Editing Kane County, Illinois

{{Short description|County in Illinois, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Kane County
 | state                = Illinois
 | type                 = County
 | flag                 = Flag of Kane County, Illinois.png
 | seal                 = Seal of Kane County.jpg
 | founded year         = 1836
 | founded date         = January 16
 | seat wl              = Geneva
 | largest city wl      = Aurora
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 524
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 520
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 4.1
 | area percentage      = 0.8
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 516522
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2023
 | population_est       = 514982 {{decrease}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone            = Central
 | district             = 8th
 | district2            = 11th
 | district3            = 14th
 | web                  = countyofkane.org
 | named for            = [[Elias Kane]]
 | ex image             = Fabyan Windmill-13.JPG
 | ex image cap         = The [[Fabyan Windmill]] in Geneva is on the [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Illinois|National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Illinois]].
 | footnotes            = <ref>{{Cite GNIS|424246|Kane County}}</ref> }}

'''Kane County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. According to the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]], it has a population of 516,522,<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17089.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 6, 2021|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606171804/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/17089.html|archive-date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its [[county seat]] is [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]],<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2021 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> and its largest city is [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]]. Kane County is one of the [[collar counties]] of the [[metropolitan statistical area]] designated "[[Chicago]]–[[Naperville, Illinois|Naperville]]–[[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]], IL–[[Indiana|IN]]–[[Wisconsin|WI]]" by the [[United States census|US census]].

==History==
Kane County was formed out of [[LaSalle County, Illinois|LaSalle County]] in 1836. The county was named in honor of [[Elias Kane]], a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] and the first [[Illinois Secretary of State|secretary of state of Illinois]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ |title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States |publisher=Govt. Print. Off. |author=Gannett, Henry |year=1905 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n171 172] |access-date=October 18, 2015 }}</ref>

<gallery>
File:Kane County Illinois 1836.png|Kane County from the time of its creation to 1837, when DeKalb County was split off
File:Kane County Illinois 1837.png|Kane County between 1837 and 1841
File:Kane County Illinois 1841.png|Kane County in 1841, reduced to its present size
</gallery>

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county's area was {{convert|524|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|520|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|4.1|sqmi}} (0.8%) is water.<ref name="census-density" /> Its largest cities are along the [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)|Fox River]].

===Climate===
{{climate chart
|[[Geneva, 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
|float=right
|units=imperial
|clear=both
|source=The Weather Channel<ref name="weather">{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL0447 |title=Monthly Averages for Geneva, Illinois |access-date=January 27, 2011 |publisher=The Weather Channel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023152652/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIL0447 |archive-date=October 23, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Geneva 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. The average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|1.52|in}} in February to {{convert|4.39|in}} in July.<ref name="weather" />

===Adjacent counties===
* [[McHenry County, Illinois|McHenry County]] (north)
* [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]] (east)
* [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage County]] (east)
* [[Will County, Illinois|Will County]] (southeast)
* [[Kendall County, Illinois|Kendall County]] (south)
* [[DeKalb County, Illinois|DeKalb County]] (west)

==Parks and recreation==
* [[Fox River Trail (Illinois)|Fox River Trail]]
* [[Great Western Trail (Illinois)|Great Western Trail]]
* [[Illinois Prairie Path]]
* [[James "Pate" Philip State Park]]

