Editing Batavia, Illinois

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'''Batavia''' ({{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|t|eɪ|v|i|ə}}) is a city mainly in [[Kane County, Illinois|Kane County]] and partly in [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage County]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. Located in the [[Chicago metropolitan area]], it was founded in 1833 and is the oldest city in Kane County.<ref name="cityofbatavia.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofbatavia.net/Content/templates/?a=679|title=Batavia History: Our Town|author=Schielke, Jeffery|year=2010|publisher=City of Batavia|access-date=2010-02-08|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017070447/http://www.cityofbatavia.net/content/templates/?a=679|archive-date=2010-10-17}}</ref> Per the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], the population was 26,098.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Batavia city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1704078|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=April 15, 2022}}</ref>

During the latter part of the 19th century, Batavia, home to six American-style [[windmill]] manufacturing companies, became known as "The Windmill City".<ref name="cityofbatavia.net"/> [[Fermilab|Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]], a federal government-sponsored high-energy physics laboratory, where both the [[bottom quark]] and the [[top quark]] were first detected, is located just east of the city limits.

Batavia is part of a [[vernacular region]] known as the [[Tri-Cities, Illinois|Tri-City area]], along with [[St. Charles, Illinois|St. Charles]] and [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]], all western suburbs of similar size and relative socioeconomic condition.<ref name="Scheetz">[Scheetz, George H.] "Whence Siouxland?" ''Book Remarks'' [Sioux City Public Library], May 1991.</ref>

==History==
Batavia was settled in 1833 by Christopher Payne and his family. Originally called Big Woods for the wild growth throughout the settlement, the town was renamed by local judge and former Congressman [[Isaac Wilson (1780–1848)|Isaac Wilson]] in 1840 after his former home of [[Batavia, New York]], which was in turn named after the [[Batavian Republic]], a short-lived republic that existed from 1795 to 1806 in the present-day [[Netherlands]].<ref name="callery">{{cite book |title= Place names of Illinois|last1=Callery|first1=Edward|year=2009|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Champaign-Urbana, Ill|isbn=978-0-252-03356-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Several Towns Named After Founders and Heroes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/872352/kanedupage_county_il_toponym_origins/|newspaper=The Daily Herald|date=December 28, 1999|page=220|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 17, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref> Because Judge Wilson owned the majority of the town, he was given permission to rename it.

Batavia's settlement was delayed one year by the [[Black Hawk War]], in which [[Abraham Lincoln]] was a citizen soldier, and [[Zachary Taylor]] and [[Jefferson Davis]] were Army officers.<ref>[[Blackhawk War]]</ref> Although there is no direct evidence that Lincoln, Taylor, or Davis visited the future site of Batavia, there are writings by Lincoln that refer to "Head of the Big Woods", Batavia's original name. The city was incorporated on July 27, 1872.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.ilsos.gov/isa/localgovnameindexsrch.jsp| title = Name Index to Illinois Local Governments| author = Illinois Regional Archives Depository System| work = Illinois State Archives| publisher = [[Illinois Secretary of State]]|access-date=11 September 2013}}</ref>

