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Oswego Oswego Illinois - 3.jpg Downtown Oswego Official name: Village of Oswego Townships Oswego (Kendall), Bristol (Kendall) Wikimedia Commons: Oswego, Illinois Oswego / s wi o / is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States.
The village population, as stated to the 2010 census, is 30,355.
With that growth, Oswego is the biggest municipality positioned completely inside Kendall County.
Oswego is known to some Chicago region residents for the town dragstrip, open from 1955 until 1979, where muscle cars were raced by drivers from all over the Midwest. The drag days are jubilated today even though the strip has been closed for decades. In 1833, William Smith Wilson, his wife Rebecca, and his brother-in-law Daniel Pearce moved to the region now known as Oswego. The territory was officially owned by the small-town Potowatomi, Ottawa, and Chippewa tribes, but the United States government removed the Native Americans when the government started surveying the territory along the Fox River in Kendall County.
Confusion over the official name of the region led to a decision in January 1837, when the people gathered and voted Oswego as the permanent name of the village by a single vote. The ford athwart the Fox River in the town allowed Oswego to expanded economically and as a town, eventually incorporated in 1852 with its village boundaries at the time being Harrison Street to the northwest, Jefferson Street to the northeast, Monroe Street to the southeast, and Benton Street to the southwest. At the advent of the automobile, Oswego continued to see expansion as it became a core for three different state highways (Illinois Route 25, Illinois Route 71, and Illinois Route 31). and Western Electric decided to build industrialized plants near Oswego in the mid-1950s. This initially allowed close-by Boulder Hill to develop. The next primary evolution appeared in the mid-1980s amid the suburban homebuilding boom, which allowed homes and buildings to populate the village.
Oswego is positioned on the Fox River.
According to the 2010 census, the village has a total region of 15.63 square miles (40.5 km2), of which 15.53 square miles (40.2 km2) (or 99.36%) is territory and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 0.70%) is water. Downtown Oswego is home to historic buildings and homes, as well as shops and restaurants.
The village of Oswego launched a universal to movement and restore the historic downtown district.
Several celebrations are hosted in Oswego, including the annual Drag Strip Days, Prairie - Fest, Wine on the Fox, the Christmas Walk, and the Memorial Day Parade.
The village also hosts the Oswego Country Market every Sunday from May through October. Park benches at Oswego Village Hall Oswego old fire department Oswego enhance library Oswego Veteran's Memorial Plaza Hudson Crossing Park & Oswego Bridge Downtown Oswego amid Prairie - Fest parade The ethnic makeup of the village is 85.65% White, 5.16% African American, 0.24% Native American, 3.43% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.24% from other competitions, and 2.24% from two or more competitions.
In the village, the populace is spread out with 34.7% under the age of 20, 17.0% from 20 to 34, 33.2% from 35 to 54, 8.3% from 55 to 64, and 6.8% who are 65 years of age or older.
The Oswego Community Unit School District 308 serves Oswego, Boulder Hill, Montgomery, Plainfield, Aurora, Yorkville and Joliet.
It operates 22 schools, including one early learning center, 14 elementary schools for grades K-5, 5 junior high schools for grades 6-8, 2 high schools, and one opportunity school. Portions of Oswego are inside Yorkville Community Unit School District 115, which operates Yorkville High School. Oswego was ranked #58 in 2011 on CNN/Money Magazine's Top 100 Best Towns to live. CNN Money rates these suburbs based on their job opportunities, schools, safety, economic strength, and other qualities.
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Municipalities and communities of Kendall County, Illinois, United States
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