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Community of LeRoy
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McLean County, Illinois

(Transcribed by: Teri Moncelle Colglazier)

Except for a slump from 1910 to 1930, LeRoy has shown a steady growth from its inception. In 1874 when LeRoy changed from a town government and adopted a city charter a special census was taken showing a population of 1018. A hundred vears later in 1974 a special census was taken showing the city had grown to 2631 -- a gain of 1613 citizens. Earliest available census figure is for 1850 when a population of 210 was recorded. A tabulation of official census figures, showing LeRoy s growth trend, from that early date to the present follows: Year -- Pop. 1850 -- 210 1860 -- 654 1870 -- 862 1874 -- 1018 1880 -- 1068 1890 -- 1258 1900 -- 1629 1910 -- 1702 Year -- Pop. 1920 -- 1680 1930 -- 1595 1940 -- 1783 1950 -- 1819 1960 -- 2088 1966 -- 2436 1970 -- 2435 1974 -- 2631 [Heritage of the prairie : a history of LeRoy and of Empire and West townships, McLean County, Illinois (1976) LeRoy Historical Society; LeRoy Bi-Centennial Commission] As of the census of 2000, there were 3,332 people, 1,300 households, and 920 families residing in the city. [wikipedia.org]

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