Local coverage
Project conversations across Kane County and the Fox River Valley.
Coverage depends on independent provider availability. The pages below break down housing and site details specific to each community.
South Elgin
South Elgin grew up around an 1847 gristmill dam on the Fox River, first known as Clintonville, and incorporated in 1897.
Local planning notes →St. Charles
St. Charles was founded in 1834 as “Charleston” on the Fox River and renamed St. Charles in 1839, growing around water-powered mills.
Local planning notes →Bartlett
Bartlett grew from a 40-acre town site owned by Luther Bartlett, who struck a rail-depot deal in 1873 ahead of the village's 1891 incorporation.
Local planning notes →Streamwood
Streamwood was built almost overnight in 1956 as a slab-construction “Town of Tomorrow,” incorporating as a village in 1957.
Local planning notes →Carpentersville
Carpentersville traces to an 1837 Fox River flood that stalled the Carpenter family's wagons, with the name made official in 1851.
Local planning notes →East Dundee
East Dundee incorporated in 1871 and grew alongside the Fox River brickyard that became Haeger Potteries, operating from 1871 to 2016.
Local planning notes →Gilberts
Gilberts grew from 1830s land claims into a milk-shipping rail stop, platted in 1855 and incorporated in 1890.
Local planning notes →Hampshire
Hampshire was platted for the railroad in 1874 and grew into Illinois's second-largest milk shipping station by 1893.
Local planning notes →