Geneva, Illinois, located in Kane County, is a city of 19,000 located 40 miles west of Chicago. Geneva is situated in the Fox River valley. A wonderful city to live, work, play and raise your family.
A Rand McNally travel booklet titled, "Summer Resorts of the Northwest" from 1879 states this about Geneva:
Many professional men who really belong to Chicago have their homes in Geneva, and the society is, therefore, very agreeable. It is a quiet, restful place, where there is a perpetual air of a New England Sunday afternoon. On warm summer days the shaded streets are cool and quiet; nothing is astir for hours except on one or two of the business corners and about the courthouse. There is a sort of natural atmosphere of dolce far niente about the whole place, which is extremely grateful to people who have been working or pleasure seeking on the high pressure plan for seven of eight months of city life. Toward evening everything is gay and active, however, and the scene on the arrival of the evening train is quite like that at many Eastern resorts. There are many pleasant places where board can be obtained.
Geneva, Illinois, located in Kane County, is a city of 19,000 located 40 miles west of Chicago. Geneva is situated in the Fox River valley. A wonderful city to live, work, play and raise your family.
A Rand McNally travel booklet titled, "Summer Resorts of the Northwest" from 1879 states this about Geneva:
Many professional men who really belong to Chicago have their homes in Geneva, and the society is, therefore, very agreeable. It is a quiet, restful place, where there is a perpetual air of a New England Sunday afternoon. On warm summer days the shaded streets are cool and quiet; nothing is astir for hours except on one or two of the business corners and about the courthouse. There is a sort of natural atmosphere of dolce far niente about the whole place, which is extremely grateful to people who have been working or pleasure seeking on the high pressure plan for seven of eight months of city life. Toward evening everything is gay and active, however, and the scene on the arrival of the evening train is quite like that at many Eastern resorts. There are many pleasant places where board can be obtained.