Yorkville (Illinois)
Kendall County
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Yorkville ( Official name: United City of Yorkville ) is a city and county seat of Kendall County in the northeast of the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2000, Yorkville had 6,189 inhabitants, whose number has risen to the 2008 estimate of 16,505. The city is located in the middle of the fastest growing regions of Illinois, Kendall County is the fourth fastest growing region in the entire United States.
Geography
Yorkville is located at 41 ° 39'57 " north latitude and 88 ° 26'31 " west longitude. The city covers 18.3 square kilometers, spread over 18.0 km ² land and 0.3 km ² water surface.
By Yorkville the Fox River, a tributary of the Illinois River flows.
Yorkville is located 78.4 km west-southwest of Chicago.
By Yorkville run a railway line and the Illinois State Route 71 from Chicago coming in a southwesterly direction. Running parallel to the north of the city of U.S. Highway 34 in the center of the city, the Illinois State Route 47 crosses
From Yorkville, there are 261 kilometers south-southeast direction, the Quad Cities are located 208 km to the west, over the Rockford 119 km away, there are 239 kilometers in a north - northwesterly direction in Wisconsin's capital, Madison. Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin, located 202 km to the northeast.
History
1836 Yorkville was founded by the first settlers. 1841 Yorkville became the seat of government of the newly formed Kendall County. 1864 the new courthouse was opened, which today dominates the skyline of the city, although in 1997 a new building was occupied.
Yorkville benefited in the 19th century by the railroad. Around 1870 many factories sprang up along the tracks, some of which buildings still stand today.
Yorkville consisted of two by the Fox River separate cities with separate municipalities: Bristol and Yorkville. In 1957 it was decided to unite the two cities and to establish the United City of Yorkville.
Demographic data
In the census of 2000 a population of 6,189 was determined. These distributed to 2,220 households in 1,665 families. The population density was 339.3 / km ². There were 2,291 buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 325.3 / km ².
The population was in 2000 from 96.99 % White, 0.42 % African American, 0.19 % Native Americans, 0.39 % Asian, and 0.78% other. 1.23 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 2.94 % of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.
30.0% were under the age of 18, 7.9 % from 18 to 24, 33.6 % 25-44, 18.7 % from 45 to 64 and 9.8 % 65 and older. The average age was 33 years. For every 100 females were statistically 96.7 men in the over 18 -year-olds 91.8.
The average income per household was $ 60,391, the average family income is $ 67,521. Men's income averaged $ 49,120, and for women about $ 30,977. The per capita income amounted to $ 24,514. Around 0.4 % of families and 1.4 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.
Memorable people
- Andy Richter, actor and entertainer - was raised in Yorkville
- Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the House - spent several years working as a teacher in Yorkville