is of a certain size range. ... Golf is a game where individual players or teams hit a ball into a hole using various clubs. ... Natural gas (commonly refered to as gas in many countries, but note that gas is also an American and Canadian shortening of gasoline) is a gaseous fossil fuel consisting primarily of methane. ... ...

Local Legends

• The Potowatomi settled in the area because of its 'safety' from tornadoes. The reasoning behind this was that since Channahon was at a lower elevation than all of the surrounding towns, the tornadoes would 'fly over' the area.
• US6 running through the center of town was built over the site of an old Potawatomi horse race track.
• Abraham Lincoln spent the night in a house near the intersection of US6 & Bluff Road.
• A settler decided to build near Potawatomi burial mounds on the river. The Potawatomi tried in vain to drive him from the land. Late one night, the settler noticed a rival tribe coming across the river to attack the Potawatomis. He alerted the Potawatomi tribe, and helped to drive off the invaders. As a reward for saving their village, the tribe granted his family the right to continue living near the burial mounds; the land could never be sold, only given to another family that was worthy of guarding them. The burial mounds are said to contain the remains of the chief mounted on his horse.
• The burial mounds along the Des Plaines River are approximately 1,500 years old, created by the Hopewells and Early Woodland Villagers. They are a registered National Historic Landmark (1 of 2 in the village).
• The Des Plaines River was a much smaller river in the Channahon area until the early 1930s, when neighboring farmland was flooded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create the Illinois Waterway to accomodate commercial barge traffic.

Geographic Data

Channahon is located at 41°26'17" North, 88°12'59" West (41.438156, -88.216520)^GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 20.4 km² (7.9 mi²). 18.7 km² (7.2 mi²) of it is land and 1.7 km² (0.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 8.50% water. Latitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Map of Earth showing lines of longitude, which appear curved and vertical in this projection, but are actually halves of great circles Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is the area equal to a square with sides each 1 mile long. ...

Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there are 7,344 people, 2,279 households, and 1,989 families residing in the village. The population density is 393.3/km² (1,019.0/mi²). There are 2,346 housing units at an average density of 125.6/km² (325.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 97.22% White, 0.42% African American, 0.11% Native American, 0.27% Asian, none Pacific Islander, 0.95% from other races, and 1.02% from two or more races. 3.64% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The following is a list of sources used in the creation of Wikipedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... // Etymology Latino, feminine Latina derives from Latin (the adjectives latinus, latina), originally referring to Latium, the area of Rome, by aitiology derived from a king of the name Latinus. ...

There are 2,279 households out of which 50.8% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 78.6% are married couples living together, 5.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 12.7% are non-families. 10.0% of all households are made up of individuals and 2.8% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 3.22 and the average family size is 3.47. Marriage is a relationship between individuals which has formed the foundation of the family for most societies. ...

In the village the population is spread out with 32.8% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 34 years. For every 100 females there are 105.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 102.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village is $71,991, and the median income for a family is $74,481. Males have a median income of $52,479 versus $31,692 for females. The per capita income for the village is $22,867. 1.7% of the population and 1.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 1.7% of those under the age of 18 and 3.8% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...

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