===Forest preserves===
Kane County has an extensive forest preserve program, with numerous nature preserves, historic sites, and trails.<ref>{{cite web|title=Forest Preserves|url=http://www.kaneforest.com/findPreserve.aspx|publisher=Forest Preserve District of Kane County|access-date=December 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222014/http://www.kaneforest.com/findPreserve.aspx|archive-date=December 15, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Almon Underwood Prairie]]
* [[Andersen Woods]]
* [[Arlene Shoemaker]]
* [[Aurora West]]
* [[Barnes (Illinois forest preserve)|Barnes]]
* [[Big Rock Forest Preserve & Campground]]
* [[Binnie Forest Preserve]]
* [[Blackberry Maples]]
* [[Bliss Woods]]
* [[Bolcum Road Wetlands]]
* [[Bowes Creek Greenway Forest Preserve]]
* [[Bowes Creek Woods Forest Preserve]]
* [[Braeburn Marsh]]
* [[Brewster Creek Forest Preserve]]
* [[Brunner Family]]
* [[Buffalo Park Forest Preserve]]
* [[Burlington Prairie]]
* [[Burnidge Forest Preserve/Paul Wolff Campground]]
* [[Camp Tomo Chi-Chi Knolls]]
* [[Campton (Illinois forest preserve)|Campton]]
* [[Cardinal Creek]]
* [[Culver (Illinois forest preserve)|Culver]]
* [[Deer Valley Golf Course]]
* [[Dick Young (Illinois forest preserve)|Dick Young]]
* [[Eagles Forest Preserve]]
* [[Edgewater Greenway Forest Preserve]]
* [[Elburn Forest Preserve]]
* [[Elgin Shores]]
* [[Fabyan Windmill|Fabyan]]
* [[Ferson Creek]]
* [[Fitchie Creek]]
* [[Fox River Bluff East & Fox River Bluff West]]
* [[Fox River Forested Fen Forest Preserve]]
* [[Fox River Shores]]
* [[Freeman Kame – Meagher]]
* [[Glenwood Park Forest Preserve]]
* [[Grunwald Farms]]
* [[Gunnar Anderson]]
* [[Hampshire Forest Preserve]]
* [[Hampshire South Forest Preserve]]
* [[Hannaford Woods/Nickels Farm]]
* [[Helm Woods]]
* [[Hoscheit Woods Forest Preserve]]
* [[Hughes Creek Golf Club]]
* [[Jack E. Cook Park & Forest Preserve]]
* [[Jelkes Creek]]
* [[Johnson's Mound]]
* [[Jon J. Duerr]]
* [[Kenyon Farm]]
* [[Lake Run Forest Preserve]]
* [[LeRoy Oakes]]
* [[Les Arends]]
* [[Lone Grove Forest Preserve]]
* [[McLean Fen Forest Preserve]]
* [[Meissner Prairie – Corron]]
* [[Mill Creek (Illinois forest preserve)|Mill Creek]]
* [[Muirhead Springs]]
* [[New Haven Park]]
* [[Oakhurst (Illinois forest preserve)|Oakhurst]]
* [[Otter Creek (Illinois forest preserve)|Otter Creek]]
* [[Pingree Grove Forest Preserve]]
* [[Poplar Creek (Illinois forest preserve)|Poplar Creek]]
* [[Prairie Green (Illinois forest preserve)|Prairie Green]]
* [[Meadowdale International Raceway|Raceway Woods]]
* [[Raymond Street]]
* [[Regole]]
* [[Rutland Forest Preserve]]
* [[Sauer Family Prairie Kame]]
* [[Schweitzer Woods]]
* [[Settler's Hill]]
* [[Sleepy Hollow Ravine]]
* [[Tekakwitha Woods]]
* [[Tyler Creek Forest Preserve]]
* [[Virgil Forest Preserve]]
* [[Voyageur's Landing]]
* [[Willoughby Farms]]
{{div col end}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1840= 6501
|1850= 16703
|1860= 30062
|1870= 39091
|1880= 44939
|1890= 65061
|1900= 78792
|1910= 91862
|1920= 99499
|1930= 125327
|1940= 130206
|1950= 150388
|1960= 208246
|1970= 251005
|1980= 278405
|1990= 317471
|2000= 404119
|2010= 515269
|2020= 516522
|estyear=2023
|estimate=514982
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2023">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 2, 2024}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=April 16, 2015}}</ref><br />1790–1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=July 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811110448/http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu/|archive-date=August 11, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> 1900–1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/il190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424084443/http://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/il190090.txt|archive-date=April 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><br />1990–2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218203824/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|archive-date=December 18, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 2010–2019<ref name="QF" />
}}
{{Stack|[[File:USA Kane County, Illinois age pyramid.svg|thumb|left|2000 census age pyramid for Kane County]]}}

