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Also known as Kane County, Illinois, Kane County, IL

county in Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Illinois
Founded
January 16, 1836
Named after
Elias Kane
Seat
Geneva
Largest city
Aurora
Total
524 sq mi (1,360 km )
Land
520 sq mi (1,300 km )
Water
4.1 sq mi (11 km ) 0.8%
Estimate 2025
525,757
Density
990/sq mi (380/km )
Time zone
UTC−6 ( Central )
Summer dst
UTC−5 ( CDT )
Congressional districts
8th , 11th , 14th
Website
countyofkane .org

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Encyclopedic overview

Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 516,522, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora. Kane County is one of the collar counties of the metropolitan statistical area designated "Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI" by the US census.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kane County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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