Kendall County Courthouse

Kendall County Office Building

Addresses for County Courthouse and IRAD:

Established:		February 19, 1841 (Laws, 1841, p. 75)
Origin of the name of the county:
	For Amos Kendall, a successful politician and journalist, Postmaster General under Jackson, and as partner of S.F.B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, he contributed largely to the commercial success of that invention.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in:
	1836–1841	Kane
	1831–1841	LaSalle
	1825–1831	Putnam
	1823–1825	Fulton
	1821–1823	Pike
	1819–1821	Clark
	1816–1819	Crawford
	1815–1816	Edwards
	1812–1815	Madison
	1801–1812	St. Clair
	1790–1801	Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats:
	1841–1845	Yorkville
	1845–1864	Oswego
	1864–	Yorkville
	The historic courthouse in Yorkville built in 1864 was used until 1998 when the new courthouse was completed. The building is currently undergoing extensive restoration.
History of county governing board:
	1841–1850	County Commissioners’ Court
	1850–	County Board of Supervisors
Township Government
	Adopted:	November 6, 1849
Township Names:
	Big Grove
	Bristol
	Fox
	Kendall
	Lisbon
	Little Rock
	Na-Au-Say
	Oswego
	Seward	Name changed from Franklin (date unknown).