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Kendall County, Illinois
Map of Illinois highlighting Kendall County
Location in the state of Illinois
Map of the U.S
Illinois's location in the U.S.
Founded 1841
Seat Yorkville
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

322.67 sq mi (836 km²)
320.58 sq mi (830 km²)
2.09 sq mi (5 km²), 0.65%
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density

131,869
358/sq mi (66/km²)
Time zone 1 hor late : -6/-5.39
Website www.co.kendall.il.us
Kendallmoraine

Terminal moraines, such as this one in central Kendall County, rise dramatically from the surrounding plain.

Kendall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois and holds the record as the #1 fastest growing county in the United States with a 10 year percentage growth of 110.4%.

Kendall County is about 40 miles Southwest of Chicago The 2020 Census reports a population of 131,869. According to Census Bureau statistics released in March 2011, Kendall County's 2010 population of 114,736 made it the number one fastest growing county in the United States between the years 2000 and 2010.[1]

Its county seat is Yorkville, Illinois[2]. According to the 2010 Census, the largest city in the county is Oswego, Illinois with a 2010 Census population of 30,355.

According to Census statistics, the county has a total area of 322.67 square miles (835.7 km2), of which 320.58 square miles (830.3 km2) (or 99.35%) is land and 2.09 square miles (5.4 km2) (or 0.65%) is water.[3]

Major highways[]

  • US 30 U.S. Highway 30
  • US 34 U.S. Highway 34
  • US 52 U.S. Highway 52
  • Illinois 31 Illinois Route 25
  • Illinois 31 Illinois Route 31
  • Illinois 47 Illinois Route 47
  • Illinois 71 Illinois Route 71
  • Illinois 126 Illinois Route 126

Kendall County is a small, but rapidly growing county that has the majority of its population in the north and east, and along the Fox River (the only river in the county) which runs through the northwestern section of the county. Many new subdivisions have been constructed in this county, which has produced considerable population growth. Southern Kendall still remains largely agricultural. Kendall County has two primary ranges of low-lying hills formed by what is known as an end moraine. Ransom, the more predominant of the two moraines, runs through the west and north-central part of the county. This moraine has created elevations of over 800 feet (240 m), in contrast to elevations in southern Kendall County that drop to the lower 500 feet (150 m) range. Minooka, the other major end moraine ridge in Kendall County, runs along its entire eastern border with Will County. The two moraines intersect at almost a right angle in the township of Oswego. The only designated state park in the county is Silver Springs State Park.

Township 2010 Census Population[]

  • Oswego 50,870
  • Bristol 26,230
  • Little Rock 13,076
  • Na-Au-Say 8,145
  • Kendall 7,739
  • Fox 1,675
  • Seward 4,455
  • Lisbon 899
  • Big Grove 1,647

Adjacent counties[]

History[]

Kendall County was formed in 1841 out of LaSalle and Kane Counties.

The county is named after Amos Kendall. Kendall was the editor of the Frankfort, Kentucky newspaper, and went on to be an important advisor to President Andrew Jackson. Kendall became the U.S. Postmaster General in 1835.

Government[]

County board members run in two districts. All other officers run county-wide:

  • County Board Members: Judy Gilmour, Scott Gengler, Brian Debolt, Elizabeth Flowers, Robyn Vickers, Amy Cesich, Scott R. Gryder, Matt Kellogg, Dan Koukol;
  • County Board Chairman – Scott R. Gryder
  • Forest Preserve President – Judy Gilmour
  • Clerk of the Circuit Court – Matthew G. Prochaska
  • Coroner – Jacquie Purcell
  • County Clerk and Recorder – Debbie Gillette
  • Sheriff – Dwight Baird
  • State's Attorney – Eric Weis
  • Treasurer – Jill Ferko

Politics[]

Between the 1856 and 2004 elections, the only time Kendall County did not give a plurality to the GOP Presidential nominee was in 1912 when the Republican Party was mortally divided and Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt won 57.56% of the county's vote against conservative incumbent President William Howard Taft. Moreover, only one Democratic Presidential candidate – Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 – ever cracked 40% of Kendall County's vote during this span of 38 presidential elections.

