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In Kendall County, Illinois, Yorkville – currently a town of just over 10,000 residents but growing like a weed – is nestled alongside the River just 45 miles west and a bit south of Chicago. Not unlike other towns to the north along the Fox, within a year after the Blackhawk War ended in 1832, permanent settlement also began in Yorkville – first with a small cabin built by Earl Adams. By 1841, the town had been voted as the county seat, and by 1864 a new courthouse marked the spot. In 1870, the railroad came to town and, as was always the case, businesses began to spring up along the tracks and nearby Fox River.