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Onarga Chamber of Commerce

Building a better community

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The Onarga Chamber of Commerce Mission Statment:
Our main objective is to help in economic growth of Onarga and the Onarga Township with continued effort to create a social well being of our community.
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President

Randy Lizzio

Randy Lizzio is a multi business owner in Onarga and resides in Onarga Township with his wife Cheryl. 

Secretary

Position open

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Treasurer

Domi Garcia

Domi is a long time employee of Federated Bank in Onarga and resides in Onarga with her husband and children

CONTACT INFORMATION

Mailing Address:

The Onarga Chamber

PO BOX 44

Onarga, IL  60955


Email:

Randy Lizzio - President

lizkid1@hotmail.com

Phone: 815-268-4888

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The Onarga Name

How Onarga received its name remains a mystery. Realists believe Illinois Central Railroad land commissioner John Calhoun combined two or three consonants and added the necessary vowels to invent a nice-sounding town name. Many prairie towns in the 1850's, with the arrival of the railroads, received their names by this method. Romantics believe Onarga was named for a young Native American girl, Princess Onarga, daughter of an Iroquois Indian chief. Prior to the construction of the Illinois Central Railroad, Native Americans controlled this part of Illinois and among the roving tribes that crisscrossed the grand prairie were the powerful Iroquois. Legend says that when a name was proposed for the new town on the railroad, none better than Onarga was given. This mystery may never be solved, but the realists and romantics agree to disagree ... agreeing foremost on celebrating and preserving the rich history of Onarga.