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Kane County, Illinois

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162newspaper titles
0digitized titles
86historic places
1800earliest paper
1836formed
516,522pop. 2020
89cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory lists 162 newspaper titles published in Kane County, Illinois, with the earliest starting in 1800. None of these titles are currently digitized on Chronicling America. The National Register of Historic Places includes 86 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973; 1 is also National Historic Landmark. Most listings are in or near Aurora, Elgin, Batavia.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers published in Kane

Library of Congress
162 newspaper titles
TitlePlaceYears
Aurora BladeAurora1800–?
Aurora Evening PostAurora1800–1899
Aurora Post-JournalAurora1800–1999
Aurora VolksfreundAurora1800–1999
Aurora Weekly BeaconAurora1800–1876
Batavia Weekly ArgusBatavia1800–?
Dundee WeeklyEast Dundee, West Dundee1800–1872
Evangelische ZeitschriftAurora, Chicago1800–?
Kane County AdvertiserGeneva1800–1999
The Aurora Herald-ExpressAurora1800–1899
The Aurora NewsAurora1800–?
The Aurora News TimesAurora1800–1899
The Daily Aurora TimesAurora1800–1893
The Daily TimesAurora1800–1899
The Elburn RecordElburn1800–1999
The Elgin Business MirrorElgin1800–?
The AgeSt. Charles1843–1899
Aurora BeaconAurora1847–1899
The Kane County DemocratGeneva, Saint Charles1849–1899
Kane County RepublicanGeneva1850–1899
The Aurora ScorpionAurora1850–1899
The Elgin GazetteElgin1850–1899
Fox River CourierElgin1851–1852
The Aurora GuardianAurora1852–1857
Illinois Weekly PalladiumElgin1853–1855
Kane County JournalElgin1855–1856
The Aurora Daily BeaconAurora1856–1857
Aurora Weekly BeaconAurora1857–1858
Daily Republican UnionAurora1857–1857
The Aurora RepublicanAurora1857–1899
The Aurora BeaconAurora1858–1869
The Little ReformerAurora1858–1899
Aurora CommercialAurora1860–1899
The Aurora ChronicleAurora1861–1899
Elgin UnionElgin1862–1899
The Elgin ChronicleElgin1865–1868
Aurora HeraldAurora1866–1899
Aurora Herald WeeklyAurora1866–1886
The Elgin GazetteElgin1866–1874
The Aurora Weekly HeraldAurora1867–1899
The Dundee StarEast Dundee, West Dundee1868–1999
The Aurora BeaconAurora1869–1903
The Batavia NewsBatavia1869–1999
The Batavia Weekly NewsBatavia1869–1999
The CitizenElgin1870–1999
The Elgin AdvocateElgin1871–1918
The Army RegisterAurora1872–1875
The Aurora Daily NewsAurora1874–1875
Daily Bluff CityElgin1875–1878
The Aurora Daily NewsAurora1875–1878
The Elgin TimesElgin1875–1999
The Fox River TimesBatavia1875–1899
The Elgin Daily NewsElgin1876–1925
The Elgin Daily NewsElgin1876–1925
The InformerElgin1876–1878
The Lodie BombshellLodi1876–1899
The Elgin Daily LeaderElgin1877–1880
The Aurora Weekly NewsAurora1878–1899
The Daily NewsAurora1878–1884
The Geneva RepublicanGeneva1878–1896
Elgin Daily FrankElgin1880–1882
Elgin Deutsche ZeitungElgin1880–1902
Elgin Weekly FrankElgin1880–1884
The Elgin EnvoyElgin1881–1999
The Elgin Evening AdvocateElgin1881–1883
Elgin Morning FrankElgin1882–1884
The Aurora Daily ExpressAurora1882–1999
The Dundee NewsWest Dundee, East Dundee1882–1999
The Aurora IndexAurora1883–1999
Aurora Daily NewsAurora1884–1911
Elgin Daily CourierElgin1884–1925
