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Welcome to Marengo ...The city of Marengo is located in McHenry County<1>. The location of Marengo has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Marengo: muh-REN-goh<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Marengo, you might consider that their post office opened in 1844. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Marengo has a population of 7,435 people<4> (see below for details). Marengo is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Marengo lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area codes for Marengo: (815) & (779)<6> The ZIP code for Marengo: 60152<7> Websites for Marengo ...Official Website: www.cityofmarengo.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Marengo had an population of 7,435 people. This is a decrease of 2.79% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 16.99% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Marengo had a population of 7,648 people. This makes Marengo the county's 10th most populous community. The population of Marengo represents 0.06% of the population of Illinois (which has 12,830,632 people), making it the state's 263rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 7,648 people, the population of Marengo increased 20.35% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,355 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Marengo. Communities Also Named Marengo ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Marengo - they are located in Alabama, California, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Saskatchewan, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington (2) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Marengo. Communities near Marengo ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Marengo.
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 Marengo. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Marengo. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Marengo. 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 Marengo. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Marengo. Our list includes 10 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Marengo. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Marengo ...Looking for more information about Marengo? 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 Marengo, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Marengo. Adding Marengo to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Marengo 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 Marengo was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9> We also found Marengo in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846). For more details, see References and Mentions for Marengo. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Marengo: www.cityofmarengo.com/ 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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