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Congerville is a village in Woodford County in central Illinois, part of the Peoria metropolitan area.

The site of Congerville was surveyed for Joseph Schrock on January 2, 1888, and the village was first known simply as Schrock.

Congerville changed its name twice within a few months in 1888, becoming Conger on February 27 in honor of early settler Ben Conger, and then Congerville on July 31.

On January 5, 1999, Congerville recorded a temperature of minus 36 degrees Fahrenheit, which stood as the coldest temperature ever officially recorded in Illinois for twenty years.

Congerville lost its state cold record to Mount Carroll on January 31, 2019, when the temperature there dropped to minus 38 degrees Fahrenheit.

The 2020 census counted 497 people living in Congerville.

The 2000 census counted 163 households in Congerville, with a large average household size of 2.86 people.

Congerville has grown at every census since 1970, rising steadily from 266 people that year to 497 in 2020.

Former NFL linebacker Andy Studebaker, who played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts, comes from Congerville.

Other notable Congerville figures include geneticist Herman E. Brockman and Illinois farmer and politician Simon E. Lantz, who lived in the village.