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Kankakee
A township of 24,144 people in Kankakee County, Illinois
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City in Illinois, United States1853Established
24,052Population
15.5 sq miArea
656 ftElevation
Kankakee ( KANG-kə-KEE) is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States. Located on the Kankakee River, as of 2020, the city's population was 24,052. Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an anchor city in the rural plains outside Chicago.
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DistrictKankakee SD 111Schools14
John Kennedy Middle Grade SchoolElementary · Grades 2–6 · 519 students
Lincoln Cltrl Ctr-Montessori ElemElementary · Grades PK–8 · 437 students
King Middle Grade SchoolElementary · Grades 3–6 · 385 students
Taft Primary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 316 students
Steuben Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–3 · 234 students
Edison Primary SchoolElementary · Grades K–3 · 192 students
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