Batavia, Illinois
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Batavia is a city mainly in Kane County and partly in DuPage County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in the Chicago metropolitan area, it was founded in 1833 and is the oldest city in Kane County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 26,098.
Batavia Depot Museum
The Fox River has been of central significance to settlement and life in Batavia.
The Peace Bridge on the Fox River in Downtown Batavia
Mayor Schielke in 2016 (receiving a song about Batavia by local composer Birgit Ridderstedt)
Kane County, Illinois
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Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 516,522, making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva, and its largest city is Aurora. Kane County is one of the collar counties of the metropolitan statistical area designated "Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL–IN–WI" by the US census.
The Fabyan Windmill in Geneva is on the National Register of Historic Places in Kane County, Illinois.
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