Editing Sugar Grove, Illinois (section)

==Geography==
Sugar Grove is located in southern Kane County at {{coord|41|46|N|88|27|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline}} (41.772529, -88.442374).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is bordered to the east by the city of [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] and to the west by the village of [[Big Rock, Illinois|Big Rock]]. Sugar Grove nearly encircles the unincorporated community of [[Prestbury, Illinois|Prestbury]], and the city of [[Yorkville, Illinois|Yorkville]] is to the south. [[Chicago Loop|Downtown Chicago]] is {{convert|46|mi}} to the east and [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]] is approximately {{convert|67|mi}} to the northwest.

According to the 2010 census, Sugar Grove has a total area of {{convert|10.485|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|10.47|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 99.86%) are land and {{convert|0.015|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (or 0.14%) are water.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
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  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=December 25, 2015
|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
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  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
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  }}</ref>

Sugar Grove is located within a band of heavy growth on the western edge of the [[Chicago metropolitan area]], stretching from approximately the [[Huntley, Illinois|Huntley]] area in McHenry County to the [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]] area in [[Will County, Illinois|Will County]]. Sugar Grove adopted its first comprehensive land use plan on January 12, 1981.{{Citation needed|date=February 2019}}