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Kane County, Illinois
Kane County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Geneva
Year Organized: 1836
Square Miles: 521
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Court House: 719 S Batavia Avenue
County Government Center
Geneva, IL 60134-3077
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Senator Elias K. Kane, first Secretary of State of Illinois.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
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History
Kane County was created on January 16, 1836 (Laws, 1836, p. 273) and was formed from unorganized land (La Salle
County ) and Cook County. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: LaSalle County (1835–1836), Putnam
County (1825–1835), Fulton County (1823–1825), Pike County (1821–1823), Clark County (1819–1821), Crawford County
(1816–1819), Edwards County (1815–1816), Madison County (1812–1815), St. Clair County (1801–1812) and Knox,
Northwest Territory (1790–1801).
The County was named for Elias Kent Kane, a pioneer lawyer, Territorial judge, prominent member of the
Constitutional Convention of 1818, first Secretary of State of Illinois, and later United States Senator. The County
Seat is Geneva (1836-Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 524 square miles (1,357 kmē), of which, 520
square miles (1,348 kmē) of it is land and 4 square miles (9 kmē) of it (0.69%) is water. Its largest cities are
situated along the Fox River.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: McHenry County
- East: Cook County
- Southeast: DuPage County; Will County
- South: Kendall County
- West: DeKalb County
Cities and Towns:
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- Aurora |
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- Barrington Hills |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Batavia |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Big Rock |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Blackberry |
township |
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- Burlington |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Campton |
township |
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- Carpentersville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Dundee |
township |
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- East Dundee |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elburn |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elgin |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Geneva
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Gilberts |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hampshire |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kaneville |
township |
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- Lily Lake |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Maple Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- North Aurora |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Pingree Grove |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Plato |
township |
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- Sleepy Hollow |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- South Elgin |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- St. Charles |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sugar Grove |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Virgil |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Dundee |
village |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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