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	Kankakee County, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Kankakee County is a county located in the state of Illinois.
		In the county the population is spread out with 27.10% under the age of 18, 9.70% from 18 to 24, 28.20% from 25 to 44, 22.00% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% who are 65 years of age or older.
		The median income for a household in the county is $41,532, and the median income for a family is $48,975.
	northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Kankakee_County,_Illinois (402 words)

	Kankakee County, Illinois Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Doctor Watterson was born at Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois, February 12, 1875, and is a son of William and Catherine (Crebbin) Watterson, both of whom were born on the Isle of Man, off the English coast.
		William Watterson represented Illinois as a gallant soldier of the Union in the Civil war, and as a member of the One Hundred Twelfth Illinois Volunteer Infantry participated in many engagements, including the battle of Resaca, Georgia, where he was severely wounded-in the receiving of a skull fracture.
		Locating at the junction of the Kankakee and Iroquois Rivers, in Kankakee County, he was the means of bringing to that vicinity a colony of some 5,000 French Canadians, followed by colonists from France, Belgium and other European countries.
	www.iltrails.org /kankakee/bios.html (1511 words)

	ISGS Field Trip to Kankakee River State Park Area
		Spreading along both sides of the Kankakee River for 11 miles, in an area 6 miles northwest of Kankakee, the park consists of approximately 4,000 acres.
		Illinois Routes 102 on the north and 113 on the south frame the park, with Interstates 55 and 57 both providing convenient access.
		The interreef rocks in northeastern Illinois are largely silty, argillaceous, cherty, light gray to brownish gray dolomite that weathers brown.
	www.isgs.uiuc.edu /tours/kankakee/kankakee.htm (4648 words)

	Kankakee Helpbook: Description of Agency Services
		KANKAKEE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 150 N. Indiana Ave., P. Box 2278 (815) 933-3352 Kankakee, IL 60901 FAX (815) 933-4459 Facilitates and promotes the various governmental and civic organizations that are addressing the social, economic, educational, and recreational needs of the area with special emphasis on housing, job training, personal development, health, and crime prevention.
		KANKAKEE COUNTY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE 189 E. Court St., Suite 300 (815) 939-8120 Kankakee, IL 60901 FAX (815) 939-8026 Off-campus branch of the University of Illinois with the goal of providing county residents with the latest research-based information from the University through informal workshops, brochures, newsletters, and the media.
		KANKAKEE FEDERATION OF LABOR 220 W. Court St. (815) 933-3452 Kankakee, IL 60901 (815) 932-6915 Serves all members of organized labor in Kankakee County, to promote leadership and inform them on civic, state, and federal issues that may affect their jobs and families.
	www.lincolnnet.net /health/Kankakee-agencies.html (15382 words)

	Kankakee County Regional Planning Department - Kankakee, Illinois
		The Kankakee County Regional Planning Department is part of Kankakee County's full-time professional staff and is responsible for administrating and enforcing adopted ordinance and plans relating to new and existing development within the unincorporated areas of the County.
		All petitions for Kankakee County Board approval having to do with the use of land are processed through the Planning Department.
		Although the data developed by the Kankakee County Regional Planning Department for its website has been produced and processed from sources believed to be reliable, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made reguarding accuracy, adequacy, completeness, legality, reliability or usefulness of any information.This disclaimer applies to both isolated and aggregated uses of the information.
	planning.k3county.net (318 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		All of Illinois' total nonfuel mineral production value in 1998 resulted from the production of industrial minerals; no metals have been produced from mines in the State since 1996 when small quantities of copper, lead, silver, and zinc were produced.
		Illinois remained fourth in the Nation in the manufacture of raw steel with an estimated output of 6.7 million metric tons (7.4 million short tons), according to the American Iron and Steel Institute.
		In McLean County (central Illinois), Stark Materials Inc. was able to open a large sand and gravel pit southwest of Bloomington after favorable votes from the County Zoning Board of Appeals and the County Board.
	dnr.state.il.us /mines/education/indus.htm (1838 words)

	Kankakee County Historical Society ::: Kankakee County Museum
		The Kankakee County Museum complex is located at 801 South Eighth Avenue in Kankakee, Illinois.
		Our temporary galleries are currently displaying: "Kankakee Art Deco Style - 1928 to 1939", "We are actually living today our dreams of yesterday, - Aviation and Kankakee County - 1904 to 1936", "A Vision of 1890, Kankakee Builder James Lillie" and "The French in America", a photographic exhibition sponsored by the French Heritage Society.
		In addition, the Kankakee County Museum hosts a monthly lecture series and many special programs, such as the Rhubarb Festival in May, the Gallery of Trees exhibit in December and several musical events, so there is a lot here for visitors to see and participate in!
	www.kankakeecountymuseum.com (343 words)