Elgin Daily CourierElgin1884–1925
Every SaturdayElgin1884–1899
The Elgin CourierElgin1884–1910
The Elgin CourierElgin1884–1910
The Hampshire RegisterHampshire1885–1988
Aurora Weekly Beacon ExpressAurora1886–1899
The Elgin DemocratElgin1886–1897
Aurora DemocratAurora1888–1899
Aurora Daily DemocratAurora1889–1999
The Elburn Weekly RecordElburn1889–1999
The Dundee HawkeyeWest Dundee, East Dundee1890–1999
Batavia Bulletin-RecordBatavia1891–1999
The Aurora Daily BeaconAurora1891–1911
The Elgin DialElgin1892–1896
Batavia HeraldBatavia1893–1962
The Carpentersville NewsCarpentersville1893–1999
The Elburn EnterpriseElburn1893–1896
The Aurora Sunday JournalAurora1895–1999
Aurora JournalAurora1896–1999
The Elgin Daily DialElgin1896–1897
The Elgin Daily DialElgin1896–1897
The Elgin Weekly DialElgin1896–1897
Kane County DemocratElgin1897–1902
Kane County DemocratElgin1897–1902
The Elgin Evening DialElgin1897–1898
The Elgin Evening DialElgin1897–1898
Kane County Journal1898–?
The Elgin Morning DialElgin1898–1899
The Elgin Morning DialElgin1898–1899
Geneva PatrolGeneva1899–1903
The Elgin Evening DialElgin1899–1903
The Elgin Evening DialElgin1899–1903
Carpentersville Dundee ReviewCarpentersville1900–?
Carpentersville StarCarpentersville1900–?
Elgin Daily Courier-NewsElgin1900–1970
Fox Valley TribuneElgin1900–1999
The Dundee DispatchDundee1900–1999
Aurora Commercial ReviewAurora1901–1999
Elgin UhrElgin1901–1999
Elgin Evening PressElgin1903–1910
Elgin Evening PressElgin1903–1910
The Daily TribuneBatavia1904–1999
The Forest PressBatavia1904–1999
The Elburn HeraldElburn1908–?
Fox River StarBatavia1909–1999
The Friday PatrolGeneva1909–1911
The Geneva RepublicanGeneva1909–?
Aurora Daily Beacon-NewsAurora1912–1952
The Aurora SentinelAurora1912–1999
The Aurora DemocratAurora1916–1916
Illinois Wochenblatt = Illinois WeeklyWinona, Springfield, Elgin1920–1921
Aurora Daily StarAurora1921–1999
The Elgin Courier-NewsElgin1926–1970
The Aurora Daily JournalAurora1928–1999
The Dundee Review and Tri-Cities TribuneEast Dundee1938–1945
Aurora EconomistAurora1940–1999
The Dundee ReviewEast Dundee1945–1956
The Kane County FarmerElburn1946–?
The Aurora LutheranAurora1947–1954
The Fox Valley Free PressCarpentersville1948–1999
The Aurora Beacon-NewsAurora1952–1970
Cardunal Free PressCarpentersville, Dundee1958–1983
Cardunal Free PressCarpentersville1958–?
McHenry County Free PressCarpentersville1959–1999
The HeraldBatavia1962–1976
Aurora StarAurora1963–1966
Daily Courier-NewsElgin1970–1991
The Beacon NewsAurora1970–?
Geneva ChronicleGeneva1974–1990
Batavia ChronicleBatavia1976–1990
The Elgin HeraldCarpentersville1976–1985
Chronicle WestElburn1978–?
The Elburn RepublicanSaint Charles1981–2000
Cardunal Free Press Morning HeraldCarpentersville1983–1985
Cardunal Free PressCarpentersville1985–1985
ElginCarpentersville1985–1985
The Fox Valley SunAurora1985–?
Fox Valley BeaconAurora1986–?
Hampshire Register NewsHampshire1988–?
Batavia WindmillBatavia1990–?
Kane County ChronicleGeneva1990–2016
The Courier-NewsElgin1991–?
El ConquistadorAurora1994–?
Daily Herald1997–?
The Examiner of St. CharlesBartlett2003–?
Hampshire JournalHampshire2005–?
Bartlett PressSaint Charles2007–?
The Examiner of Campton HillsBartlett2007–?
Elgin HeroldWinona, Elgin?–
Hampshire RegisterSycamore?–
The Batavia RepublicanSaint Charles?–

