Kankakee Area

The Kankakee Area is in Kankakee County, part of the Chicagoland region of Illinois.

Do

 * Kankakee River State Park

Cities

 * - the county seat
 * - home to Bordertown Guns

Villages

 * - home to a boat club.
 * - the former summer home of the Chicago Bears.
 * - home to a growing business sector.
 * - the poorest area in Kankakee County.
 * - once meant to be the county seat, now a small rural village.
 * - very similar to Bradley.
 * Bonfield- Known locally for its feuding families, conservative attitude, and its ban on alcohol. According to the book Wild Kankakee by Jim Ridings, the town is named after Thomas A. Bonfield, a lawyer who named the town for himself after renaming the train station to "Bonfield," despite the fact that the post office was named Verkler.
 * Sun River Terrace- home to a large population of African Americans and about 390 people.
 * Sammons Point- built to stop the spread of a nearby landfill.
 * Union Hill- home to a tractor dealer.
 * Irwin- the birthplace of Art Ward, though there is nothing there in his memory.
 * Rockville- the only remaining town in the Kankakee Area that was founded by Indians.

Go next

 * Iroquois County