	Kankakee Points of interest
		Below the dam, the shallow, winding Kankakee is lined with trees and limestone formations, offering some of the most beautiful canoeing in Illinois.
		The marble and stone construction is graced by stained glass and hand painted murals in the rotunda.
		Kankakee Valley Park District has 28 parks with a combined total of 600 acres.
	ci.kankakee.il.us /points.html (284 words)

	Field Trip - Kankakee Area, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		When you color in your bedrock map of Illinois, use a different color for each age of rock and color in the key and your geological column to match.
		Illinois State Geological Survey Guidebook to Kankakee has links to the Kankakee State Park and a stop at the Kankakee Torrent Rubble Bars in this field trip.
		Trace the faults and folds of Illinois on this structural map of the state.
	ebeltz.net /fieldtrips/kankak.html (1077 words)

	Kankakee River -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The city was founded in the 1850s when the builders of the Illinois Central Railroad bypassed the French-Canadian town of Bourbonnais (now a suburb) and chose Kankakee as a station because it offered better opportunities for townsite promotion.
		The Illinois River is formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers.
		Coal deposits were preserved in basins between gentle upwarps in the buried extensions of the shield beneath the Interior Lowlands and also in mildly folded rocks in the miogeosynclines of the inner, less disturbed parts of the Appalachians and Cordilleras.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9044574 (878 words)

	Trip to Kankakee County, Illinois (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Explained relationship between KRBP and Kankakee River Conservancy District (KRCD): KRBP arranges grants and negotiates acquisition of land and easements, which are then held and managed by KRCD, a government entity with taxing powers.
		Apparently an IL water company called, I think, Consumer Illinois Water, can’t use one of its water intakes out of the Kankakee River because it is blocked by sediment.
		The difference between the Indiana side and Illinois side is striking: Indiana is straight and confined; Illinois takes a sharp bend and meanders.
	www.indiana.edu /~pubpol/illtrip.html (701 words)

	Tax Spending in Kankakee County - Illinois
		The only alternative available to the county to sustain current spending growth rates is to increase its other primary revenue source (Sales Taxes) by increasing the rate.
		Considering the serious crime situation that existed in the county in 1993, 1994, and 1995, these expenditure increases appear to be well justified to deal with the crime at that time.
		Coming, in Part 2, is an analysis of Arrests, Prosecutions, Convictions and Sentencing results for Kankakee County and an explanation of how they effect the county jail population.
	www.outragenews.org /financial.htm (570 words)

	Abram Collins BEEDLE - History of Kankakee County, Illinois
		Returning to Kankakee county in 1841 he at last settled on the farm which is now the home of his son and namesake, and here his death occurred, March 10, 1846.
		The early life of Abram C. Beedle was spent on his father's farm in Fountain county, Ind., and in October, 1837, when a boy of nine years, he accompanied his parents to Kankakee county, Ill., which has practically been his home ever since.
		She was a daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Force) Lamport, who in 1847 removed to Kankakee county, Ill., where the balance of their lives was spent.
	www.outfitters.com /%7Emelissa/genealogy/beadles/ilkank.html (874 words)

	Kankakee County Government
		Disclaimer: The information on this website is meant to provide an additional source of news about the Kankakee County Board and its activities.
		It is subject to change and is not a substitute for any official agenda, statement, or official meeting.
		All notice requirements must still be done in accordance with the existing law and those citizens who discuss issues before the Kankakee County Board should follow the established procedure.
	www.co.kankakee.il.us (164 words)

	Vermilion County, Illinois
		Vermilion County was established January 18, 1826, and at one time covered a great deal of territory, reaching almost to Kankakee and west to Peoria.
		The Vermilion County Courthouse (7 N. Vermilion) and Courthouse Annex (6 N. Vermilion) are located on the corners of Vermilion and Main Street.
		Currently, there are 3 county parks: Forest Glen Preserve (5 miles northeast of Georgetown), Kennekuk Cove (7 miles northwest of Danville) and Lake Vermilion County Park.
	www.co.vermilion.il.us (196 words)

	Putnam County, Illinois, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Putnam County is the smallest county in the state of Illinois, encompassing only 166 square miles.
		The borders of Putnam County went through a series of changes between 1827 and 1831 which reduced the overall size of the county, but encompassed all of present-day Putnam County [as well as present-day Bureau, eastern Stark, and most of Marshall County].
		Putnam County's courthouse in Hennepin is the oldest courthouse currently in use in Illinois which has been maintained in an original form.
	www.outfitters.com /illinois/putnam (267 words)

	Niagara Limestone
		Around the city, in its suburbs and as far away as Kankakee and Joliet, there are several great limestone quarries in operation: some of them hundreds of acres in area and some over 300 feet deep.
		Limestone dust is spread over the fields of Illinois farms as "soil sugar" to sweeten the soil and help increase its fertility.
		Further, crushed limestone is an essential ingredient, a fluxing material, that makes it possible to remove impurities from the iron ore in the smelters which produce pig iron for the great steel mills at South Chicago and Gary.
	www.newton.dep.anl.gov /natbltn/200-299/nb282.htm (602 words)