In 2008, Illinois native Barack Obama became the first Democrat to carry the county since Franklin Pierce in 1852. Obama did not repeat this feat against Mitt Romney in 2012, nor did Democrat Hillary Clinton defeat Donald Trump in 2016. Joe Biden won the county in the 2020 United States Presidential election.

Kendall County is one of only twelve counties to have voted for Obama in 2008, Romney in 2012, Trump in 2016, and Biden in 2020.[lower-alpha 1]

United States presidential election results for Kendall County, Illinois[4]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 29,492 45.93% 33,168 51.66% 1,545 2.41%
2016 24,961 46.18% 24,884 46.03% 4,210 7.79%
2012 24,047 50.71% 22,471 47.39% 900 1.90%
2008 21,380 45.75% 24,742 52.95% 609 1.30%
2004 19,776 60.80% 12,497 38.42% 254 0.78%
2000 13,688 60.12% 8,444 37.09% 637 2.80%
1996 8,958 50.69% 6,499 36.78% 2,215 12.53%
1992 8,521 46.29% 5,423 29.46% 4,462 24.24%
1988 10,653 70.62% 4,347 28.82% 84 0.56%
1984 10,872 73.81% 3,789 25.72% 69 0.47%
1980 10,028 69.99% 3,143 21.94% 1,156 8.07%
1976 9,011 67.50% 4,202 31.48% 136 1.02%
1972 9,373 78.65% 2,525 21.19% 19 0.16%
1968 7,184 70.45% 2,228 21.85% 786 7.71%
1964 5,710 62.47% 3,430 37.53% 0 0.00%
1960 5,975 72.62% 2,242 27.25% 11 0.13%
1956 5,057 78.15% 1,407 21.74% 7 0.11%
1952 4,982 77.11% 1,476 22.84% 3 0.05%
1948 3,925 71.77% 1,517 27.74% 27 0.49%
1944 4,022 70.55% 1,673 29.35% 6 0.11%
1940 4,200 67.79% 1,978 31.92% 18 0.29%
1936 3,138 54.86% 2,374 41.50% 208 3.64%
1932 2,749 52.77% 2,398 46.04% 62 1.19%
1928 3,589 75.53% 1,154 24.28% 9 0.19%
1924 3,513 79.68% 432 9.80% 464 10.52%
1920 3,459 87.99% 439 11.17% 33 0.84%
1916 3,316 75.38% 1,008 22.91% 75 1.70%
1912 534 20.14% 531 20.03% 1,586 59.83%
1908 1,948 73.87% 556 21.08% 133 5.04%
1904 2,120 78.84% 423 15.73% 146 5.43%
1900 2,121 72.04% 713 24.22% 110 3.74%
1896 2,128 71.51% 774 26.01% 74 2.49%
1892 1,691 59.46% 848 29.82% 305 10.72%



School districts[]

  • Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90
  • Newark Community Consolidated School District 66
  • Newark Community High School District 18
  • Oswego Community Unit School District 308
  • Plano Community Unit School District 88
  • Yorkville Community Unit School District 115
  • School District #101
  • School District #201
  • School District #202
  • School District #429
  • School District #430 (Sandwich Community School District #430)

The northern half of the county is in Community College District 516 and is served by Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove and Aurora. The southern half is in Community College District 525 and is served by Joliet Junior College in Joliet.[5]

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1850 7,730
1860 13,074 69.1%
1870 12,399 −5.2%
1880 13,083 5.5%
1890 12,106 −7.5%
1900 11,467 −5.3%
1910 10,777 −6.0%
1920 10,074 −6.5%
1930 10,555 4.8%
1940 11,105 5.2%
1950 12,115 9.1%
1960 17,540 44.8%
1970 26,374 50.4%
1980 37,202 41.1%
1990 39,413 5.9%
2000 54,544 38.4%
2010 114,736 110.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[6]
1790-1960[7] 1900-1990[8]
1990-2000[9] 2010-2019[10]
USA Kendall County, Illinois age pyramid

2000 census age pyramid for Kendall County.

