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Kankakee County, Illinois
Kankakee County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Kankakee
Year Organized: 1853
Square Miles: 678
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Court House: 189 E. Court Street, 5th Floor
County Courthouse
Kankakee, IL 60901-0000
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
Native American tribe.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Kankakee County was created on February 11, 1853 (Laws, 1853, p. 159) and was formed from Ford, Iroquois and Will
Counties. Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Will County (1836–1853), Iroquois County (1833–1853),
Vermilion County (1826–1835), Edgar County (1823–1825), Fulton County (1823–1825), Clark County (1819–1823), 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 an Indian name given to a river rising in northern Indiana and flowing 225 miles southwest to
join the Des Plaines River and form the Illinois River in northeast Illinois. The name of the river was transferred to
the county. The County Seat is Kankakee (Name changed from Kankakee Depot in 1855.) .
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 681 square miles (1,765 kmē), of which, 677
square miles (1,753 kmē) of it is land and 5 square miles (12 kmē) of it (0.69%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- Northeast: Lake County, Ind.
- Southeast: Newton County, Ind.
- South: Iroquois County
- Southwest: Ford County; Livingston County
- Northwest: Grundy County; Will County
Cities and Towns:
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- Aroma |
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- Aroma Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bonfield |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bourbonnais |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bradley |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Buckingham |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Essex |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Ganeer |
township |
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- Grant Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Herscher |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hopkins Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Irwin |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Kankakee
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Limestone |
township |
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- Manteno |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Momence |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Norton |
township |
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- Otto |
township |
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- Pembroke |
township |
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- Pilot |
township |
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- Reddick |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Rockville |
township |
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- Salina |
township |
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- St. Anne |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Sun River Terrace |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Union Hill |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yellowhead |
township |
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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