	ATSDR - PHA - Cross Brothers Pail Recycling, Pembroke Township, Kankakee County, Illinois
		Groundwater in the Kankakee Aquifer is contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds beneath and downgradient of the site while on-site soil is contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
		The general flow direction of the Kankakee Aquifer is towards the north.
		The linear groundwater velocity of the Kankakee Aquifer is approximately l92 feet/year (2).
	www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/cross/cbp_p1.html (3021 words)

	Kankakee Quality of Life
		Golfers of all ability levels can enjoy ten courses within a half hour drive of Kankakee, from a par three to one of the toughest courses in the state.
		Kankakee River State Park and Kankakee Valley Park District have over 37 miles of hiking/biking/cross country skiing trails.
		The Kankakee River State Park attracts over a million visitors each year for camping, fishing and hiking along the scenic limestone cliffs of Rock Creek, and canoeing on the Kankakee River.
	ci.kankakee.il.us /quality.html (146 words)

	Kankakee County Illinois Convention and Visitors Bureau
		Kankakee county offers ample opportunities for those interested in history and art, for antique buffs, and families with youngsters, for anglers and winter-sports enthusiasts—all at affordable prices.
		Kankakee County is located just 45 miles south of Chicago off of Interstate 57, Routes 45/52, 50, and 17 also run through the beautiful Kankakee county area.
		The Greater Kankakee airport is also available for personal aircraft landing space.
	www.visitkankakeecounty.com (135 words)

	Kankakee County Fact Sheet
		The name of the river was transferred to the county.
		Attached from Vermilion county (Private Laws, 1855) and organized as town of Essex by County Board on August 1, 1855.
		Click on thumbnail to view a map of Kankakee County and its civil and congressional townships.
	www.sos.state.il.us /departments/archives/irad/kankakee.html (179 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Iroquois County, Ill.
		Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
		The intent is to locate places according to current county names and boundaries.
		Illinois state senate 11th District, 1938; candidate for Republican nomination for President,
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/IL/IR.html (536 words)

	Digital Kankakee County Map, Maps of Kankakee County County, Illinois. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Our map of Kankakee County is fully editable, logically layered (View Layer Directory), and royalty free.
		Every county map is available, but we may not yet have your county of interest completed.
		Individual County Overview vector graphics are priced by population, with prices ranging from $275 to $425 per county.
	www.creativeforceinc.com /county_maps/county_maps.asp?ID=662 (229 words)

	Will County - Illinois Trails - Index
		The county seat is in Joliet, Illinois which is located approximately 40 miles southwest of Chicago on the Des Plaines River.
		The county received its name from Dr. Conrad Will, a member of the first Constitutional Convention and a member of the Illinois Legislature until his death in 1835.
		Will County lost a small area when Kankakee County, Illinois was organized in 1852, but since then its boundaries have been unchanged.
	www.iltrails.org /will/index.htm (426 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Kankakee County, Ill.
		Illinois state treasurer, 1905-07, 1917-19; delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
		Illinois state house of representatives, 1872-74; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
		Kankakee County, Ill. County judge in Illinois, 1903; circuit judge in Illinois 12th Circuit, 1919-25.
	politicalgraveyard.com /geo/IL/KN.html (609 words)

	Kankakee County Economic Development Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Kankakee County Economic Development Association is a unified community not-for-profit organization offering a single point of contact for businesses looking to expand or relocate into any of the 19 communities that make up Kankakee County Illinois.
		Let us help you discover why so many companies both large and small are choosing Kankakee County Illinois – one of Illinois’ greatest business destinations and the most fabulous place to live.
		June 16, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Kankakee County Economic Development Association (KCEDA) today announced the passage of a preliminary inducement resolution for infrastructure financing for the Kankakee Regional Industrial Park located just off of Route 57 at exit 308 in Kankakee, Illinois.
	www.kankakeecountyedc.com (224 words)

	Kankakee County, Illinois 1930 (T626-526) Team Census Transcription
		Kankakee City, Ward L (Part), bounded by (N) City Limits, Railroad Tracks, City Limits; (E) Ward Line; (S) Railroad Tracks; (W) N. East Ave.
		Kankakee City, Ward 3 (Part), bounded by (N) Ward Line, W. Court; (E) East Ave.; (S) W. Station; (W) City Limits, Kankakee River.
		Kankakee City, Ward 3 (Part), bounded by (N) W. Station; (E) East Ave.; (S) Kankakee River; (W) Kankakee River, Ward Line.
	www.us-census.org /states/illinois/teams/Kankakee1930-T626-526.htm (639 words)

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