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Somonauk is a village in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois.The population was 1,786 at the 2020 Census, down from 1,893 at the 2010 Census.. The DeKalb County portion of Somonauk is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion that lies in LaSalle County is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Somonauk Township is one of nineteen townships in DeKalb County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,006 and it contained 823 housing units. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,006 and it contained 823 housing units.
Somonauk Creek is approximately 36 miles (58 km) in length, [2] and its source is 3.5 mi (6 km) north of Waterman. [3] It has been dammed to form Lake Holiday, south of the village of Somonauk . The lake is the second lake in the City of Sandwich , with the first, Lake Davis, having been drained in the early 1900s to create usable farmland.
Originally, Franks was the village of Somonauk. Founded in 1834, it was situated on Chicago Rd, a mail route that ran from Chicago to the far West. There were dozens of small cabins along Somonauk Creek; wmong them was an Underground Railroad stop. Many of the people of Somonauk died due to lack of food and poverty.
Within the city limit of Sandwich, there is a network of creeks, which either connect to Somonauk Creek (Lake Holiday), Little Rock Creek, or to the Fox River. Lake Davis, which stretched from Veterans Memorial Park to what is now Gletty Road, was drained early in the 19th century to open up additional farmland.
The Village of Sheridan was settled as early as 1833 when Robert Rowe and his wife settled on Section 5 and 8 in what is now Mission Township. Prior to this, in 1826 Jesse Walker established a mission at the head of Mission Creek, just three miles from the present town of Sheridan.
Tonica was originally a small hamlet called Point Republic. The village was founded by Andrew West, the local agent for the Illinois Central Railroad. The tracks arrived May 23, 1853. Tonica was first incorporated on April 3, 1859, then reincorporated on August 16, 1873. The incorporation was certified on October 16, 1901. [5]
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