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$46,479
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Dixon, IL - History
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Welcome to the Dixon Home page. The Dixon Home page provides as much information as possible on Dixon. Knowing Dixon’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Dixon’s Home page, you will also find Dixon’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Dixon has a population of 15544. 55.5% of Dixon’s inhabitants are Male, and 44.5 are female. 37.4% of Dixon is married and 60.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $93,604, and the average rent is $641. Household median income in Dixon is $46,479, and the individual median income is $28,300. Dixon’s Ethnic is the following: White(84%), Black(10.6%), Hispanic(8.6%), Multiple(3.1%), Other(1.5%), Asian(0.6%), Native(0.1%).
Dixon is a city and the county seat of Lee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,733 as of the 2010 census, down from 15,941 in 2000. The city is named after founder John Dixon, who operated a rope ferry service across the Rock River, which runs through the city. The Illinois General Assembly designated Dixon as "Petunia Capital of Illinois" in 1999 and "The Catfish Capital of Illinois" in 2009. Dixon was the boyhood home of former U.S.
President Ronald Reagan. The city is also the site of the Lincoln Monument State Memorial, marking the spot where Abraham Lincoln joined the Illinois militia at Fort Dixon in 1832 during the Black Hawk War. The memorial is located on the west side of Dixon's main north-south street, Galena Avenue, (U.S.
Route 52, also Illinois Route 26), north of the Rock River.
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