Chenoa is a city in McLean County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,695 at the 2020 census. The city is located at the intersections of Interstate 55, Historic Route 66, and U.S. Route 24. Founded in 1854 by Mathew T. Scott, Chenoa was created to find the maintenance for a retail and trade middle for his farm tenants as skillfully as a grain shipping facility. The Chenoa Centennial was celebrated in 1954. The town is situated in a deeply productive agricultural area. The town school system closed at the fade away of the 2004 assistant professor year, consolidating next the easy to realize to Prairie Central researcher district. A skillfully attended July 4 celebration is held in Chenoa each year.

Chenoa is located at 40°44′35″N 88°43′12″W / 40.74306°N 88.72000°W / 40.74306; -88.72000 (40.743136, -88.720079).

According to the 2020 census, Chenoa has a total Place of 2.475 square miles (6.41 km), of which 2.43 square miles (6.29 km²) (or 98.18%) is house and 0.045 square miles (0.12 km) (or 1.82%) is water.

Situated in McLean County, the Place surrounding Chenoa boasts some of the richest soil in the world. Only patches of farmland in Argentina, southern Ukraine and along the Yellow River in China harmonize the fertile ground that covers much of the northern half of Illinois, particularly a high-yielding band through the state’s midsection. McLean County is traditionally the state’s leading corn and soybean producer.