Nettle Creek, Illinois
| Nettle Creek, Illinois | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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The Hage-Holderman Cemetery in Nettle Creek | |
  Nettle Creek, Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 41°21′10″N 88°26′00″W / 41.35278°N 88.43333°WCoordinates: 41°21′10″N 88°26′00″W / 41.35278°N 88.43333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Grundy |
| Elevation | 676 ft (206 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 502 |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code(s) | 815 & 779 |
| GNIS feature ID | 423014[1] |
Nettle Creek is an unincorporated community and a small village in Nettle Creek Township, Grundy County, Illinois, United States.[1] It is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin-, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 2010, the population was 502.
History
Nettle Creek was named after a principal tributary, now called "Little Mazon". The river (and subsequently, the town) was named after Urtica dioica, the Common Nettle, that grew immensely. Special drains had to be installed in the town so the nettle population would decline. This was done early on, in the hopes that soybeans would prosper. The first settler of Nettle Creek was a man named William Hoge. He built a cabin there in 1831, but fled to Pekin in 1835 during the time of the Black Hawk War. When he and his family returned, the crops had miraculously not been destroyed by the war, nor had the nettles grown over them. News of the fertile land spread across the state and the town boomed in the year 1900.
Present day
Now, Nettle Creek is a primarily residential community, like those of DuPage and Will Counties. The village is home to the Hage-Holderman Cemetery, as well as Nettle Springs Golf Course. Although most residents commute to Chicago, Nettle Creek's soybean industry still keeps the town running, as its farms make up some of the largest soybean producers in the world. Nettle Creek is served by a school system in nearby Mazon, but is planning on building a school. A good comparison to the village would be Big Rock, Illinois.
References
External links
- "Nettle Creek Township IL Demographics data 2013 census with population, density, unwed". towncharts.com. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
- "Nettle Creek Demographics & Statistics — Employment, Education, Income Averages, Crime in Nettle Creek — Point2 Homes". point2homes.com. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
- "Nettle Creek CCSD 24 :: Home". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
- History of Nettle Creek, Illinois
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