Mendota

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Mendota

Total population

6,994

Median home value

$134,100

22.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$51,632

Mendota$52k

National$74k

Founded

1855

Elevation226 m

Land area13.19 km²

Weather79°F · Patchy Fog then Mostly Cloudy

Coordinates41.56°, -89.10°

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

Mendota is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States, in the state's north-central region. The population was 7,061 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Mendota is located approximately 85 miles (137 km) west of Chicago, 70 miles (110 km) east of Moline and 55 miles (89 km) south of Rockford. The current mayor is David W. Boelk, an independent elected to a four-year term.

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 Mendota, IL from NOAA NWS API.

Notable people from here

Frank Seno

American football player (1921-1974)

Bill Brown

American football player, born 1938

C

Chris Brown

American composer, pianist and electronic musician

E

Edward Edson Lee

American children's writer

Helen E. Hokinson

American cartoonist (1893-1949)

Jason Pohl

American motorcycle builder

Otto Vogel

American baseball player (1899–1969)

R

Ray Jauch

Player of American and Canadian football

William Louis Beatty

United States federal judge

Belle Johnson

American photographer

E

Ed Peasley

American football player (born 1930)

H

Henry M. Pollard

teacher and naturalist

Chase Sexton

American motorcycle racer

P

Pat Pourchot

American politician

Charles Phelps Cushing

American photographer and wrtiter

T

Thomas Guilfoyle

biochemistry researcher

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

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 Mendota

Yearbook 1957-1958 Holy Cross Parish Mendota Illinois

Tracks of time

1978

Chickamauga. Useless, Disastrous Battle. Talk by Smith D. Atkins, Opera House, Mendota, Illinois, February 22, 1907, at Invitation of Woman's Relief Corps, G.A.R

Smith D. 1836-1913 Atkins · 2018

Chickamauga. Useless, disastrous battle

Smith D. Atkins · 1907

Magnificent whistle stop

Mendota Centennial Committee, Inc · 1953

The early history of Northern Illinois

Charles Knapp Carpenter · 1948

Henry's children

Claire Zapf Segall · 1996

Search results from Open Library.