Yorkville

Yorkville�s population has boomed in recent decades, but its most defining landmarks today would be familiar to its earliest settlers. Earl Adams built the area�s first log cabin in 1833, near the prominent hill that is the site of Kendall County�s historic courthouse, which early residents fought to rebuild after a devastating fire in 1887. Similarly, the Fox River and Blackberry Creek supported the community�s early commerce, from the sawmill John Schneider built in the 1830s to the state...