Roscoe, Illinois

History

Though settled in the 1830s, Roscoe was incorporated as a village in 1965. The village was named after Roscoe Township. Harlem-Roscoe Fire Department Station Three, located at 13974 Willowbrook Rd, was hit by an EF-1 tornado on May 22, 2011. Path length was 1 mile long and 50 yards wide, no injuries were reported.

Geography

Roscoe has a total area of 10.435 sqmi, of which 10.36 sqmi (or 99.28%) is land and 0.075 sqmi (or 0.72%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 6,244 people including 2,211 households and 1,740 families residing in the village. The population density was 675.1 PD/sqmi. There were 2,277 housing units at an average density of 246.2 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the village was 95.26% White, 1.91% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.82% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.74% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.50% of the population.

Of the 2,211 households, 44.5% had children under the age of 18, 67.4% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.3% were non-families. 16.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 members and the average family size was 3.19 members.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 31.7% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 6.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.3 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $59,267, and the median income for a family was $61,515. Males had a median income of $48,356 versus $30,060 for females. The per capita income for the village was $25,324. About 1.7% of families and 2.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Education

Most of Roscoe is in the Kinnikinnick Community Consolidated School District 131, while portions extend into Prairie Hill Community Consolidated School District 133 (a northeast portion) and Rockton School District 140. Areas in those three districts are all within the Hononegah Community High School District 207. Parts of the southern areas are served by Harlem School District 122 (a PK-12 school district). Rockford School District 205 (another PK-12 school district) serves the southeast section of the village.

The four public schools in the Roscoe village limits are part of the Kinnikinnick School District. These are Ledgewood School (grades PreK-1), Stone Creek School (grades 2–3), Kinnikinnick School (grades 4–5), and Roscoe Middle School (grades 6–8). There is no public high school in the village limits, so people in the Honegah high school district attend Hononegah High School in neighboring Rockton, Illinois, or Harlem High School, in Machesney Park. The high school district is involved in a court action to use eminent domain to acquire land in Roscoe for a high school. Roscoe Middle School is the largest feeder school for Hononegah High School.

Notable people

• John Q. Briggs, Minnesota state senator, was born in Roscoe.
• Nicole Manske, sports reporter and Miss Illinois Teen USA (1998), native of Roscoe
• Danica Patrick, driver, only woman to win in the IndyCar Series; grew up in Roscoe.

References

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