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Kane County, 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 – Kane County, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=050XX00US17089&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) – Kane County, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US17089&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) – Kane County, Illinois|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=050XX00US17089&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|273,390
|304,051
|style='background: #ffffe6; |282,307
|67.65%
|59.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |54.66%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|22,477
|27,819
|style='background: #ffffe6; |26,239
|5.56%
|5.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5.08%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|536
|591
|style='background: #ffffe6; |514
|0.13%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.10%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|7,142
|17,505
|style='background: #ffffe6; |21,191
|1.77%
|3.40%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.10%
|-
|[[Native Hawaiian]] or [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|57
|130
|style='background: #ffffe6; |115
|0.01%
|0.03%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|338
|522
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,521
|0.08%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.29%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|4,255
|6,261
|style='background: #ffffe6; |15,040
|1.05%
|1.22%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.91%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|95,924
|158,390
|style='background: #ffffe6; |169,595
|23.74%
|30.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |32.83%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''404,119'''
|'''515,269'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''516,522'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], there were 515,269&nbsp;people, 170,479&nbsp;households, and 128,323&nbsp;families residing in the county.<ref name="census-dp1">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US17089 |title=DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data |access-date=July 12, 2015 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213012903/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/0500000US17089 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The population density was {{convert|990.8|PD/sqmi}}. There were 182,047 housing units at an average density of {{convert|350.1|/sqmi}}.<ref name="census-density">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17089 |access-date=July 12, 2015 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 – County |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202435/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US17089 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The racial makeup of the county was 74.6% white, 5.7% black or African American, 3.5% Asian, 0.6% American Indian, 13.0% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 30.7% of the population. In terms of ancestry, 24.3% were [[Germans|German]], 13.0% were [[Irish people|Irish]], 7.9% were [[Polish people|Polish]], 7.4% were [[Italians|Italian]], 7.1% were [[English people|English]], and 2.4% were [[American ancestry|American]].

Of the 170,479&nbsp;households, 42.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 24.7% were non-families, and 19.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.98 and the average family size was 3.45. The median age was 34.5 years.<ref name="census-dp1" />

The median income for a household in the county was $67,767 and the median income for a family was $77,998. Males had a median income of $53,833 versus $39,206 for females. The per capita income for the county was $29,480. About 7.0% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.5% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="census-dp3">{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US17089 |title=DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS – 2006–2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates |access-date=July 12, 2015 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213025202/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_5YR/DP03/0500000US17089 |archive-date=February 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Education==
* [[Aurora University]]
* [[Elgin Community College]]
* [[Judson University]]
* [[Waubonsee Community College]]

==Infrastructure==

===Health care===
There are several hospitals serving the county:
* [[Advocate Sherman Hospital]], Elgin
* [[Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital]], Geneva
* [[Presence Mercy Medical Center]], Aurora
* [[Presence Saint Joseph Hospital]], Elgin
* [[Rush-Copley Medical Center]], Aurora

===Transportation===
====Transit====
* '''[[Metra]]'''
* ''[[BNSF Line]]''
* ''[[Milwaukee District West Line]]''
* ''[[Union Pacific West Line]]''
* '''[[Pace (transit)|Pace]]'''
* ''[[Pace I-90 Express]]''

====Airport====
* [[Aurora Municipal Airport (Illinois)|Aurora Municipal Airport]]

====Major highways====
Kane county has an extensive county highway system that includes federal, state and county maintained routes. During the years that the county was represented by [[Dennis Hastert]] it received many federal earmarks for highway improvements to respond to population growth. In addition, the county has entered into an agreement with the [[Illinois State Toll Highway Authority]] to operate a limited access toll bridge on the [[Longmeadow Parkway]] that is not connected to any other tollway.
{{div col}}
* [[File:I-88.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 88 (Illinois)|Interstate 88]]
* [[File:I-90.svg|25px]] [[Interstate 90]]
* [[File:US 20.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 20]]
* [[File:US 30.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 30]]
* [[File:US 34.svg|25px]] [[U.S. Highway 34]]
* [[File:Illinois 19.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 19]]
* [[File:Illinois 25.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 25]]
* [[File:Illinois 31.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 31]]
* [[File:Illinois 38.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 38]]
* [[File:Illinois 47.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 47]]
* [[File:Illinois 56.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 56]]
* [[File:Illinois 58.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 58]]
* [[File:Illinois 62.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 62]]
* [[File:Illinois 64.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 64]]
* [[File:Illinois 68.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 68]]
* [[File:Illinois 72.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 72]]
* [[File:Illinois 110.svg|25px]] [[Illinois Route 110]]
* [[File:Kane County 20.svg|25px]] [[Army Trail Road]]
* [[File:Kane County 34.svg|25px]] [[Randall Road]]
* [[File:Kane County 86.svg|25px]] [[Longmeadow Parkway]]
* [[Stearns Road (Chicago)|Kane County Route 37]]
* [[Lake Cook Road]]
{{div col end}}

==Communities==
===Cities===
* [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] (mostly)
* [[Batavia, Illinois|Batavia]] (mostly)
* [[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]] (mostly)
* [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]]
* [[St. Charles, Illinois|St. Charles]] (mostly)