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 54,544 people, 18,798 households, and 14,963 families residing in the county. (However, since then there has been a dramatic increase in the population, with 103,460 residents in 2008.[12] The population density was 170 people per square mile (66/km²). There were 19,519 housing units at an average density of 61 per square mile (24/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 92.88% White, 1.32% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.88% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 3.38% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. 7.49% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 27.2% were of German, 12.5% Irish, 7.4% English, 5.9% Polish, 5.8% Norwegian, 5.1% American and 5.0% Italian ancestry according to Census 2000. 91.6% spoke English and 6.5% Spanish as their first language.

There were 18,798 households out of which 41.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 68.80% were married couples living together, 7.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.40% were non-families. 16.40% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the county the population was spread out with 29.50% under the age of 18, 7.50% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 8.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 98.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $64,625, and the median income for a family was $69,383 (these figures had risen to $74,539 and $81,517 respectively as of a 2007 estimate[13]). Males had a median income of $50,268 versus $30,415 for females. The per capita income for the county was $25,188. About 2.00% of families and 3.00% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.50% of those under age 18 and 4.50% of those age 65 or over.

Kendall County was listed as the fastest growing County in the USA from 2000 to 2009 experiencing a population growth rate of over 100% in this period. The reason for this growth is heavy suburbanization stemming from the metro Chicago.

Townships[]

The county is an 18-mile (29 km) square which is divided up into 9 townships. Each township is divided into 36 1 mile square sections, except that the Fox River is used as a Township border, resulting in Bristol being the smallest township with the extra area being assigned to Oswego and Kendall Townships. There are also two exceptions to the section grid to reflect Indian land grants under the Treaty of Prairie du Chien in 1829: the Mo-Ah-Way Reservation in Oswego Township and the Waish-Kee-shaw Reservation in Na-Au-Say Township. These areas were eventually sold to European settlers.[14]

  • Big Grove Township
  • Bristol Township
  • Fox Township
  • Kendall Township
  • Lisbon Township
  • Little Rock Township
  • Na-au-say Township
  • Oswego Township
  • Seward Township

Cities and towns[]


Climate and weather[]

Climate chart for Yorkville, Illinois
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temperatures in °Cprecipitation totals in mm
source: The Weather Channel[15]

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Yorkville have ranged from a low of 10 °F (−12 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −26 °F (−32.2 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 111 °F (44 °C) was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.52 inches (39 mm) in February to 4.39 inches (112 mm) in July.[15]

See also[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Kendall County, Illinois

Notes[]

  1. ^ Retrieved 2011-3-26.
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
  3. ^ "Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Counties". United States Census. http://www.census.gov/tiger/tms/gazetteer/county2k.txt. Retrieved 2011-02-13. 
  4. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS. 
  5. ^ retrieved 2007-02-13
  6. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html. 
  7. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. 
  8. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/il190090.txt. 
  9. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf. 
  10. ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17093.html. 
  11. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  12. ^ Francesca Levy, Forbes.com. "Best Places To Get Ahead 2010 - Yahoo! Real Estate". Realestate.yahoo.com. http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/best-places-to-get-ahead-2010. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  13. ^ "Kendall County, Illinois - Fact Sheet - American FactFinder". Factfinder.census.gov. http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ACSSAFFFacts?_event=Search&geo_id=05000US17089&_geoContext=01000US%7C04000US17%7C05000US17089&_street=&_county=kendall&_cityTown=kendall&_state=04000US17&_zip=&_lang=en&_sse=on&ActiveGeoDiv=geoSelect&_useEV=&pctxt=fph&pgsl=050&_submenuId=factsheet_1&ds_name=ACS_2007_3YR_SAFF&_ci_nbr=null&qr_name=null&reg=null%3Anull&_keyword=&_industry=. Retrieved 2010-07-22. 
  14. ^ Place Names & Geological Features of Kendall County
  15. ^ a b "Monthly Averages for Yorkville, Illinois". The Weather Channel. http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL1300. Retrieved 2011-01-27. 

References[]

  • Forstall, Richard L. (editor) (1996). Population of states and counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990 : from the twenty-one decennial censuses. United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Population Division. ISBN 0-934213-48-8. 

External links[]

Coordinates: 41°35′N 88°26′W / 41.59, -88.43


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