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Tom Pauling
Baird & Warner (630) 728-9298 tom.pauling@bairdwarner.com http://www.tompauling.com 
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Batavia, IL is located approximately 30+ miles west of downtown Chicago along the beautiful Fox River. Situated between Geneva and North Aurora it has great access to I-88 and two commuter rail lines. There is an extensive bike trail system running along the Fox River running north to south and trails running east to west as well. Batavia was founded in 1833. The oldest (176 years old) town in Kane county Batavia is well known as the "Windmill City" for the windmills that were manufactured here many years ago. Today, Fermi Lab, a high energy physics lab sits adjacent to Batavia and offers many natural attractions as well as entertainment and educational activities. The census of 2000 put the population at 23,866. Batavia was the front lines of the Black Hawk War in which Abraham Lincoln was a citizen soldier, and Zachary Taylor and Jefferson Davis were officers. Although there is no direct evidence any of them were actually in Batavia, there are writings by Lincoln that reference "Head of the Big Woods", which was the original name of Batavia given by its original settler, Christopher Payne. Singer-songwriter Jackie DeShannon attended Batavia High School. Ken Anderson, a quarterback of the Cincinnati Bengals in the 80' and 90's grew up in Batavia as well as Dan Issel, a basketball player for the old ABA Kentucky Colonels. Batavia is served by Batavia Community Unit School Distist 101 and highly regarded throughout the area.
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