Manteno, Illinois

This article is about the village in Illinois. For civilisation in Ecuador, see Manteño civilization.

Manteno, Illinois
Village
Motto(s):  "Village of Values and Opportunities" [1]
Location of Manteno in Kankakee County, Illinois
Location of Illinois in the United States
Coordinates: 41°15′04″N87°52′44″W / 41.25111°N 87.87889°W / 41.25111; -87.87889 [2]
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Kankakee
Township	Manteno
Government
• Mayor	Timothy Nugent[ citation needed ]
Area [3]
• Total	5.38 sq mi (13.9 km2)
• Land	5.34 sq mi (13.8 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)  0.63%
Elevation [2]	676 ft (206 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	9,210
• Density	1,700/sq mi (660/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	60950 [4]
Area code(s)	815 and 779
FIPS code	17-46500
GNIS feature ID	2399245 [2]
Website	www.villageofmanteno.com

Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,210 at the 2020 census. ^[5] It is part of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Origins of village name

Manteno was named after Manteno (Mawteno), ^[6] a daughter of Francois Bourbonnais, Jr. (thus her grandfather was the man for whom the city of Bourbonnais was named) and his Potawatomi wife. ^[7] A Potawatomi name, it is a possible anglicization of manito or manitou , a Potawatomi word for "spirit". ^[8] Oliver W. Barnard, an early settler in this area, spelled her name "Mantenau" in a poem, romanticizing the Potawatomi maiden. Other 19th century books spell it "Mawteno" and "Manteno".^{[ citation needed ]}

Because she was of Potawatomi descent, Mawteno (spelled phonetically in the treaty, "Maw-te-no") was given a section of land, now part of Kankakee County, near Soldier Creek, by the treaty of Treaty of Tippecanoe of 1832.^{[ citation needed ]}

Incorporation

Both Kankakee and Iroquois counties were part of Will County, Illinois, before the State Legislature granted a plea of Kankakee's citizens and permitted them to incorporate in 1853.^{[ citation needed ]}

The present township of Manteno was then the east half of the township of Rockville. On March 12, 1855, the town's petition that the area become the township of Manteno was granted by the county's board of supervisors.

The village was incorporated in 1869. ^[9]

Geography

Manteno is located in northern Kankakee County and is bordered to the south by the village of Bourbonnais. The average elevation is 675 ft (206 m).

Interstate 57 passes through the west side of the village, with access from Exit 322. I-57 leads south 10 miles (16 km) to Kankakee, the county seat, and north 47 miles (76 km) to Chicago. Illinois Route 50 passes through the center of Manteno as Locust Street and leads north 6 miles (10 km) to Peotone and south 8 miles (13 km) to Bradley.

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Manteno has a total area of 5.38 square miles (13.93 km²), of which 5.34 square miles (13.83 km²) (or 99.37%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km²) (or 0.63%) is water. ^[10]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1880	632		—
1890	627		−0.8%
1900	932		48.6%
1910	1,229		31.9%
1920	1,182		−3.8%
1930	1,149		−2.8%
1940	1,537		33.8%
1950	1,789		16.4%
1960	2,225		24.4%
1970	2,864		28.7%
1980	3,155		10.2%
1990	3,488		10.6%
2000	6,414		83.9%
2010	9,204		43.5%
2020	9,210		0.1%
U.S. Decennial Census [11]

As of the 2020 census ^[5] there were 9,210 people, 3,550 households, and 2,230 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,712.53 inhabitants per square mile (661.21/km²). There were 4,008 housing units at an average density of 745.26 per square mile (287.75/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 89.08% White, 1.64% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.79% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 2.04% from other races, and 6.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.42% of the population.

There were 3,550 households, out of which 46.31% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.14% were married couples living together, 7.69% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.18% were non-families. 31.24% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.05 and the average family size was 2.40.

The village's age distribution consisted of 22.2% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 22.2% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 22.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 116.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.6 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $71,576, and the median income for a family was $98,529. Males had a median income of $55,278 versus $37,595 for females. The per capita income for the village was $36,235. About 2.6% of families and 4.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.6% of those under age 18 and 0.9% of those age 65 or over.

Economy

Manteno is located approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Chicago's loop. There is a combination of industrial and agricultural employers in town. Farmers Elevator Company of Manteno stands as the tallest site in town, with the ability to house 2 million bushels of corn or soybeans at any one time. ^[12]

Manteno is home the Diversatech Industrial Park is on the east side of town. It contains many diversified industrial plants and warehousing complexes.

Manteno State Hospital, one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in the country when it opened in 1928, was located 2 miles (3 km) southeast of the village. It received its first patients in 1930 and closed in 1985. That closure and the 1983 closure of Hilman Hospital, a general medical hospital, brought economic stagnation to the town. The north half of the original campus of the state hospital has been turned into a veterans' home. Some buildings have been torn down and housing has been put up. A lot of the buildings have been renovated, and very few buildings on the south side of the campus are left in original condition, but are still abandoned.^{[ citation needed ]}

Education

Main article: Manteno Community Unit School District 5

Manteno Public Schools are part of the Manteno Community Unit School District 5. The district has an elementary school, middle school and high school. Students attend Manteno High School. ^[13] The schools together have about 2,200 students.

Transportation

River Valley Metro provides bus service on Route 9 connecting Manteno to destinations in the Kankakee area. ^[14]

Although the village once had direct access to Chicago via a commuter line, that railroad hasn't operated since the 1920s.^{[ citation needed ]} The Metra Electric station in University Park, 16 miles (26 km) north of Manteno, is the closest rail access.

Notable people

• Fred Sylvester Breen, Arizona newspaper editor and politician, born in Manteno
• George R. Lawrence, photography and aviation pioneer; lived in Manteno and is buried there
• John Moisant, aviator, lived in Manteno
• Charles A. Spring, son of Samuel Spring; helped establish the First Presbyterian Church of Manteno (1859)
• Elizabeth Packard, crusader/activist for married women's property rights and the rights of the mentally ill.

References

1. "Village of Manteno, Illinois". Village of Manteno, Illinois. Archived from the original on August 20, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Manteno, Illinois
3. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
4. "Manteno IL ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2023. Retrieved May 12, 2023.
5. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
6. "History | Visitors - Village of Bourbonnais". www.villageofbourbonnais.com. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
7. "Profile for Manteno, Illinois, IL". ePodunk. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
8. Illinois Central Magazine. Illinois Central Railroad Company. 1922. p. 45.
9. "Manteno, Illinois". City-data.com. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
10. Bureau, US Census. "Gazetteer Files". Census.gov. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
11. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
12. Tabern, Robert; Tabern, Kandace (December 9, 2016). Outside the Rails: A Rail Route Guide from Chicago to Carbondale, IL (First ed.). Outside the Rails Books. ISBN   9781365214295.
13. "Manteno Community Unit School District 5". Manteno Community Unit School District 5. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
14. "System Map" (PDF). Retrieved January 28, 2024.

Manteno (Images of America series). Written by Melanie Holmes. Published February 10, 2020. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781467104487

External links

• Official website
• City-Data.com