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Kane County, Illinois

County: Kane

State: Illinois

Lat/Long: 41.9500, -88.4333

In 1836, the Illinois General Assembly created Kane County out of La Salle County. Commissioners appointed for the purpose chose Geneva as the seat of the new county.

An Act to Establish Certain Counties; The Past and Present of Kane County, Illinois (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr., 1878), 247, 298, 321.


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