Batavia (Illinois)
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Location in Illinois
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| Foundation : | 1833 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| Counties : |
Kane County DuPage County |
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| Coordinates : | 41 ° 51 ′ N , 88 ° 18 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
23,866 (status: 2000) 9,572,572 (status: 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,019.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 23.8 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) of which 23.4 km 2 (approx. 9 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 218 m | ||
| Postal code : | 60510 | ||
| Area code : | +1 630 331 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-04078 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 403960 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofbatavia.net | ||
| Mayor : | Jeffery D. Schielke | ||
Batavia is a city in the north of the US -amerikanischen state of Illinois . The city is located in Kane County and a small part in DuPage County . As of 2000, Batavia had a population of around 25,000.
Batavia is divided into a west side and an east side by the Fox River . Downstream to the south is North Aurora , upstream to the north is Geneva . Downtown Chicago is approximately 37 miles east, and is accessible via Interstate 88 / Interstate 290 .
history
After the Black Hawk War ended in 1832, the Batavia area was one of the first parts of the former Indian territories to be settled by whites. The first of these settlers in what is now Batavia was Christopher Payne, who built a log cabin here in the 1830s and named the place Head of the Big Woods . The place offered the settlers water power , fertile land, and limestone that could be broken in quarries on the surface. The first flour mill opened here in 1837 . In 1838, former Congressman Isaac Wilson acquired the land and named the place after his hometown Batavia , New York State.
Around 1850, the city was the center of a brisk limestone trade, so the nickname was Quarry City (quarry town). In the same year, the Chicago and Aurora Railroad (later Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad ) reached the city, so that Batavia was connected to Chicago by rail. In 1872 the city received city status .
Among the buildings Batavia by the inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under conservation were asked, the private boarding school include Batavia Institute (NRHP since 1976), the custodian of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad (NRHP since 1979 ) and Isaac Wilson's home (NRHP since 1985).
Education and economy
There is one high school and six elementary schools in Batavia . Batavia is also the seat of a large particle accelerator ( Fermilab ) and is the headquarters of the supermarket discounter ALDI in the USA. The city also has many parks . The closest airport is DuPage County Airport .
Web links
- Official website of the city
- Batavia Historical Society (town history, Depot Museum)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Federal Writers' Project : Illinois: A Descriptive and Historical Guide . AC McClurg, Chicago 1939, pp. 536-537. ( Full text in google book search)
- ^ A b c Edward Callary: Place names of Illinois . University of Illinois Press, Chicago 2009, ISBN 978-0-252-03356-8 , p. 25. ( Preview in Google Book Search)
- ↑ ILLINOIS - Kane County ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the National Register of Historic Places (Retrieved June 26, 2011.)
