Located in Kendall County, Oswego, Illinois is  situated along the Fox River towards the southern end of the Fox Valley.  Ever since Decoalia Towle and his wife Elizabeth established an inn and tavern at Oswego (circa 1837), the city has been growing.  Three early roads  -- one from Joliet to Galena (using the ford across the river), one from Chicago to Ottawa and a third that followed the Fox River north from Ottawa -- passed through Oswego contributed to that growth.  In the 1990s, growth accelerated -- the population has more than doubled between 2000 and 2010 -- and village limits extended west of the Fox River for the first time in its history, also spreading east and north to U.S. Route 30...

Oswego, Illinois
Population: 29,364 
(Jul 2009)
Elevation: 577 feet
Land area: 6.7 sq mi
Zip code: 60543
County: Kendall