After the death of her husband, [[Mary Todd Lincoln]] was an involuntary resident of the [[Batavia Institute]] on May 20, 1875.<ref name=madness>{{cite journal |last=Emerson |first=Jason |date=June–July 2006 |title=The Madness of Mary Lincoln |journal=American Heritage |url=http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20060601-mary-todd-lincoln-abraham-lincoln-robert-todd-lincoln-batavia-illinois-sanitarium-james-bradwell-marriage.shtml |access-date=2009-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905175137/http://www.americanheritage.com/people/articles/web/20060601-mary-todd-lincoln-abraham-lincoln-robert-todd-lincoln-batavia-illinois-sanitarium-james-bradwell-marriage.shtml |archive-date=2009-09-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the time the institute was known as Bellevue Place, a sanitarium for women. Mrs. Lincoln was released four months later on September 11, 1875.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/sites/bellevue.htm|title=Mary Lincoln's Stay at Bellevue Place|website=www.abrahamlincolnonline.org}}</ref> In the late 19th century, Batavia was a major manufacturer of the [[Conestoga wagon]]s used in the country's westward expansion.<ref name="gustafson">{{cite book |title= John Gustafson's Historic Batavia|last1=Robinson|first1=Marilyn|last2=Schielke|first2=Jeffery D.|last3=Gustafson|first3=John|orig-year=1962|year=1998|publisher=Batavia Historical Society|location=Batavia, Ill|isbn=0-923889-06-X|oclc=38030962}}</ref> Into the early 20th century, most of the windmill operated water pumps in use by America's farms were made at one of three windmill manufacturing companies in Batavia.<ref>{{cite book |title=Windmill City: A Guide to the Historic Windmills of Batavia, Illinois|last1=Cisneros|first1=Stacey L.|last2=Scheetz|first2=George H.|year=2008|publisher=Batavia Public Library|location=Batavia, Ill|oclc=247081989}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bataviahistoricalsociety.org/batavia_history.htm |title=Batavia History |year=2000 |publisher=Batavia Historical Society |access-date=2010-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115025110/http://www.bataviahistoricalsociety.org/batavia_history.htm |archive-date=2010-01-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Many of the limestone buildings of these factories remain in use as government and commercial offices, and storefronts. The [[Aurora Elgin and Chicago Railway]] constructed a power plant in southern Batavia and added a branch to the city in 1902. The [[Campana Factory]] was built in 1936 to manufacture cosmetics for [[The Campana Company]], particularly Italian Balm, the nation's best-selling hand [[lotion]] at the time.

==Geography==
[[File:Fox River in Batavia IL 2016 (2).jpg|thumb|left|The [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]] has been of central significance to settlement and life in Batavia.]]
Batavia is located on the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]] at {{coord|41|50|56|N|88|18|30|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline}} (41.8488583, −88.3084400).<ref name="gnis">{{gnis|2394077|City of Batavia}}</ref>

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Batavia has a total area of {{convert|10.84|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|10.65|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 98.28%) is land and {{convert|0.19|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 1.72%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web   |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
[[File:Fox River in Batavia.jpg|thumb|The Peace Bridge on the Fox River in Downtown Batavia]]

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1860= 1622
|1880= 2639
|1890= 3543
|1900= 3871
|1910= 4436
|1920= 4395
|1930= 5045
|1940= 5101
|1950= 5838
|1960= 7496
|1970= 9060
|1980= 12574
|1990= 17076
|2000= 23866
|2010= 26045
|2020= 26098
|estyear=
|estimate=
|estref=
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.html|title=Decennial Census of Population and Housing by Decades|publisher=[[US Census Bureau]]|access-date=}}</ref><br> 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2/> 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2/>
}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Batavia city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Batavia city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=1600000US1704078&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date= }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Batavia city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1704078&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Batavia city, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=1600000US1704078&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|21,504
|22,840
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,479
|90.10%
|87.69%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |82.30%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|540
|611
|style='background: #ffffe6; |608
|2.26%
|2.35%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.33%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|16
|38
|style='background: #ffffe6; |11
|0.07%
|0.15%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.04%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|319
|469
|style='background: #ffffe6; |583
|1.34%
|1.80%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.23%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|1
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.01%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|16
|18
|style='background: #ffffe6; |77
|0.07%
|0.07%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|213
|291
|style='background: #ffffe6; |944
|0.89%
|1.12%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.62%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,257
|1,775
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,394
|5.27%
|6.82%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.17%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''23,866'''
|'''26,045'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''26,098'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1704078 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> there were 26,098 people, 9,728 households, and 6,947 families residing in the city. The population density was {{Convert|2,408.45|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 10,381 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|958.01|/sqmi|/km2}}.

The racial makeup of the city was 84.23% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.48% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.24% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 3.25% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.51% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.17% of the population.

There were 9,728 households, out of which 37.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.70% were married couples living together, 6.31% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.59% were non-families. 23.97% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.52% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.29 and the average family size was 2.71.

