Sandwich, Illinois Sandwich, Illinois The water fortress near the township hall in Sandwich, Illinois Location of Sandwich inside Illinois Location of Sandwich inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Sandwich, Illinois Sandwich is a town/city in De - Kalb, Kendall, and La - Salle counties in the U.S.
1.1 Sandwich Fair If those accomplishments had not been successful, the State Line would actually reside along the La - Salle-De - Kalb County border, splitting parts of Sandwich from the chief areas of the incorporated community.
The improve was established when Almon Gage sought a barns stop on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad that ran through town. Originally naming it Newark Station, (not to be confused with the close-by village of Newark), he and Wentworth worked extensively to problematic the improve and also to get the barns stop created.
He titled it after his home of Sandwich, New Hampshire.
Sandwich is the home of the Sandwich Fair, which first started as an annual livestock show in De - Kalb County.
Held annual, the Wednesday-Sunday after Labor Day since 1888, it is one of the earliest closing county fairs in the state of Illinois, drawing daily crowds of more than 100,000, with the top attendance days reaching more than 200,000 fair-goers. Sandwich is positioned at 41 39 00 N 88 37 02 W (41.6499062, -88.6172910), at an altitude of 669 feet (204 m). According to the 2010 census, Sandwich has a total region of 4.706 square miles (12.19 km2), of which 4.69 square miles (12.15 km2) (or 99.66%) is territory and 0.016 square miles (0.04 km2) (or 0.34%) is water. Within the town/city limit of Sandwich, there are a network of creeks, which either connect to Somonauk Creek (Lake Holiday), Little Rock Creek, or to the Fox River.
The Sandwich town site was assembled on a natural gradation due to a geological fault line known as the Sandwich Fault, so the town/city stands on a hillside.
In the immediate region of Sandwich, there are various communities which straddle county borders.
Sandwich and Somonauk are split by the La - Salle-De - Kalb County Line, while the unincorporated improve of Welland is split along the border of La - Salle and Lee counties further West; and Millington, Stavanger, and Seneca are also split along the county lines South of Sandwich.
Sandwich's climate typified by large cyclic temperature variances, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold) winters.
The improve is served by Sandwich Community Unit School District 430, which operates three elementary Schools, an intermediate school, a junior high, and a high school.
Dummer School, Sandwich Middle School, and Sandwich High School.
Sandwich High School is an active member of the Interstate Eight Conference, and competes in IHSA regulated sports competitions.
The high school also has a very competing wrestling team, and in the 2010, 2011, and 2012 high school football seasons, the squads made it to state playoffs.
Sandwich also takes favor of being in the Waubonsee Community College tax district.
Garrett Gilkey (1990-), NFL offensive guard, attended school in Sandwich, native of Lemont Sandwich City Hall Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: City of Sandwich a b "Sandwich (city), Illinois".
"City of Sandwich District Map" (PDF).
City of Sandwich.
"Sandwich Fair (100th Anniversary)".
Closest town/city on record to Sandwich, Illinois The Sandwich Fair Association, Inc.
Municipalities and communities of De - Kalb County, Illinois, United States Municipalities and communities of Kendall County, Illinois, United States Municipalities and communities of La - Salle County, Illinois, United States
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Sandwich, Illinois - 1859 establishments in Illinois - Cities in De - Kalb County, Illinois - Cities in Illinois - Cities in Kendall County, Illinois - Cities in La - Salle County, Illinois - Populated places established in 1859
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