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www.cityofplanoil.com. Plano is a city near Aurora in Kendall County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 11,847 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area, being about 55 miles (90 km) from Chicago. The city was home to the Plano Harvester Company in the late 19th century, as well as the Plano Molding Company ...
May 2, 2017 · Two schools of thought about how our city was named have swirled among Plano natives for years. One story claims that Dr. Henry Dye, a local physician, submitted the name of Planno, which he understood to be the Spanish word for “plain,” when the first post office was established here. The extra “n” was eventually dropped.
Dec 29, 2015 · Plano was incorporated as a city in 1873 and elected its first Mayor. When renowned cartographer Thaddeus Mortimer Fowler created this bird’s eye view of Plano in 1891, the city’s population was between 1,200-1,500. As of January 2015, Plano’s population was approximately 270,000. Below, portions of T. M. Fowler’s map are enlarged and ...
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5 days ago · History. Plano was not founded on a desolate terrain as were many villages. This area had been occupied by a few early Kendall County settlers who had been here for several years. A Mr. Ball had built a saw and grist mill on the Big Rock Creek 1 mile south of Plano in 1835. He sold this mill to John Schneider 2 years later.
Later be became a large stockholder in the Sandwich Manufacturing Co. He was twice married, outlived both wives, No, his 2nd wife survived until 1905. dying at the age of 92. Albert H. Sears was born in Plano from the second marriage of Archibald Sears. Albert was one of the incorporators of the Plano Manufacturing Company organized in 1881.
According to Collin County, colonists agreed on the name Plano in 1852 after rejecting the name “Fillmore,” which would have been an ode to the president of the day.Plano earned its name for ...
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5 days ago · The town of Plano was organized by a special act of the Legislature, approved February 16, 1865. The city of Plano was first organized as a city under an act of the General Assembly entitled " An act to provide for the incorporation of Cities and Villages", approved April 10, 1872, by an annual election held on the 3rd day of December, 1883.
