Kane County, Illinois

Founding: 1836
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Elias Kane, Illinois politician
Seat: Geneva (1836–)

Land area: 520 square miles

Population (2020): 516,522

Population (historic): 6,501 (1840); 30,062 (1860); 44,939 (1880); 78,792 (1900); 125,327 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1840–2020

Subdivisions: Five cities; 18 villages; one CDP; 16 townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 25,109 (13.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 67.5%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 19%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.6%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.3%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $3,108
Average outbuilding value (1930): $5,079

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.4 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 2,248
Average farm size (1920): 113.2 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, England, Canada, and Pennsylvania
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Geneva

Namesake: Geneva, New York

Founding: 1836 (platting as La Fox); 1836 (post office); 1867 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 21,393

Population (historic): 997 (1860); 1,239 (1880); 2,446 (1900); 4,607 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1930; 1940–2010
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 969 (11.5%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. George Stearns House (1868). 570 Bliss Road. Blackberry. Italianate.
2. Prosper Washburn Farm (c. 1860). 603 Hughes Road. Blackberry. Italianate.
3. Robert Corron Farm (1854). 761 Corron Road. Campton. Italianate.
4. Timothy Garfield Farm (1846). 16 Garfield Road. Campton.
5. Douglas–Traub House (c. 1850/1900). 920 South McLean Boulevard. Elgin. Greek Revival. Razed.
6. Eli Peck Farm (c. 1870). 4038 Kaneville Road. Geneva. Italianate.
7. Washington Presbyterian Church (1844). 732 Highland Road. Plato. Greek Revival.
8. James Burr House (c. 1860). 294 Burr Road. St. Charles. Gothic Revival.
9. Oaklawn / Mark Dunham House (1880). 648 Dunham Road. St. Charles. Chateauesque.
10. Ephraim Smith House (c. 1845). 610 Kedeka Road. Sugar Grove. Greek Revival.
11. Silas Reynolds Farm (c. 1860). 427 Prairie Road. Sugar Grove.

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