Batavia, Illinois
Batavia, Illinois | |
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| Nicknames: The Windmill City, City of Energy | |
| Motto: "Where Tradition and Vision Meet" | |
Location of Batavia in Kane and DuPage Counties within Illinois. | |
| Coordinates: 41°50′52″N 88°18′40″W / 41.84778°N 88.31111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Counties | Kane, DuPage |
| Townships | Aurora (Kane), Batavia (Kane), Blackberry (Kane), Geneva (Kane), Winfield (DuPage) |
| Settled | 1833 |
| Incorporated | July 27, 1872 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.83 sq mi (28.06 km2) |
| • Land | 10.65 sq mi (27.58 km2) |
| • Water | 0.19 sq mi (0.48 km2) |
| Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 26,098 |
| • Density | 2,450.5/sq mi (946.15/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 60510 and 60539 |
| Area code(s) | 630 and 331 |
| FIPS code | 17-04078 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2394077 |
| Website | bataviail.gov |
Batavia (/bəˈteɪviə/) is a city mainly in Kane County and partly in DuPage County in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located in the Chicago metropolitan area, it was founded in 1833 and is the oldest city in Kane County. Per the 2020 census, the population was 26,098.
During the latter part of the 19th century, Batavia, home to six American-style windmill manufacturing companies, became known as "The Windmill City". Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, a federal government-sponsored high-energy physics laboratory, where both the bottom quark and the top quark were first detected, is located just east of the city limits.
Batavia is part of a vernacular region known as the Tri-City area, along with St. Charles and Geneva, all western suburbs of similar size and relative socioeconomic condition.