Kane
County Fact Sheet
Kane County Courthouse
Kane County Judicial Center
Addresses for County
Courthouse and IRAD:
County Clerk
or Recorder
Kane County Government Center
719 South Batavia Avenue
Geneva, IL 60134 |
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County Clerk
Recorder
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(630) 232-5950
(630) 232-5935
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Circuit Clerk
Kane County Judicial Center
37W777 Route 38
St. Charles, IL 60175 |
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Telephone: (630) 232-3413
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IRAD Depository
Regional History Center
Founders Memorial Library
Room 400
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
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- Telephone:
(815) 753-1807
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Established: |
January 16, 1836 (Laws, 1836, p. 273) |
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Origin of the name
of the county: |
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Named for Elias Kent Kane, a pioneer
lawyer, Territorial judge, prominent member of the Constitutional
Convention of 1818, first Secretary of State of Illinois, and later
United States Senator. |
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Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: |
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1835–1836 |
LaSalle |
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1825–1835 |
Putnam |
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1823–1825 |
Fulton |
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1821–1823 |
Pike |
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1819–1821 |
Clark |
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1816–1819 |
Crawford |
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1815–1816 |
Edwards |
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1812–1815 |
Madison |
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1801–1812 |
St. Clair |
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1790–1801 |
Knox, Northwest Territory |
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Seat: |
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1836– |
Geneva |
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| History
of county governing board: |
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1836–1850 |
County Commissioners’ Court |
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1850– |
County Board of Supervisors |
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Documented Record
Losses |
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1843—Fire |
Some records lost or damaged. |
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March 13, 1890—Fire |
Volumes saved; 5,000 court files burned. |
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Township
Government |
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Adopted: |
November 6, 1849 |
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Township Names: |
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Aurora |
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Batavia |
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Big Rock |
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Blackberry |
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Burlington |
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Campton |
Name changed from Milo on July 2, 1850. |
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Dundee |
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Elgin |
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Geneva |
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Hampshire |
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Kaneville |
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Plato |
Name changed from Homer on July 2, 1850. |
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Rutland |
Name changed from Jackson on July 2, 1850. |
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St. Charles |
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Sugar Grove |
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Virgil |
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