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200 South State Street
Belvidere, IL 61008
815-547-3740
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  Elburn

The Village of Elburn is located in Blackberry Township in Kane County. William Lance and his family settled there in 1834, coming from New York. The second pioneer was Henry Warne, who settled on the land just west of present day Elburn and along present day Route 38. The first Post Office, known as Swinton, was also located here. The mail was brought to Elburn from St. Charles by Joseph Glidden of barbed-wire fame. By 1842, there was one log cabin where Elburn sits today. It was built by Silas Lakin in the block where today's Community Congregational Church is located.

In 1853, the railroad was completed through Elburn, but the Village was then called Blackberry Station. Up to and including most of the 1950's, it was possible to board a passenger train in the morning, go to Chicago, stop at various stations along the way, and return to Elburn in the evening. It is possible, once again, to ride the train to Chicago. In 2006, Metra Rail passanger opened its service from Elburn to Chicago along the Union Pacific West line.


DINING / LODGING / SHOPPING

Blackberry Inn Restaurant
Rt. 47 & Main Street
American food.
630-365-2200

Elburn Country Kettle
115 N. Main Street
American food.
630-365-6031

Paisano’s Pizza & Grill
106 N. Main Street
American and Italian food.
630-365-9477
paisanospizzagrill.com

ATTRACTIONS

Hughes Creek Golf Club
1749 Spring Valley Drive
Built on 170 acres of beautiful rolling farm land, Hughes Creek Golf Club is a great Illinois golf destination!...Come enjoy the sounds that nature has to offer! Also includes a restaurant serving American food.
630-365-9200
hughescreek.com


ATTRACTIONS cont.

Johnson’s Mound Forest Preserve
41W600 Hughes Road
Johnson's Mound is a heavily wooded classic example of a stratified gravel hill known as a "kame", which was deposited by glacial ice and water some 10,000 years ago. This kame is a prominent feature on our mid-county landscape, rising 50 feet above the surrounding tributaries of Blackberry Creek and the glacial outwash plain
630-232-0345
kaneforest.com

 



 
     

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