Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,204 at the 2010 census, up from 6,414 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Origins of village name Manteno was named after Manteno (Mawteno), a daughter of Francois Bourbonnais, Jr. (thus her grandfather was the man for whom the city of Bourbonnais was named) and his Potawatomi wife. A Potawatomi name, it is a possible anglicization of manito or manitou, a Potawatomi word for "spirit". Oliver W. Barnard, an early settler in this area, spelled her name "Mantenau" in a poem, romanticizing the Potawatomi maiden. Other 19th century books spell it "Mawteno" and "Manteno". Because she was of Potawatomi descent, Mawteno (spelled phonetically in the treaty, "Maw-te-no") was given a section of land, now part of Kankakee County, near Soldier Creek, by the treaty of Treaty of Tippecanoe of 1832. Incorporation Both Kankakee and Iroquois counties were part of Will County, Illinois, before the State Legislature granted a plea of Kankakee's citizens and permitted them to incorporate in 1853. The present township of Manteno was then the east half of the township of Rockville. On March 12, 1855, the town's petition that the area become the township of Manteno was granted by the county's board of supervisors. The village was incorporated in 1869. Geography Manteno is located in northern Kankakee County at (41.250129, -87.838282). It is bordered to the south by the village of Bourbonnais. The average elevation is . Interstate 57 passes through the west side of the village, with access from Exit 322. I-57 leads south to Kankakee, the county seat, and north to Chicago. Illinois Route 50 passes through the center of Manteno as Locust Street and leads north to Peotone and south to Bradley. According to the 2010 census, Manteno has a total area of , of which (or 99.32%) are land and (or 0.68%) are water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 6,414 people, 2,578 households, and 1,789 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 2,750 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 97.79% White, 0.27% African American, 0.17% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.98% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.82% of the population.