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Mendota Girls Varsity Volleyball @ Somonauk

maxpreps.com · Sep 25, 2026

Somonauk Boys Varsity Basketball @ Marquette

maxpreps.com · Sep 23, 2026

Serena Boys Varsity Soccer @ Somonauk

maxpreps.com · Sep 22, 2026

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Map of Somonauk: conserved land, trails and the top places to walk

Conserved land1%16 of 1,596 acres

Trails1.2 mi0.5 mi per sq mi

Parks & preserves310 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

1Somonauk Community Park0.1 mi of trails · 19 acres Directions

2Sannauk Forest Preserve0.2 mi of trails · 2 acres

3Finding Heroes Park2 acres Directions

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About Somonauk

Village in Illinois, United States

1,786Population

2.3 sq miArea

686 ftElevation

Somonauk is a village in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 1,786 at the 2020 Census, down from 1,893 at the 2010 Census. The DeKalb County portion of Somonauk is part of the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the small portion that lies in LaSalle County is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.

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$268K Median sale price · Redfin, May 2026

The median sale price was $268,000 in May 2026.

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Safety in Somonauk

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Safety Grade A-

Somonauk reports less crime per resident than 83% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000

Somonauk 0

Illinois 2.6

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Somonauk 6.8

Illinois 15.6

U.S. 15.5

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