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Cary, IL - History
We would like to provide the residents of Cary a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Cary Home page. The Cary Home page provides as much information as possible on Cary. Knowing Cary’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Cary’s Home page, you will also find Cary’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Cary has a population of 17926. 50% of Cary’s inhabitants are Male, and 50 are female. 56.4% of Cary is married and 86.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $243,794, and the average rent is $1,286. Household median income in Cary is $105,344, and the individual median income is $42,806. Cary’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.9%), Hispanic(9.2%), Multiple(4%), Other(1.7%), Asian(1.1%), Black(0.2%).
In 1841, William Dennison Cary purchased 82 acres (33 ha) for $1.25 an acre at the location of the current town and built a farm. In 1856, Cary included a train station for the Illinois & Wisconsin Railway which connected Cary to Chicago and Janesville. The site was approved and a post office was added with the designation "Cary Station." The community around Cary Station was incorporated in 1893 as Cary, Illinois.
The town soon became a winter resort for skiing. Early farmers saw this new railway as an opportunity. The economy relied heavily on selling produce, mainly pickles, and the farmers utilized the railway to conduct business with more industrialized cities such as St. Louis and Chicago. The success of this transportation enterprise helped transform Cary into the suburban community it is today.
People traveled by rail and most commerce became dependent on the railroad. In the 1950s, highway transportation overtook rail as the primary means of moving people and goods. Northwest Highway (U.S. 14) parallels the railroad right-of-way, which has been the Union Pacific Northwest Metra line since the Union Pacific merged with the Chicago & Northwestern in 1995.
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