Source: Library of Congress U.S. Newspaper Directory. “Digitized” links lead to page images on Chronicling America.

Coverage timeline

Newspapers

Each bar is one title’s publication span. brown = digitized on Chronicling America Open-ended runs extend to today.

18001856191319692026

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

61 of 86 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

86 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abraham Lincoln SchoolAuroraBuilding2022
Arcada Theater BuildingSt. CharlesBuilding1994
Aurora Broadway Historic District (Additional Documentation)AuroraDistrict2023
Aurora College ComplexAuroraBuilding1984
Aurora Elks Lodge No. 705AuroraBuilding1980
Batavia InstituteBataviaBuilding1976
Beith, William, HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1983
Campana FactoryBataviaBuilding1979
Campana Factory (Boundary Decrease)BataviaBuilding1979
Camptown Town HallWascoBuilding1980
Central Geneva Historic DistrictGenevaDistrict1979
Central Geneva Historic District (Boundary Increase)GenevaDistrict2017
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Roundhouse and Locomotive ShopAuroraBuilding1978
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad DepotBataviaBuilding1979
City BuildingSt. CharlesBuilding1979
Copley HospitalAuroraBuilding2019
Copley, Col. Ira C., MansionAuroraBuilding1978
Country Tea RoomEast DundeeBuilding1999
Crego, George M., FarmSugar GroveDistrict2022
Dundee Township Historic DistrictDundee andDistrict1975
Durant HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1976
Dutch MillBataviaStructure1979
Elgin AcademyElginBuilding1976
Elgin Downtown Commercial District (Additional Documentation)ElginDistrict2014
Elgin Historic DistrictElginDistrict1983
Elgin National Watch Company ObservatoryElginBuilding1994
Elgin Tower BuildingElginBuilding2002
Elizabeth PlaceGenevaBuilding2008
Fabyan VillaGenevaBuilding1984
Fire Barn 5ElginBuilding1991
First Methodist Church of BataviaBataviaBuilding1982
First Universalist ChurchElginBuilding1980
Ford, Sam and Ruth Van Sickle, HouseAuroraBuilding2016
Ford, Sam and Ruth Van Sickle, House NHLAuroraBuilding
Fox River HouseAuroraBuilding1976
GAR Memorial BuildingAuroraBuilding1984
Garfield Farm and Garfield Tavern (Boundary Increase)Campton HillsDistrict2016
Garfield Farm and TavernCampton HillsDistrict1978
Geneva Country Day SchoolGenevaBuilding1989
Gifford-Davidson HouseElginBuilding1980
Graham BuildingAuroraBuilding1982
Gray-Watkins MillMontgomeryBuilding1979
Gridley, Mrs., A. W., HouseBataviaBuilding1993
Healy ChapelAuroraBuilding1985
Hobbs BuildingAuroraBuilding2021
Holy Cross ChurchBataviaBuilding1999
Hotel ArthurAuroraBuilding2005
Hotel AuroraAuroraBuilding1982
Hotel BakerSt. CharlesBuilding1978
Hulburd, Joel H., HouseSt. CharlesBuilding2011
Hunt HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1982
International Corset Company BuildingAuroraBuilding2024
International Harvester Showroom and WarehouseAuroraBuilding2022
Keystone BuildingAuroraBuilding1980
LaSalle Street Auto Row Historic DistrictAuroraDistrict1996
Larkin Home for ChildrenElginBuilding2018
Library HallCarpentersvilleBuilding1973
Mary A. Todd SchoolAuroraBuilding2022
Masonic TempleAuroraBuilding1982
Memorial Washington Reformed Presbyterian ChurchElginBuilding1980
Middle Avenue Historic DistrictAuroraDistrict2016
Muirhead, Robert and Elizabeth, HousePlato CenterBuilding2016
North Geneva Historic DistrictGenevaDistrict1982
North Geneva Historic District (Boundary Decrease and Additional Documentation)GenevaDistrict2017
Oaklawn FarmWayneDistrict1979
Old Second National BankAuroraBuilding1979
Paramount TheatreAuroraBuilding1980
Pelton, Ora, HouseElginBuilding1982
Potter and Barker Grain ElevatorLa FoxStructure2016
Pure Oil StationGenevaBuilding2013
Riverbank LaboratoriesGenevaDistrict2003
Smith, Ephraim, HouseSugar GroveBuilding1980
Spring-Douglas Historic DistrictElginDistrict2000
St. Charles HospitalAuroraBuilding2010
St. Charles Municipal BuildingSt. CharlesBuilding1991
St. Mary's Church of GilbertsGilbertsBuilding1992
Stearns-Wadsworth HouseBataviaBuilding1982
Stolp Island Historic DistrictAuroraDistrict1986
Stolp Woolen Mill StoreAuroraBuilding1983
Tanner, William A., HouseAuroraBuilding1976
United Methodist Church of BataviaBataviaBuilding1983
Weisel, Andrew, HouseSt. CharlesBuilding1982
West Side Historic DistrictAuroraDistrict1986
White, Louise, SchoolBataviaBuilding1980
Wilson, Judge Isaac, HouseBataviaBuilding1985
Wing Park Golf CourseElginSite2009

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Kane was formed in 1836 (1836-01-16) from unknown / original county.

