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Kendall County, Illinois
Kendall County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Yorkville
Year Organized: 1841
Square Miles: 321 |
Court House: 111 W. Fox Street
County Office Building
Yorkville, IL 60560-1621
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The County was named for Amos Kendall, a successful politician and journalist, Postmaster General under Jackson,
and as partner of S.F.B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, he contributed largely to the commercial
success of that invention.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
Kendall County was created on February 19, 1841 (Laws, 1841, p. 75) and was formed from La Salle and Kane Counties.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in: Kane County (1836–1841), LaSalle County (1831–1841), Putnam County
(1825–1831), 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 Amos Kendall, a successful politician and journalist, Postmaster General under Jackson, and as
partner of S.F.B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, he contributed largely to the commercial success of
that invention. The County Seat is Yorkville . Prior County Seats was Yorkville (1841–1845), Oswego (1845–1864) and
Yorkville (1864–Present). The historic courthouse in Yorkville built in 1864 was used until 1998 when the new courthouse
was completed. The building is currently undergoing extensive restoration.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 323 square miles (836 kmē), of which, 321
square miles (830 kmē) of it is land and 2 square miles (5 kmē) of it (0.65%) is water.
Neighboring Counties:
- North: Kane County
- Northeast: DuPage County
- Southeast: Will County
- South: Grundy County
- Southwest: La Salle County
- Northwest: DeKalb County
Cities and Towns:
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- Big Grove |
township |
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- Bristol |
township |
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- Fox |
township |
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- Kendall |
township |
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- Lisbon |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Little Rock |
township |
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- Millbrook |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Millington |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Montgomery |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Na-Au-Say |
township |
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- Newark |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oswego |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Plano |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Yorkville
(County
Seat) |
city |
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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