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The Village of West Dundee, Kane County, Illinois is a home rule municipality as contemplated under Article VII, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of Illinois. The Village of West Dundee functions as a Council-Manager style of government. The Village President and six-member Board of Trustees are elected at-large on a nonpartisan basis ...
Dundee Township occupies the 6-mile (9.7 km) square in the Northeast corner of Kane County, Illinois.It includes West and East Dundee, Carpentersville, Sleepy Hollow, Gilberts and portions of Elgin, Barrington Hills, and Algonquin.
The Dundee Brick Company was an important early employer, starting in 1852. West Dundee was incorporated in 1867 and East Dundee followed four years later. The Illinois Iron and Bolt Company opened in Carpentersville in 1870. Dairy production became an important source of income for East and West Dundee in the 1870s.
He fled south and struck a sign near South End Park, turned west on Strom Drive and drove through a red light at Route 31, colliding with a Honda Accord and a Honda Civic, the police report said.
The village of East Dundee was incorporated in 1871, four years after West Dundee. A historic district along the Fox River and stores on Main Street constitute the commercial part of East Dundee. The historic feed and coal store became Dundee Lumber, which burned down in March 2007.
It is bordered to the north and east by the village of West Dundee and to the south and west by the city of Elgin. According to the 2010 census, Sleepy Hollow has a total area of 2.026 square miles (5.25 km 2 ), of which 2 square miles (5.18 km 2 ) (or 98.72%) is land and 0.026 square miles (0.07 km 2 ) (or 1.28%) is water.
Dundee Township is in western Monroe County and is bordered to the west by Lenawee County. The village of Dundee is in the center of the township, 14 miles (23 km) west of Monroe, the county seat. The River Raisin flows from south to east across the township, passing through the center of Dundee village. The township is within the River Raisin ...
At one time there were three schools in West City limits: Old Jordon, Washington School and New Jordon School, located on South Central Street across from the present West City Village Hall. On December 21, 1951, West City and all of Franklin County mourned 119 coal miners, who were killed in an underground explosion at C.W. & F. Orient #2 coal ...