KANE created from Non-County Area 8 attached to LA SALLE.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Kane County population from 1840 to 2020 (Census historical series).

517k262k6,5011840188019201930196020002020
18401860188019001920194019501960198020002020
6,50130,06244,93978,79299,499130,206150,388208,246278,405404,119516,522

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

89 cemeteries and 0 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 89 listed
NameLatLon
Anderson CemeteryNoneNone
Aurand CemeteryNoneNone
Aurora Township CemeteryNoneNone
Baldwin Family CemeteryNoneNone
Big Rock Welsh Cemetery41.74802-88.54284
Blackberry Cemetery41.88272-88.47198
Broadway and Clark CemeteryNoneNone
Buena Vista Cemetery42.15021-88.369
Burlington Union Cemetery42.03715-88.54902
Calvary Cemetery41.78035-88.316
Campton Cemetery41.9103-88.40091
Campton Hills Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Channing Street CemeteryNoneNone
Doty Cemetery42.10682-88.49047
Dundee Township Cemetery East42.09525-88.25639
Dundee Township West Cemetery42.10279-88.28777
E B Wright CemeteryNoneNone
East Cemetery41.86128-88.30542
Elijah Evans CemeteryNoneNone
Ford Baker CemeteryNoneNone
Fowler Grove Cemetery41.7327-88.55308
French Cemetery41.7313-88.33429
Gardner Cemetery41.89382-88.57493
Garfield CemeteryNoneNone
Hampshire Center Cemetery42.1101-88.53601
Hillside Cemetery42.01835-88.29868
Hormann CemeteryNoneNone
Jericho Cemetery41.7229-88.4709
Kaneville Cemetery41.83708-88.51798
Knight CemeteryNoneNone
L. M. Baker Cemetery41.9877-88.47486
Lance - Sounders Family Cemetery41.8349-88.4539
Lily Lake Cemetery41.95347-88.47708
Little Woods Cemetery41.97494-88.26632
Logan Stone CemeteryNoneNone
Mann Cemetery42.04742-88.53868
Mann CemeteryNoneNone
Marmion Abbey Cemetery41.81433-88.29941
Marywood Cemetery41.79377-88.29177
McKellar Family CemeteryNoneNone
Mooseheart CemeteryNoneNone
Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery41.7394-88.32344
New Hampshire Cemetery41.92966-88.47985
North Cemetery41.92835-88.3109
North Plato Cemetery42.05497-88.45937
Norton MausoleumNoneNone
Oak Hill Cemetery41.89641-88.29729
Old Saint Mary's Cemetery41.87956-88.56074
Old Stark's CemeteryNoneNone
Patrick CemeteryNoneNone
Plain CemeteryNoneNone
Poor Farm CemeteryNoneNone
Prairie Cemetery41.96571-88.3485
Reed CemeteryNoneNone
Resurrection Catholic Cemetery41.86579-88.34499
River Hills Memorial Park41.82899-88.30829
River Valley Memorial Gardens42.07643-88.28842
Riverside Cemetery41.73415-88.33696
Root Street Cemetery41.75721-88.304
Round Grove CemeteryNoneNone
Saint Charles Borromeo Catholic Cemetery42.08017-88.52925
Saint Gall Cemetery41.89928-88.47178
Saint Joseph Cemetery41.78614-88.31183
Saint Marys Cemetery42.08856-88.3605
Saint Michael Cemetery41.77912-88.30676
Saint Nicholas Cemetery41.75763-88.29038
Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery41.72775-88.31793
Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery41.93403-88.53677
Schroeder CemeteryNoneNone
Solfisburg Memorial Park41.76669-88.29256
South Burlington Cemetery41.98238-88.57603
South Cemetery41.90892-88.30202
South Elgin CemeteryNoneNone
Spring Lake Cemetery41.74101-88.3263
Sugar Grove Cemetery41.79474-88.43647
Tucker CemeteryNoneNone
Udina Cemetery42.04318-88.3775
Union Cemetery41.92836-88.30879
Van Vlack Cemetery41.91896-88.55982
Ward CemeteryNoneNone

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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