Kankakee Area Voyage Tips and guide

The Kankakee Area is made up of Kankakee County, part of the Chicagoland region of Illinois.

• Kankakee River State Park

41°11′13″N 87°46′19″W

Kankakee Area

• 41.12-87.861 Kankakee- the county seat
• 41.166667-87.6666672 Momence- home to Bordertown Guns

• 41.0789-87.80533 Aroma Park - home to a boat club.
• 41.165039-87.8784864 Bourbonnais - the former summer home of the Chicago Bears.
• 41.1463-87.85915 Bradley- home to a growing business sector.
• 41.0725-87.6056 Hopkins Park- the poorest area in Kankakee County.
• 41.132222-87.9683337 Limestone- once meant to be the county seat, now a small rural village.
• 41.25-87.838068 Manteno- very similar to Bradley.
• Bonfield- Known locally for its feuding families, conservative attitude, and its ban on alcohol. According to the book Wild Kankakee by Jim Ridings, the town is named after Thomas A. Bonfield, a lawyer who named the town for himself after renaming the train station to "Bonfield," despite the fact that the post office was named Verkler.
• Sun River Terrace- home to a large population of African Americans and about 390 people.
• Sammons Point- built to stop the spread of a nearby landfill.
• Union Hill- home to a tractor dealer.
• Irwin- the birthplace of Art Ward, though there is nothing there in his memory.
• Rockville- the only remaining town in the Kankakee Area that was founded by Indians.

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