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Welcome to McHenry ...The city of McHenry is located in McHenry County<1>. The location of McHenry has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of McHenry: mik-HEN-ri<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of McHenry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1837. From the Census Estimates for 2019, McHenry has a population of 27,019 people<4> (see below for details). McHenry is 810 feet [247 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: McHenry lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for McHenry: (815) & (779)<6> The ZIP codes for McHenry: 60050-60051<7> Websites for McHenry ...Official Website: www.ci.mchenry.il.us/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, McHenry had an population of 27,019 people. This is an increase of 0.1% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 25.66% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, McHenry had a population of 26,992 people (which is 8.74% of the total population of McHenry County). This makes McHenry the county's 4th most populous community. The population of McHenry represents 0.21% of the total population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 82nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 26,992 people, the population of McHenry increased 25.54% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 21,501 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for McHenry. Communities Also Named McHenry ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named McHenry - they are located in California, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Dakota and Virginia. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for McHenry. Communities near McHenry ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near McHenry.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McHenry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McHenry. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of McHenry. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around McHenry. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around McHenry. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for McHenry. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McHenry ...Looking for more information about McHenry? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for McHenry, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for McHenry. Adding McHenry to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of McHenry in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for McHenry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found McHenry in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for McHenry. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for McHenry: www.ci.mchenry.il.us/ The official website for McHenry County: www.co.mchenry.il.us/ The official website for State of Illinois: https://illinois.gov Footnotes ...
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