Big Foot Prairie, Illinois
Big Foot Prairie is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. It was named a CDP for the 2020 census, at which time it had a population of 65. It is located in Chemung Township. Big Foot Prairie is located on U.S. Route 14, north of Harvard. The community extends north into Walworth County, Wisconsin, where there is a CDP of the same name in the town of Walworth.
History
The community is named for Big Foot, a Potawatomi leader who resided on nearby Kishwauketoe until his band was forcibly removed by the United States in 1836. It once had a post office, which opened on May 15, 1848.Demographics
Big Foot Prairie first appeared as a census designated place in the 2020 United States census.| Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2020 | % 2020 |
| White alone | 28 | 43.08% |
| Black or African American alone | 0 | 0.00% |
| Native American or Alaska Native alone | 0 | 0.00% |
| Asian alone | 1 | 1.54% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone | 0 | 0.00% |
| Other race alone | 1 | 0.88% |
| Mixed race or Multiracial | 2 | 3.08% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 34 | 52.31% |
| Total | 65 | 100.00% |