Kane County

Also known as Kane County, Illinois, Kane County, IL

county in Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Illinois
Founded: January 16, 1836
Named after: Elias Kane
Seat: Geneva
Largest city: Aurora
Total: 524 sq mi (1,360 km )
Land: 520 sq mi (1,300 km )
Water: 4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 0.8%
Estimate 2025: 525,757
Density: 990/sq mi (380/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional districts: 8th , 11th , 14th
Website: countyofkane .org

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Wikidata facts

Named after: Elias Kane
Official name: Kane County
Country: United States
Located in: Illinois
Capital: Geneva
Population: 516522
Area: 1357
Time zone: UTC−05:00
Shares border with: Will County
Official website: www.countyofkane.org
Image: Fabyan Windmill-13.JPG
Households: 181845

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Commons category: Kane County, Illinois
topic's main category: Category:Kane County, Illinois
inception: 1836-01-16
category of associated people: Category:People from Kane County, Illinois
category for people born here: Category:Births in Kane County, Illinois
different from: Kane County
water as percent of area: 0.8
native label: Kane County
per capita income: 37548

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Encyclopedic overview

Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 516,522, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora. Kane County is one of the collar counties of the metropolitan statistical area designated "Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI" by the US census.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kane County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.