Editing Congerville, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Congerville is located at {{coord|40.614130|-89.206576|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

After a January 5, 1999, reading of {{convert|-36|F|0}}, Congerville held the record for the coldest temperature ever officially recorded in [[Illinois]].<ref>[http://www.isws.illinois.edu/atmos/statecli/general/averages.htm Illinois Climate Records and Averages], Illinois State Water Survey</ref> It took this title from [[Mount Carroll, Illinois|Mount Carroll]]—which had recorded {{convert|-35|F|0}} in 1930<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190228/congerville-about-to-lose-its-extreme-cold-state-record|title=Congerville about to lose its extreme cold state record|first=Scott|last=Hilyard|date=February 28, 2019|work=[[PJStar.com]]|location=Peoria, Illinois|access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>—and lost it to the same town on January 31, 2019, when the temperature there dropped to {{convert|-38|F|0}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/extremes/scec/reports/20190305-Illinois-Minimum-Temperature.pdf|title=Illinois State Record Minimum Temperature at Mt. Carroll|date=March 5, 2019|website= National Centers for Environmental Information|publisher=[[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date=May 1, 2019}}</ref>

According to the 2010 census, Congerville has a total area of {{convert|1.124|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.12|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 99.64%) is land and {{convert|0.004|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 0.36%) is water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
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  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=August 2, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213052331/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1716119
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
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