Plattville, Illinois
Plattville, Illinois | |
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Location of Plattville in Kendall County, Illinois. | |
Location of Illinois in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 41°32′05″N 88°22′20″W / 41.53472°N 88.37222°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Kendall |
| Township | Lisbon |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | June McCord (acting) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.26 sq mi (5.85 km2) |
| • Land | 2.26 sq mi (5.85 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 600 ft (180 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 220 |
| • Density | 97/sq mi (37.6/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 60560 |
| Area codes | 630 / 331/815 |
| FIPS code | 17-60391 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2399688 |
Plattville is a village in Lisbon Township, Kendall County, Illinois, United States, west of Joliet. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 220. The community was established in 1860 and named after founder Daniel Platt, who first built a home there in 1834 on the Frink and Walker stagecoach route between Chicago and Ottawa.
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.