Batavia
Batavia 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Batavia Depot Museum and Louise White School.
Batavia Depot Museum
Museum
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The Batavia Depot Museum is a museum in Batavia, Illinois that was once the town's primary train station. It was the first of many depots built by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
Louise White School
School building
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The Louise White School is a Registered Historic Place in Batavia, Illinois. It was in active use as a school for 85 years, and served as home of the Chautauqua movement in north central Illinois.
Eastside Community Center
Building
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The Eastside Community Center, formerly the Catholic Holy Cross Church, is an historic building in Batavia, Illinois. It was built in 1897 to serve the Holy Cross congregation of Batavia, many of whom were Irish immigrants who came to work in local quarries.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Geneva and North Aurora.
Geneva
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Geneva is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Illinois, United States. It is located in the far western side of the Chicago suburbs. Per the 2020 census, the population was 21,393.
North Aurora
Town
North Aurora is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Aurora. Per the 2020 census, the population was 18,261. North Aurora maintains its own public library district, fire district, and police department, but public spaces and parks are managed by the neighboring Fox Valley Park District. North Aurora is situated 3 miles south of Batavia.
St. Charles
Town
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St. Charles or Saint Charles is a city in Kane and DuPage Counties, Illinois, United States. The population was 33,081 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 33,482 in 2024. St. Charles is situated 4½ miles north of Batavia.
Batavia
- Categories: city in the United States and locality
- Location: Batavia Township, Kane, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.85003° or 41° 51′ 0″ northLongitude
-88.31257° or 88° 18′ 45″ westPopulation
26,100Elevation
715 feet (218 metres)Named after
Batavian RepublicUnited Nations Location Code
US BTAOpen location code
86HHVM2P+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 153692098OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
4884192Wikidata ID
Q576876
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Batavia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باتافيا,إلينوي”
- Arabic: “باتافيا”
- Basque: “Batavia”
- Catalan: “Batavia”
- Cebuano: “Batavia”
- Chechen: “Бетейвия”
- Chinese: “Batavia”
- Chinese: “巴塔維亞市”
- Chinese: “巴达维亚”
- Chinese: “巴达维亚市”
- Chinese: “巴達維亞 (伊利諾州)”
- Chinese: “巴達維亞”
- Chinese: “巴達維亞市”
- Croatian: “Batavia”
- Danish: “Batavia”
- Dutch: “Batavia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “باتافيا”
- French: “Batavia”
- German: “Batavia”
- Gilaki: “باتاویا (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “باتاویا”
- Greek: “Μπατέιβια”
- Haitian: “Batavia, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “Batavia”
- Hebrew: “בטוויה”
- Indonesian: “Batavia, Illinois”
- Indonesian: “Batavia”
- Irish: “Batavia”
- Italian: “Batavia”
- Japanese: “バタヴィア”
- Japanese: “バタビア”
- Korean: “버테이비아”
- Ladin: “Batavia”
- Mazanderani: “بتیویا (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “بتیویا”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Batavia”
- Newari: “बाटाभिया (इलियोनोई)”
- Newari: “बाटाभिया, इलिनोइ”
- Newari: “बाटाभिया, इलियोनोई”
- Newari: “बाटाभिया”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Batavia”
- Norwegian: “Batavia”
- Persian: “بتیویا، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “بتیویا”
- Polish: “Batavia”
- Portuguese: “Batavia”
- Russian: “Батавия”
- Russian: “Батейвия”
- Serbian: “Батејвија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Batavia, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Batavia”
- Slovenian: “Batavia”
- South Azerbaijani: “بتیویا، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “Batavia”
- Swedish: “Batavia, Illinois”
- Swedish: “Batavia”
- Tatar: “Бетейвия”
- Turkish: “Batavia, Illinois”
- Turkish: “Batavia”
- Ukrainian: “Бетейвія”
- Urdu: “بٹاویا، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “بٹاویا”
- Uzbek: “Batavia”
- Uzbek: “Батавиа”
- Vietnamese: “Batavia, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “Batavia”
- Volapük: “Batavia”
- Waray (Philippines): “Batavia, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “Batavia”
- Welsh: “Batavia, Illinois”
- Welsh: “Batavia”
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