Manteno is a village in Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.

[8] Oliver W. Barnard, an early settler in this area, spelled her name "Mantenau" in a poem, romanticizing the Potawatomi maiden.

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.

[9] Manteno is located in northern Kankakee County and is bordered to the south by the village of Bourbonnais.

Manteno is located approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Chicago's loop.

Farmers Elevator Company of Manteno stands as the tallest site in town, with the ability to house 2 million bushels of corn or soybeans at any one time.

[12] Manteno is home the Diversatech Industrial Park is on the east side of town.

The north half of the original campus of the state hospital has been turned into a veterans' home.

River Valley Metro provides bus service on Route 9 connecting Manteno to destinations in the Kankakee area.

[14] Although the village once had direct access to Chicago via a commuter line, that railroad hasn't operated since the 1920s.

[citation needed] The Metra Electric station in University Park, 16 miles (26 km) north of Manteno, is the closest rail access.