Counties
Kendall County
District: 3
County Engineer: Francis C. Klaas
Appointment Date: 5/21/1991
Address: 6780 Route 47
Yorkville, IL 60560
Telephone: (630) 553-7616
Fax: (630) 553-9583
Email: fklaas@co.kendall.il.us


Engineer Bio:
Fran received his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1983. He worked for IDOT, District 3 until 1988, when he became the City Engineer and Administrator for the City of Yorkville. He has been County Engineer in Kendall County, one of the fastest growing counties in the State, since 1991.


County Background:
Established on February 19, 1841, Kendall County is named after Amos Kendall, a successful politician and journalist, Postmaster General under Jackson, and as partner of S.F.B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, he contributed largely to the vast commercial success of that invention.


County Population: 114736
Land Area (Sq. Miles): 319
Assessed Valuation: 3430124246
State Highway Mileage: 100
County Highway Mileage: 125
Township Highway Mileage: 410
Municipal Highway Mileage: 255
County Seat: Yorkville
State House District(s): 50, 75, 84, 97
State Senate District(s): 25,38, 42, 49
U.S. Congressional Distict(s): 14


Past Engineers
NameStartFinish
John D. Russell12/18/19135/31/1931
B. L. Henning7/1/19338/31/1956
Hugh B. Belford7/9/19578/31/1964
D. H. Sharkey2/1/19657/31/1977
Joseph Gaesser4/1/197711/14/1990




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