===Villages===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Algonquin, Illinois|Algonquin]] (part)
* [[Barrington Hills, Illinois|Barrington Hills]] (part)
* [[Bartlett, Illinois|Bartlett]] (part)
* [[Big Rock, Illinois|Big Rock]]
* [[Burlington, Illinois|Burlington]]
* [[Campton Hills, Illinois|Campton Hills]]
* [[Carpentersville, Illinois|Carpentersville]]
* [[East Dundee, Illinois|East Dundee]] (mostly)
* [[Elburn, Illinois|Elburn]]
* [[Gilberts, Illinois|Gilberts]]
* [[Hampshire, Illinois|Hampshire]]
* [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois|Hoffman Estates]] (part)
* [[Huntley, Illinois|Huntley]] (part)
* [[Kaneville, Illinois|Kaneville]]
* [[Lily Lake, Illinois|Lily Lake]]
* [[Maple Park, Illinois|Maple Park]] (part)
* [[Montgomery, Illinois|Montgomery]] (mostly)
* [[North Aurora, Illinois|North Aurora]]
* [[Pingree Grove, Illinois|Pingree Grove]]
* [[Sleepy Hollow, Illinois|Sleepy Hollow]]
* [[South Elgin, Illinois|South Elgin]]
* [[Sugar Grove, Illinois|Sugar Grove]]
* [[Virgil, Illinois|Virgil]]
* [[Wayne, Illinois|Wayne]] (part)
* [[West Dundee, Illinois|West Dundee]]
{{div col end}}

===Census-designated place===
* [[Prestbury, Illinois|Prestbury]]

===Other unincorporated communities===
{{div col}}
* [[Allens Corners, Illinois|Allens Corners]]
* [[Almora, Illinois|Almora]]
* [[Bald Mound, Illinois|Bald Mound]]
* [[Bowes, Illinois|Bowes]]
* [[Five Island Park, Illinois|Five Island Park]]
* [[Freeman, Illinois|Freeman]]
* [[La Fox, Illinois|La Fox]]
* [[Mooseheart, Illinois|Mooseheart]]
* [[North Plato, Illinois|North Plato]]
* [[Nottingham Woods, Illinois|Nottingham Woods]]
* [[Plato Center, Illinois|Plato Center]]
* [[Rainbow Hills, Illinois|Rainbow Hills]]
* [[Starks, Illinois|Starks]]
* [[Thornwood, South Elgin|Thornwood]]
* [[Udina, Illinois|Udina]]
* [[Valley View, Illinois|Valley View]]
* [[Wasco, Illinois|Wasco]] (former)
{{div col end}}

===Townships===
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
* [[Aurora Township, Illinois|Aurora Township]]
* [[Batavia Township, Illinois|Batavia Township]]
* [[Big Rock Township, Illinois|Big Rock Township]]
* [[Blackberry Township, Illinois|Blackberry Township]]
* [[Burlington Township, Illinois|Burlington Township]]
* [[Campton Township, Illinois|Campton Township]]
* [[Dundee Township, Illinois|Dundee Township]]
* [[Elgin Township, Illinois|Elgin Township]]
* [[Geneva Township, Illinois|Geneva Township]]
* [[Hampshire Township, Illinois|Hampshire Township]]
* [[Kaneville Township, Illinois|Kaneville Township]]
* [[Plato Township, Illinois|Plato Township]]
* [[Rutland Township, Kane County, Illinois|Rutland Township]]
* [[St. Charles Township, Illinois|St. Charles Township]]
* [[Sugar Grove Township, Illinois|Sugar Grove Township]]
* [[Virgil Township, Illinois|Virgil Township]]
{{div col end}}

== Government ==

=== Kane County Board ===
Kane County services are overseen by a 24 member Board which is elected every two years. The Board's chair is elected every four years. The Board sets the County's budget. Corrine Michelle Pierog is the current County Board Chair. There are currently 16 [[Democratic Party of Illinois|Democrats]] and 8 [[Illinois Republican Party|Republicans]] on the Board.

In addition to the Board chair, there are nine county officeholders elected countywide every four years. These positions are the Auditor, Circuit Clerk, County Clerk, Coroner, Recorder, Regional Office of Education Superintendent, Sheriff, State's Attorney, and Treasurer.

