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Yorkville is in northern Kendall County and is bordered to the northeast by Montgomery, to the east by Oswego, and to the west by Plano.Its boundaries are located approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Aurora, [12] 13 miles (21 km) southwest of Naperville, [13] and 39 miles (63 km) west of Chicago.
The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is a business advocacy group representing the interests of businesses across the U.S. state of Illinois. It is not a government agency, but a non-profit membership business advocacy organization. The Chamber is staffed with policy experts, lobbyists, and business advocates.
David DePoe (born 1944) is a community activist and retired teacher. He is best known for his activities in the late 1960s as an unofficial leader of the Yorkville hippies, founder of the Diggers movement in Yorkville and for staging protests and a sit-in at the Toronto city council chambers in 1967 in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to make Yorkville a pedestrian-only street.
In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Yorkville have ranged from a low of 10 °F (−12 °C) in January to a high of 84 °F (29 °C) in July, although a record low of −26 °F (−32 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 111 °F (44 °C) was recorded in July 1936.
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At about 4 a.m on March 25, 1887 the courthouse was struck by fire. Yorkville, without a fire department at the time, was forced to rely upon railroad water cars from nearby Aurora to extinguish any blazes. [3] Citizens of Yorkville rescued the sheriff, his family and two prisoners being held in the jail.
In addition to Yorkville, its service area includes Bristol, Montgomery, Oswego, Newark, and Plano. The district territory covers a total of 85 square miles (220 km 2). [4] The Yorkville School was built in the mid 1880's as a result of Yorkville and Bristol's decision to form a school district. Yorkville High School was constructed in 1959 ...
Myron Sulzberger was born on June 14, 1878, in New York City, New York, the son of Solomon Sulzberger and Esther Emden. [1] His father was a German immigrant who served as president and treasurer of B'nai B'rith and vice-president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.