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In 1974, a state representative from Bourbonnais introduced a resolution "correcting" the pronunciation of the town's name to / b ɜːr b ə ˈ n eɪ / bur-bə-NAY, closer to the French. [10] In 1976, for the U.S. Bicentennial, the Village Board passed a resolution making "ber-buh-NAY" the official pronunciation.
Bourbonais is a former settlement in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. Bourbonais was located in Concord Township, along the Burlington railroad line southwest of Wyanet and northeast of Buda. It was platted in 1864. [2]
Northfield Square is a shopping mall located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, United States. The mall serves Kankakee County, which includes Bourbonnais, Bradley, and Kankakee. The mall's anchor store is Cinemark Theatres. There are 4 vacant anchor stores that were once 2 Carson Pirie Scott stores, Sears and JCPenney.
Bourbonnais Township (/ ˌ b ʊər b oʊ ˈ n eɪ, b ɜːr ˈ b oʊ n ɪ s / BOOR-boh-NAY, bur-BOH-niss [2]) is one of seventeen townships in Kankakee County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 40,137 and it contained 15,153 housing units.
Manteno is located in northern Kankakee County and is bordered to the south by the village of Bourbonnais. The average elevation is 675 ft (206 m). Interstate 57 passes through the west side of the village, with access from Exit 322. I-57 leads south 10 miles (16 km) to Kankakee, the county seat, and north 47 miles (76 km) to Chicago.
St. Viator College in 1920. St. Viator's grew out of the original Bourbonnais village school, founded in 1865 by the Viatorians, [1] to an academy for boys [2] with the help of Father P. Beaudoin and Brothers Martel and Bernard.
Lisa M. Dugan is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives who represented the 79th District from January 2003 until January 2013. The district she represented included all or parts of Monee, Peotone, Manteno, Grant Park, Bradley, Kankakee, Aroma Park, St. Anne, Hopkins Park, Papineau, Martinton and Donovan.
People born in, from, or otherwise associated with Bourbonnais, Illinois Pages in category "People from Bourbonnais, Illinois" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.