=== Current elected officials ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Kane County Board Members, 2022-2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pages - Board Members |url=https://www.countyofkane.org/pages/countyboard/boardMembers.aspx |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=www.countyofkane.org}}</ref>
!Party
!District
!Board Member
!City/town
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|''Chair''
|Corinne Pierog
|Batavia
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|1
|Myrna Molina
|Aurora
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|2
|Dale Berman
|North Aurora
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|3
|Anita Lewis
|Aurora
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|4
|Mavis Bates
|Aurora
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|5
|Bill Lenert
|Sugar Grove
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|6
|Ron Ford
|Aurora
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|7
|Monica Silva
|Aurora
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|8
|Michelle Gumz
|Aurora
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|9
|Gary Daughtery
|Gilberts
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|10
|Bill Tarver
|Batavia
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|11
|Leslie Juby
|Geneva
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|12
|Bill Roth
|St. Charles
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|13
|Michael Linder
|St. Charles
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|14
|Mark Davoust
|St. Charles
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|15
|David Young
|Elgin
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|16
|Michael Kenyon
|South Elgin
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|17
|Deborah Allan
|Elgin
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|18
|Rick Williams
|Geneva
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|19
|Mohammad "Mo" Iqbal
|Elgin
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|20
|Cherryl Fritz Strathmann
|Elgin
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|21
|Clifford Surges
|Gilberts
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|22
|Verner (Vern) Tepe
|Elgin
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|23
|Chris Kious
|Algonquin
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|24
|Jarett Sanchez
|Carpentersville
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Countywide Officeholders, 2022-2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 General Election Contest Results - Kane County Elections |url=https://electionresults.kanecountyil.gov/Contests.aspx?Id=23 |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=electionresults.kanecountyil.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 General Election Contest Results - Kane County Elections |url=https://electionresults.kanecountyil.gov/Contests.aspx?Id=27 |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=electionresults.kanecountyil.gov}}</ref>
!Party
!Office
!Name
!Party
!Serving Until
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|Kane County Clerk
|John "Jack" A. Cunningham
|Republican
|2026

|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|Sheriff
|Ron Hain
|Democratic
|2026
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|Treasurer
|[[Chris Lauzen]]
|Republican
|2026
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|Board Chair
|Corinne M. Pierog
|Democratic
|2024
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|Circuit Clerk
|Theresa Barreiro
|Democratic
|2024
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|Auditor
|Penny Wegman
|Democratic
|2024
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|Coroner
|L. Robert Russell
|Republican
|2024
|-
|{{party color cell|Illinois Republican Party}}
|Recorder
|Sandy Wegman
|Republican
|2024
|-
|{{party color cell|Democratic Party of Illinois}}
|State's Attorney
|Jamie Mosser
|Democratic
|2024
|}

=== 16th Circuit ===
Kane County is coterminous with the [[Illinois circuit courts|16th Judicial Circuit]]. The 16th Judicial Circuit is divided into four subcircuits. The first subcircuit consists of the majority of [[Aurora Township, Kane County, Illinois|Aurora Township]]. The second subcircuit consists of most of [[Elgin Township, Kane County, Illinois|Elgin]] and [[Dundee Township, Kane County, Illinois|Dundee]] townships. The fourth subcircuit consists the [[Tri-Cities, Illinois|tri-cities]] area of [[Batavia, Illinois|Batavia]], [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]], and [[Saint Charles, Illinois|Saint Charles]]. The third subcircuit consists of all territory not included in the other three subcircuits, which corresponds to an area of roughly the western two thirds of the county.<ref>{{cite web |author=Kane County Clerk |date=April 22, 2022 |title=Judicial Subcircuts Created by P.A. 97-0585 |url=https://archive.org/details/il-circuit-16-kane-county-subcircuits |access-date=April 22, 2022}}</ref>

==Politics==
As one of the [[Yankee]]-settled and prosperous suburban "[[collar counties]]", Kane County was a stronghold of the [[Free Soil Party]] in its first few elections, being one of nine Illinois counties to give a plurality to [[Martin van Buren]] in 1848. Kane County then unsurprisingly became solidly Republican for the century and a half following that party's formation. It voted for the GOP presidential nominee in every election between 1856 and 2004 except that of 1912 when the Republican Party was mortally divided and [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive]] candidate [[Theodore Roosevelt]] carried the county with a majority of the vote over conservative incumbent [[William Howard Taft]].

The gradual shift of the GOP towards white [[Southern United States|Southern]] Evangelicals, however, has led the generally moderate electorate of Kane and the other "collar counties" to trend towards the Democratic Party. In 2008, Senator [[Barack Obama]] became the first Democrat to carry Kane County since [[Franklin Pierce]] in 1852, and the first ever to win an absolute majority of the county's vote (the previous two Democratic winners, Pierce and [[James K. Polk]] in 1844 had both gained only pluralities due to strong Free Soil votes). Obama won a plurality in 2012, and [[Hillary Clinton]] improved upon Obama's showing to become the second Democrat to win a majority in 2016. In 2020, [[Joe Biden]] had the best performance ever by a Democrat in the county, even besting Obama's 2008 victory.