The city's age distribution consisted of 26.3% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 27.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $97,995, and the median income for a family was $123,247. Males had a median income of $69,895 versus $39,602 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $46,134. About 3.6% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 5.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Economy==
Aldi, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of [[Aldi Süd]], has its headquarters in Batavia.<ref>Wollam, Allison. "[http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/print-edition/2011/11/25/discount-retailers-bulk-up-in-houston.html Discount retailers bulk up in Houston as economy stutters]." ''[[Houston Business Journal]]''. Monday November 28, 2011. Retrieved on December 8, 2011.</ref>

[[Fermilab]] is located just outside the town borders and serves as employment for many of the town's residents.

According to the city's 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofbatavia.net/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/237 |publisher=Batavia, IL - Official Website|title=Financial Reports|language=en|access-date=2019-03-09}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
|1
|[[Fermilab|Fermi Research Alliance]]
|1,700
|-
|2
|Suncast Corporation
|800
|-
|3
|[[Aldi|Aldi, Inc.]]
|700
|-
|4
|[[AGCO|AGCO Corporation]]
|365
|-
|5
|[[DHL Supply Chain|Power Packaging]]
|300
|-
|6
|HOBI International
|225
|-
|7
|[[VWR International|VWR Scientific]]
|221
|-
|8
|Batavia Container
|160
|-
|9
|Flinn Scientific Inc.
|150
|-
|10
|DS Containers, Inc.
|140
|}

==Arts and culture==
Batavia is served by Batavia Public Library District, which was founded in April 1881 as a township library; the first Board of Library Trustees was elected in April 1882. It converted to a district library in June 1975. The library serves most of [[Batavia Township, Kane County, Illinois]] and portions of [[Winfield Township, DuPage County, Illinois]], [[Geneva Township, Kane County, Illinois]], and [[Blackberry Township, Kane County, Illinois]]. Its current facility opened in January 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bataviapubliclibrary.org/about-the-library/library-information/library-history.aspx|title=Library History|year=2010|publisher=Batavia Public Library|access-date=2010-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030081017/http://www.bataviapubliclibrary.org/about-the-library/library-information/library-history.aspx|archive-date=2010-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Government ==
Batavia is a part of Illinois' [[Illinois's 11th congressional district|11th Congressional District]], represented by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Bill Foster (politician)|Bill Foster]]. From 2013 to 2023, it was part of the [[Illinois's 14th congressional district|14th Congressional District]], which was represented by [[Randy Hultgren]] and later [[Lauren Underwood]].
[[File:Jeffery Schielke 2016.jpg|thumb|100px|Mayor Schielke in 2016 (receiving a song about Batavia by local composer [[Birgit Ridderstedt]])]] 
[[Linda Holmes]], [[Karina Villa]], [[Barbara Hernandez]], [[Matt Hanson (politician)|Matt Hanson]], and [[Maura Hirschauer]]—all Democrats—represent parts of Batavia in the [[Illinois General Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Illinois Redistricting {{!}} Illinois Speaker of the House - Emanuel "Chris" Welch |url=https://ilhousedems.com/redistricting/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Batavia is governed by a 14-member city council. There are seven wards in the city, and each ward elects two aldermen. The mayor chairs the city council and is elected citywide every four years.

Jeffery Schielke has been Mayor of Batavia since 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |title=City Council, Committee of the Whole, and Elected Officials {{!}} Batavia, IL - Official Website |url=https://www.cityofbatavia.net/233/City-Council-Committee-of-the-Whole |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=www.cityofbatavia.net}}</ref>

==Education==
Batavia is served by [[Batavia Public School District No. 101]]. The district currently consists of six K–5 elementary schools, one 6–8 middle school, and [[Batavia High School (Illinois)|Batavia High School]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bps101.net/community/information/batavia-public-schools |title=Batavia Public Schools |year=2010 |publisher=Batavia Public School District No. 101 |access-date=13 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118120454/http://www.bps101.net/community/information/batavia-public-schools |archive-date=18 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Small pockets of the city are served by Geneva Community Unit School District 304 and West Aurora Public School District 129.

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
Some bus transportation is serviced by [[Pace (transit)|Pace]]. The Geneva and [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] [[Metra]] train stations are nearby. Paths for biking and walking exist along the Fox River. The Chicago & North Western Aurora Branch and the Burlington Route West Chicago line directly served Batavia until 1943.

