Big Foot Prairie, Illinois

Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois. It was named a CDP prior to the 2020 census which showed 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 originally extended into Walworth County, Wisconsin, where there is a neighborhood of the same name in the Town of Walworth.[5]

Big Foot Prairie, Illinois and Wisconsin
census-designated place
Big Foot Prairie, Illinois and Wisconsin
Big Foot Prairie, Illinois and Wisconsin
Coordinates: 42°29′42″N 88°35′56″W
Country United States
StatesIllinois, Wisconsin
CountiesMcHenry (Illinois), Walworth (Wisconsin)
Area
[1]
 • Total0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2)
 • Land0.22 sq mi (0.58 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
958 ft (292 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total65
 • Density290.18/sq mi (112.22/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip code
53184, 60033
Area codes815 & 779, 262
FIPS code17-05859
GNIS feature ID404404[2]

History

The community is named for Big Foot, a Potawatomi leader who resided on nearby Kishwauketoe (today Geneva Lake, 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
CensusPop.%±
202065—
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
2020[8]

2020 census
Big Foot Prairie CDP, Illinois - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity 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%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1 0.88%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 2 3.08%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 34 52.31%
Total 65 100.00%

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 can be of any race.

Notable people
  • Phipps W. Lake, Free Will Baptist minister and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, lived in Big Foot Prairie, in the town of Walworth, Wisconsin, in Walworth County, Wisconsin.[9]
  • Lewis N. Wood, physician and member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, lived in Big Foot Prairie, in Walworth County, Wisconsin.[10]

References
  1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  2. "Big Foot Prairie". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. "Big Foot Prairie CDP, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  4. McHenry County General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Illinois Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  5. Walworth County (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 16, 2011. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
  6. Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois Press. p. 425.
  7. "Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades". US Census Bureau.
  8. "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - Big Foot Prairie CDP, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  9. 'History of Walworth County, Wisconsin,' vol. II, Albert Clayton Beckwith, B.F. Bowen & Company: 1912, Biographical Sketch of Phipps Waldo Lake, pg. 936-938
  10. History of Walworth County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1882. p. 807. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
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