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Kankakee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 113,449. Its county seat is Kankakee. Kankakee County comprises the Kankakee, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
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Starting in the 1770s, if not earlier, the area that is now Kankakee County was largely populated by the Pottawatami.
French Canadian Settlers came to Kankakee County in 1834, after the federal government signed the Treaty of Camp Tippecanoe in 1832. They were soon joined by migrants from New York and Vermont, mostly locating in Momence, Illinois. In the 1840s, most of the migrants were French Canadians or Metis and they settled in such places as Bourbonnais.
An act of the Illinois Legislature created Kankakee County out of the north part of Iroquois County and the south part of Will County in February 1853. The six original townships were Yellowhead, Rockville, Bourbonnais, Momence, Aroma Park, and Limestone. The population of the new county was about 8,000. In 1855 the two western townships (Norton and Essex) were taken from Vermilion County and added to Kankakee County. The county was named for the Kankakee River.
Timeline
Date | Event | Source
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1832 | Land records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1853 | County formed | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1853 | Court records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1853 | Marriage records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1853 | Probate records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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1860 | First census | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1860 | No significant boundary changes after this year | Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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1877 | Birth records recorded | Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History
- source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year | Population
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1860 | 15,412
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1870 | 24,352
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1880 | 25,047
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1890 | 28,732
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1900 | 37,154
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1910 | 40,752
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1920 | 44,940
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1930 | 50,095
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1940 | 60,877
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1950 | 73,524
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1960 | 92,063
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1970 | 97,250
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1980 | 102,926
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1990 | 96,255
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Cemeteries
Cemeteries of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States
Research Tips
External links
- KanWiki Kankakee's Wiki - A great website for information and history of Kankakee.
- Outstanding guide to Kankakee County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
- www.co.kankakee.il.us/
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