Full Text of HR0996 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Kendall County was formed on February 19, 1841 out | 3 | | of portions of neighboring LaSalle County and Kane County and | 4 | | is located in the lower Fox River Valley; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Kendall County is made up of 9 townships: Oswego, | 6 | | Bristol, Little Rock, Na Au Say, Kendall, Fox, Big Grove, | 7 | | Lisbon, and Seward; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Today, Kendall County is home to or contains part | 9 | | of numerous cities, villages, hamlets, and unincorporated | 10 | | areas, including Sandwich, Plano, Little Rock, Bristol, | 11 | | Montgomery, Aurora, Boulder Hill, Plainfield, Joliet, Minooka, | 12 | | Plattville, Lisbon, Millbrook, Millington, Helmar, the former | 13 | | county seat, Oswego, and the current county seat, Yorkville; | 14 | | and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Kendall County was originally to be named Orange | 16 | | County after the area of upstate New York where many original | 17 | | settlers came from; the Illinois General Assembly amended the | 18 | | name to Kendall County after Amos Kendall, the eighth | 19 | | Postmaster General of the United States; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Kendall County was the fastest growing county in | 21 | | the United States between 2000 and 2010, increasing in size |
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| 1 | | from 54,544 to 114,736 with a population growth rate of 110.4%; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Kendall County continues to grow and develop | 4 | | through the efforts of local governments, citizens, and | 5 | | businesses; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, This year, Kendall County and its 121,530 | 7 | | residents in north-eastern Illinois are celebrating the | 8 | | county's 175th anniversary; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 | | congratulate the citizens of Kendall County on the celebration | 12 | | of the county's 175th anniversary and wish them success and | 13 | | happiness in the future; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to all 10 members of the Kendall County Board in | 16 | | recognition of this joyous occasion.
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