Manteno, Illinois Village of Manteno Location of Manteno inside Illinois Website: Village of Manteno, Illinois Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.
Manteno was titled after Manteno Bourbonnais, a daughter of Francois Bourbonnais, Jr.
Other 19th century books spell it Mawteno and Manteno.
Because she was a Metis, Manteno (spelled Monteno in the treaty, but considered incorrect, as the clerk also misspelled Bourbonnais) was given a section of land, now part of northeastern Kankakee County, by the treaty of Camp Tippecanoe of December 20, 1832.
Both Kankakee and Iroquois counties were part of Will County, Illinois before the State Legislature granted a plea of Kankakee's people and permitted them to incorporate in 1853.
The present Township of Manteno was then the east half of the Township of Rockville.
On March 12, 1855, the town's petition that the region turn into the Township of Manteno was granted by the county's Board of Supervisors.
Manteno is positioned at 41 15 0 N 87 50 18 W (41.250129, -87.838282). The average altitude is 675 ft (206 m).
According to the 2010 census, Manteno has a total region of 5.014 square miles (12.99 km2), of which 4.98 square miles (12.90 km2) (or 99.32%) is territory and 0.034 square miles (0.09 km2) (or 0.68%) is water. In the village, the populace was spread out with 26.3% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Manteno, Illinois is positioned approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Chicago's loop.
Farmers Elevator Company of Manteno stands as the tallest site in town, with the ability to home 2 million bushels of corn or soybeans at any one time. Manteno is home to Sears and K-Mart Distribution Centers, both of which contain 1.5 million square feet (140,000 m ) of warehouse area.
Interstate 57 runs north and south along the west side of Manteno for access to Chicago or Kankakee.
Manteno was the home of Manteno State Hospital, one of the biggest psychiatric hospitals in the nation when it opened in 1928.
The North half of the initial campus of the Manteno State Hospital has been turned into a Veterans home.
The Metra Electric station in University Park Illinois serves Manteno.
Main article: Manteno Community Unit School District 5 Manteno Public Schools are part of the Manteno Community Unit School District 5.
Students attend Manteno High School. The schools together have about 2,200 students.
Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district; lives in Manteno Lawrence, photography and aviation pioneer; lived in Manteno and is buried there John Moisant, aviator, lived in Manteno "Village of Manteno, Illinois".
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