Mazon

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Mazon

Total population

1,401

Median home value

$207,700

20.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$73,750

Mazon$74k

National$74k

Elevation586 m

Land area0.6 km²

Weather83°F · Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates41.24°, -88.42°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Mazon is a village in Mazon Township, Grundy County, Illinois, United States. The name derives from the Potawatomi word for "nettles" (mzan). The population was 979 at the 2020 census. Illinois' State Fossil, the unique and bizarre Tully Monster was first found in nearby Mazon Creek. Mazon was formerly served by the Santa Fe railway at the Mazon Depot. It was established in 1876.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Mazon, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Frank Verner

American middle and long distance runner (1883–1966)

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Carlos Avery

American newspaper publisher and politician

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Ira S. Allison

American geologist

Lorenzo E. Daniels

American naturalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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• Braceville
  8.2 mi away
• Braidwood
  10.6 mi away · pop. 6,062
• Essex
  12.7 mi away
• Marseilles
  13.7 mi away
• Channahon
  15.1 mi away · pop. 13,927
• Minooka
  16 mi away
• Bonfield
  20.3 mi away · pop. 473
• Grand Ridge
  21.2 mi away
• Newark
  22 mi away
• Dayton
  22.1 mi away · pop. 271
• Naplate
  24.5 mi away
• Limestone
  25.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Mazon

Pennsylvanian invertebrates of the Mazon Creek area, Illinois

Eugene S. Richardson, Jr. · 1956

Pennsylvanian Invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois. Insects

Eugene Stanley Richardson · 2018

Pennsylvanian Invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois. Trilobitomorpha Arthropleurida

Eugene Stanley Richardson · 2018

Pennsylvanian Invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois : The Morphology and Affinities of Tullimonstrum

Eugene Stanley Richardson · 2018

Some fern-like fructifications and their spores from the Mazon Creek compression flora of Illinois (Pennsylvanian)

H. W. Pfefferkorn · 1971

Carboniferous insects from the vacinity of Mazon creek, Illinois

F. M. Carpenter · 1943

Tetrapods of the Pennsylvanian nodules from Mazon Creek, Illinois

Joseph Tracy Gregory · 1950

Pennsylvanian Invertebrates of the Mazon Creek Area, Illinois

Eugene Stanley Richardson · 2015

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