Kane County is represented in the [[United States House of Representatives]] by Democrats [[Bill Foster (politician)|Bill Foster]] ([[Illinois's 11th congressional district|11th District]]), [[Raja Krishnamoorthi]] ([[Illinois's 8th congressional district|8th District]]), and [[Lauren Underwood]] ([[Illinois's 14th congressional district|14th District]]).<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 12, 2022 |title=2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List |url=https://www.cookpolitical.com/cook-pvi/2022-partisan-voting-index/district-map-and-list |access-date=December 3, 2023 |website=Cook Political Report |language=en}}</ref>

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{{PresRow|2024|Democratic|99,260|120,077|5,323|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2020|Democratic|96,775|130,166|4,935|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2016|Democratic|82,734|103,665|13,288|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2012|Democratic|88,335|90,332|3,058|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|83,963|106,756|2,644|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|92,065|73,813|1,419|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|76,996|60,127|4,282|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1996|Republican|54,375|47,902|12,416|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1992|Republican|55,684|44,568|27,686|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|66,283|36,366|763|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|72,655|31,875|629|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|64,106|29,015|10,663|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|59,275|34,057|2,042|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|64,546|27,525|306|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|54,144|26,609|6,667|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1964|Republican|46,391|40,703|0|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|55,389|31,279|93|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|56,009|20,848|59|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|50,801|24,058|96|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|39,284|21,176|532|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|38,689|23,362|185|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|41,949|25,676|289|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|33,491|28,187|2,051|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|32,934|24,638|1,084|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|38,236|16,184|253|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|32,717|3,517|6,624|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|26,832|4,323|1,243|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|23,868|9,875|1,506|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|2,415|4,394|12,257|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|12,840|4,316|1,111|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|12,638|2,799|1,271|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|12,031|5,259|521|Illinois}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|12,133|4,852|362|Illinois}}
{{PresFoot|1892|Republican|7,977|5,778|1,072|Illinois}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Chicago|Illinois}}
* [[Dundee Township Park District]]
* [[Fermilab]]
* [[Fox River (Illinois River tributary)]]
* [[Golden Corridor]]
* [[Illinois Technology and Research Corridor]]
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Kane County, Illinois]]
* [[Tri-Cities, Illinois]]

==Notable people==

* [[Geneva, Illinois#Notable people|Geneva, Illinois§Notable people]] 
* [[Batavia, Illinois#Notable people|Batavia, Illinois§Notable people]]
* [[St. Charles, Illinois#Notable people|St. Charles, Illinois§Notable people]]
* [[List of people from Elgin, Illinois]]
* [[List of people from Aurora, Illinois]]
* [[Carpentersville, Illinois#Notable residents|Carpentersville, Illinois§Notable residents]]
* [[East Dundee, Illinois#Notable residents|East Dundee, Illinois§Notable residents]]
* [[Hampshire, Illinois#Notable people|Hampshire, Illinois§Notable people]]
* [[Kaneville, Illinois#Notable natives|Kaneville, Illinois§Notable natives]]
* [[Montgomery, Illinois#Notable people|Montgomery, Illinois§Notable people]]
* [[Sugar Grove, Illinois#Notable people|Sugar Grove, Illinois§Notable people]]
* [[West Dundee, Illinois#Notable resident|West Dundee, Illinois§Notable resident]]

==References==
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;General
* {{cite book |first= |last= |year=1996 |title=Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790 to 1990: From the Twenty-One Decennial Censuses |publisher=United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Population Division |isbn=0-934213-48-8 |editor-last=Forstall |editor-first=Richard L.}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Kane County, Illinois}}
* [http://www.countyofkane.org/ Kane County government website]

{{Geographic Location
| Centre    = Kane County, Illinois
| North     = [[McHenry County, Illinois|McHenry County]]
| Northeast = [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]]
| East      = [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage County]]
| Southeast = [[Will County, Illinois|Will County]]
| South     = [[Kendall County, Illinois|Kendall County]]
| Southwest = [[LaSalle County]]
| West      = [[DeKalb County, Illinois|DeKalb County]]
| Northwest = [[Boone County, Illinois|Boone County]]
}}
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