Batavia (Illinois)

Kane County DuPage County

17-04078

Batavia is a city in the north of the U.S. state of Illinois. The city is located in Kane County and a small portion in DuPage County. Batavia had to stand well in 2000 is 25,000.

Batavia is divided by the Fox River in a west side and east side. Downriver is located in southern North Aurora, upriver to the north Geneva. The city center of Chicago located about 60 km to the east away, and is accessible via Interstate 88/Interstate 290.

History

After the Black Hawk War in 1832, the area of ​​Batavia was one of the first parts in the former Indian territories that were inhabited by whites. The first of these settlers in the area of ​​today's Batavia was Christopher Payne, who built a log cabin here in the 1830s, and the place its name Head of the Big Woods gave. The place offered the settlers hydropower, fertile land and limestone, which could be broken in quarries on the surface. 1837 here opened the first flour mill. 1838 acquired the former Congressman Isaac Wilson the country, and christened the place after his hometown of Batavia, New York.

In 1850 the city was the center of a lively trade in limestone, so that the nickname City Quarry ( Quarry City) was. In the same year the Chicago and Aurora Railroad reached (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad later ) so that Batavia was connected to Chicago by railroad town. In 1872 the town was granted the status of a City.

Among the buildings Batavia, which were provided by the inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP) under monument protection, such as private boarding Batavia Institute ( NRHP since 1976), the depot of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (NRHP since 1979 ) and the home of Isaac Wilson ( NRHP since 1985).

Education and Economy

In Batavia, which has a high school and six elementary schools. Batavia is also the seat of a large particle accelerator ( Fermilab ). The city also has many parks. Nearest airport is the DuPage County Airport.