Kankakee County, Illinois
Founding: 1853 Parent counties: Iroquois and Will Namesake: The Kankakee River Seat: Kankakee (1853–) Land area: 677 square miles Population (2020): 107,502 Population (historic): 15,412 (1860); 25,047 (1880); 37,154 (1900); 50,095 (1930) Periods of population growth: pre-1860–1980; 1990–2010 Subdivisions: Two cities; 18 villages; 17 townships Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 8,007 (17.5%) Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 53.2% Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 12.1% Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 7.7% Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 6.5% Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,373 Average outbuilding value (1930): $3,052 Average farmhouse size (1940): 6.5 rooms Number of farms (1920): 2,480 Average farm size (1920): 147.8 acres Sources of settlement: Canada, Germany, New York, Indiana, Ohio, and Ireland ________________________________...