Big Foot Prairie, Illinois

For the neighboring CDP in Wisconsin, see Big Foot Prairie, Wisconsin.

Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 65.^[3] It is located in Chemung Township.^[4] Big Foot Prairie is located on U.S. Route 14, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Harvard. The community extends north into Walworth County, Wisconsin, where there is a CDP of the same name in the town of Walworth.^[5]

Big Foot Prairie, Illinois
Census-designated place
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Coordinates: 42°29′42″N 88°35′56″W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	McHenry
Township	Chemung
Area [1]
• Total	0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2)
• Land	0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	958 ft (292 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	65
• Density	290.18/sq mi (112.22/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	60033 (Harvard)
Area codes	815 & 779
FIPS code	17-05859
GNIS feature ID	2806454[2]

History

The community is named for Big Foot, a Potawatomi leader who resided on nearby Kishwauketoe (today Geneva Lake in Wisconsin) until his band was forcibly removed by the United States in 1836. It once had a post office, which opened on May 15, 1848.^[6]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	65		—
U.S. Decennial Census[7] 2020[8]

Big Foot Prairie first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 United States census.^[9]

Big Foot Prairie CDP, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2020[8]	% 2020
White alone (NH)	28	43.08%
Black or African American alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Asian alone (NH)	1	1.54%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)	0	0.00%
Other race alone (NH)	1	0.88%
Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)	2	3.08%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	34	52.31%
Total	65	100.00%