Batavia is considered [[Car dependency|car-dependent]] and somewhat bikeable.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Batavia neighborhoods on Walk Score |url=https://www.walkscore.com/IL/Batavia |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Walk Score |language=en}}</ref>

Major streets include:
* [[Illinois Route 31|Batavia Avenue (IL-31)]]
* Main Street (Route 10)
* [[Randall Road]]
* [[Illinois Route 25|Washington Street/River Street (IL-25)]]
* Wilson Street

==Notable people==
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* [[Ken Anderson (quarterback)|Ken Anderson]], quarterback with the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]; grew up in Batavia<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1790043/bio|title=Ken Anderson|publisher= IMDb |access-date= October 19, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Steve Bernal]], soccer player<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 13, 2003 |title=Wave United Signs Bernal to Three-Year Deal |url=https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/wave-united-signs-bernal-to-three-year-deal/n-1988094 |access-date=January 19, 2025 |website=OurSports Central}}</ref>
* [[Charlie Briggs (baseball)|Charlie Briggs]], second baseman with the [[Chicago Browns]]
* [[Bernard J. Cigrand]], father of [[Flag Day in the United States|Flag Day]]; lived in Batavia
* [[Jackie DeShannon]], 1960s singer-songwriter; attended Batavia High School
* [[J. W. Eddy]], 19th-century politician, lawyer and railway engineer, acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln; lived in Batavia 
* [[Bill Foster (politician)|Bill Foster]], U.S. Congressman; lived in Batavia and worked at Fermilab
* [[Winfield S. Hall]], physiologist and writer<ref>White, James Terry. (1944). ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 31''. New York: James T. White & Company. p. 446</ref>
* [[Dan Issel]], power forward and coach in the [[Basketball Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Dan Issel|url=http://www.nba.com/history/players/issel_summary.html|encyclopedia=NBA Encyclopedia|access-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109173538/http://www.nba.com/history/players/issel_summary.html|archive-date=November 9, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mary Todd Lincoln]], President [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s wife; committed by her son to the [[Batavia Institute|Bellevue Place]] psychiatric hospital in Batavia (1875)<ref name=madness />
* [[Samuel D. Lockwood]], politician and judge
* [[Meredith Mallory]], former US Congressman
* [[Lyle Oberwise]] (b.1908 Batavia - 1993), noted photographer<ref name="mchs">{{cite web |title=Oberwise Slides |url=https://milwaukeehistory.net/unlocking-the-vault/oberwise-slides-text/ |publisher=Milwaukee County Historical Society |access-date=September 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910144128/https://milwaukeehistory.net/unlocking-the-vault/oberwise-slides-text/ |archive-date=September 10, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[John F. Petit]], businessman and politician; lived in Batavia<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1937-1938,' Biographical Sketch of John F. Petit, pg. 160-161</ref>
* [[Birgit Ridderstedt]], folk singer and producer
* [[Craig Sager]], sportscaster for TNT and TBS; born in Batavia<ref>{{cite news|title=Craig Sager |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/turnersports/nba/announcers/sager/index.html |work=CNN/Sports Illustrated |access-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823085142/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/turnersports/nba/announcers/sager/index.html |archive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Isaac Wilson (1780–1848)|Isaac Wilson]], former US Congressman
* [[Timothy Schmitz]], former Illinois State Legislator; lives in Batavia and was a Batavia Firefighter

==See also==
{{Portal|Chicago|Illinois}}
*[[List of municipalities in Illinois]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Illinois]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{official website|1=http://www.cityofbatavia.net/}}

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{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Batavia, Illinois
|North     = [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]]
|Northeast = [[West Chicago, Illinois|West Chicago]]
|East      = [[Warrenville, Illinois|Warrenville]]
|Southeast = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]]
|South     = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]]
|Southwest = [[North Aurora, Illinois|North Aurora]]
|West      = [[Kaneville, Illinois|Kaneville]]
|Northwest = [[Elburn, Illinois|Elburn]]
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