Capron is a village in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 961 at the 2000 census.
Capron is located at 42°23′52″N 88°44′23″W / 42.39778°N 88.73972°W / 42.39778; -88.73972 (42.397729, -88.739684).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land.
Route 173 runs through the town.
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Capron is a village in Boone County, Illinois, United States. It is part of the Rockford, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 961 at the 2000 census.
Capron is located at 42°23′52″N 88°44′23″W / 42.39778°N 88.73972°W / 42.39778; -88.73972 (42.397729, -88.739684).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land.
Route 173 runs through the town.
Capron is the regular type of town that you'd find in a rural place, except, the area east of East St. has grown dramatically over the past years.
As of the census of 2000, there were 961 people, 332 households, and 245 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,319.5 people per square mile (508.3/km²). There were 354 housing units at an average density of 486.1/sq mi (187.2/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 91.57% White, 0.94% African American, 1.14% Native American, 0.52% Asian, 4.27% from other races, and 1.56% from...
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