Plattville, Illinois
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Plattville is a village in Lisbon Township
Lisbon Township, Kendall County, Illinois
Lisbon Township occupies the 6 mile square on the southern edge of Kendall County, Illinois.It is located at 41.506551 N, -88.419992 W. It has 94.76 km². of land. Its population in the 2000 Census was 851...

, Kendall County
Kendall County, Illinois
Kendall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois, about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 114,736, which is an increase of 110% from 54,544 in 2000. It was the fastest-growing county in the United States between the years 2000 and...

, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

, United States
United States
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. The village was first formed in 1860 and was named after founder Daniel Platt, who first built a home there in 1834 on the Frink and Walker stagecoach route between Chicago and Ottawa, IL.

Plattville was officially incorporated in March 2006 and had an estimated population of 245 in 2007. Plattville's first mayor was George "Jerry" Friel, who died in 2009. He was instrumental in his role in incorporating the village of Plattville in the mid 2000s, and spent some of his own money to file the town's incorporation papers.

The village is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Yorkville
Yorkville, Illinois
Yorkville is a city located in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,189 at the 2000 United States Census and is estimated to be 16,505, . It is the county seat of Kendall County...

 lies to the north, Joliet
Joliet, Illinois
Joliet is a city in Will and Kendall Counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, located southwest of Chicago. It is the county seat of Will County. As of the 2010 census, the city was the fourth-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 147,433. It continues to be Illinois' fastest growing...

 lies to the east, and Lisbon
Lisbon, Illinois
Lisbon is a village in Kendall County, Illinois, United States. The population was 248 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Lisbon is located at ....

lies to the southwest.
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