Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- LaSalle
- Total
- 5.15 sq mi (13.34 km )
- Land
- 5.05 sq mi (13.09 km )
- Water
- 0.097 sq mi (0.25 km )
- Elevation
- 742 ft (226 m)
- Density
- 1,396.7/sq mi (539.25/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Area code
- 815, 779
- Fips code
- 17-48333
- Website
- Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Mendota
- Population
- 7272
- Area
- 13.186695
- Elevation
- 226
- Official website
- www.mendota.il.us
- Image
- Mendota, IL Sign 04.JPG
- Households
- 2788
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- Commons category
- Mendota, Illinois
- postal code
- 61342
- inception
- 1855-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 1.8871
- per capita income
- 30470
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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.
The name "Mendota" is derived from a Lakota word meaning "junction of two trails", which was found appropriate for the city since there was a nearby railroad junction for the Illinois Central Railroad and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
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