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Kendall

A township of 9,269 people in Kendall County, Illinois
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About Kendall

Township in Illinois, United States
8,532Population
39.2 sq miArea
682 ftElevation

Kendall Township is located in Kendall County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,532 and it contained 3,152 housing units. Kendall Township was named after the county, which was named after Amos Kendall, a powerful Democratic politician in the Andrew Jackson administration. Kendall later became a business partner of Samuel F.B. Morse, inventor of the Morse Code and the electric telegraph, and made his fortune with Morse. Yorkville's division amongst Bristol and Kendall Townships mirrors the fact that, until the 1950s, The City of Yorkville was situated along the south bank of the Fox River, while the Village of Bristol was situated to the north. When the communities cons…

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Health in Kendall

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13better than IL

of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 19 are too close to call.

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Valley West Community HospitalSandwich · 10.4 mi · ER · rural critical access
Aunt Martha's Health Center Aurora OutreachAurora · 12.1 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careNo shortage
DentalNo shortage
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP codes 60560, 60541 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Kendall →

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School Grade B+

The public schools Kendall’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Illinois’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

#69Best public schoolsof 384 in IL
DistrictYorkville CUSD 115Schools6

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within IL. Ratings are from neighbors.

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