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History. [edit] Starting in the 1770s, if not earlier, the area that is now Kankakee County was largely populated by the Potawatomi. French Canadian Settlers came to Kankakee County in 1834, after the federal government signed the Treaty of Camp Tippecanoe in 1832.
30 lip 2024 · Guide to Kankakee County, Illinois ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
Kankakee (/ ˌ k æ ŋ k ə ˈ k iː / KANG-kə-KEE) [3] is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. [4] Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. [5] Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area.
By the 1880's, Kankakee County was home to several schools, businesses, and elegant new developments; the Arcade Building which housed the opera house, fine hotels like the Hotel Riverview and The European, and a State Hospital for mental health (present day Shapiro).
Kankakee, city, seat (1853) of Kankakee county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Kankakee River, about 60 miles (100 km) south of Chicago. Potawatomi Indians were early inhabitants of the area, and the city’s name comes from a variant pronunciation of their name for the river.
The Kankakee County Historical Society, founded in 1906, is one of the oldest historical societies in Illinois. It was formed by a coalition of local groups as varied as the Nature Club and the Spanish War Veterans.
Atlas of Kankakee County, Illinois, to which is added various general maps, history, statistics, illustrations, etc.
