Geneva (Illinois)
Kane County
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Geneva ( German: Geneva ) is a city in the Chicago metropolitan area and the administrative seat of Kane County in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, the city had 19,515 inhabitants in an area of 22.2 km ². Geneva is located on the Fox River. Neighboring municipalities are Batavia, St. Charles and West Chicago. Mayor Kevin Burns. Geneva has a hospital named Delnor Community Hospital.
History
The area of present-day Geneva was settled at least since the 17th century to the early 19th century only by Indian tribes. The first white settlers could be from around 1830 down there. 1836 Geneva for County Seat was charged.
Since 1887, Geneva is a city. First mayor was James Herrington, son of the founder.
Train
Geneva is located in Geneva School District School District 304
Elementary schools:
- Coultrap Elementary School
- Harrison Street Elementary School
- Heartland Elementary School
- Mill Creek Elementary School
- Western Avenue Elementary School
Primary schools
- Geneva Middle School North
- Geneva Middle School South
High Schools
- Geneva Community High School
Parks
- Bennett Park
- City Park
- Dryden Park
- Eagle Brook Park
- Fargo Park
- Good Temple Park
- Kay Lovett Park
- Marjorie Murray School Park
- Meadows Park
- Jay Cee Park
- Old Mill Park
- Randall Square Park
- Sunset Park
- Western Ave Park
- Wheeler Park
- Williamsburg Park
Waters
The city of Geneva is located on the Fox River, the Falls in neighboring Wisconsin springs near Menomonee and opens at Ottawa in the Illinois River. Other waters in Geneva are of Mill Creek, a small stream and the unlucky Lake.
Sports facilities
- Geneva Golf Club - Golf Course
- Phillip B. Elfstrom Stadium - Baseball stadium baseball team Kane County Cougars.
Traffic
The city is located on the Illinois Highways 38 and Roosevelt Street, 31 and 25 Nearest airport is the Dupage County Airport. In addition, runs through the city, the Geneva Metra.
Sons and daughters
- Stu Linder, (1931-2006), editor and Oscar winner
- Edmund Beecher Wilson, a geneticist and zoologist
- Rick well Huter, Athlete, who was successful in the 1970s on intermediate-range
- Bob Woodward, revealed along with Carl Bernstein as a reporter for the Washington Post, the backgrounds of the Watergate scandal on
Twinning
With Croissy -sur -Seine, Yvelines, France, Geneva combines a twinning.