Editing Kendall County, Illinois (section)

== Geography ==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has an area of {{convert|322|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|320|sqmi}} are land and {{convert|2.0|sqmi}} (0.6%) are covered by water.<ref name="census-density"/>

Kendall County is a small but rapidly growing county that has the majority of its population in the northeast and along the Fox River (the only river in the county), which runs through the county's northwestern section. Many new [[Subdivision (land)|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 over {{convert|800|ft|m}}, in contrast to elevations in southern Kendall County that drop to the lower {{convert|500|ft|m|adj=on}} 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, Illinois|Oswego]]. The county's only designated state park is [[Silver Springs State Fish and Wildlife Area]].

===Climate and weather===
{{climate chart
|[[Yorkville, Illinois]]
|10|29|1.62
|16|35|1.52
|26|46|2.57
|36|59|3.88
|46|71|3.91
|56|81|4.34
|61|84|4.39
|58|82|4.38
|50|75|3.50
|38|63|2.71
|28|47|3.17
|16|34|2.40
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|units=imperial
|clear=both
|source=The Weather Channel<ref name="weather">{{cite web
 |url         = http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL1300
 |title       = Monthly Averages for Yorkville, Illinois
 |access-date  = January 27, 2011
 |publisher   = The Weather Channel
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121023152952/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL1300
 |archive-date = October 23, 2012
}}</ref>}}
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Yorkville have ranged from a low of {{convert|10|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|84|°F}} in July, although a record low of {{convert|-26|°F}} was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of {{convert|111|°F}} was recorded in July 1936. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|1.52|in}} in February to {{convert|4.39|in}} in July.<ref name="weather"/>

===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-80.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 80]]
* [[Image:US 30.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 30]]
* [[Image:US 34.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 34]]
* [[Image:US 52.svg|20px]] [[U.S. Highway 52]]
* [[Image:Illinois 25.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 25]]
* [[Image:Illinois 31.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 31]]
* [[Image:Illinois 47.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 47]]
* [[Image:Illinois 71.svg|20px]] [[Illinois Route 71]]
* [[Image:Illinois 126.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 126]]

===Adjacent counties===
* [[DeKalb County, Illinois|DeKalb County]] - northwest
* [[Kane County, Illinois|Kane County]] - north
* [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage County]] - northeast
* [[Will County, Illinois|Will County]] - east
* [[Grundy County, Illinois|Grundy County]] - south
* [[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle County]] - west