Kankakee is a principal city of the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley Metropolitan Statistical Area. It serves as an anchor city in the rural plains outside Chicago.

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Oct 24, 2025 · Kankakee, city, seat (1853) of Kankakee county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It lies on the Kankakee River, about 60 miles (100 km) south of Chicago. Potawatomi Indians were …

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Oct 30, 2025 · Kankakee, Illinois, lies about 60 miles south of Chicago along the Kankakee River. With a population of around 25,000, it serves as the county seat of Kankakee County. The city …

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Dec 21, 2021 · Sixty miles south of Chicago, Kankakee is a county seat and the main city in the Kankakee-Bourbonnais-Bradley metropolitan area. Home to around 28,000, the city is on the …

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Kankakee is a city in Chicagoland, the county seat of Kankakee County. The Kankakee metropolitan area has a population of about 120,000. The major industries of the Kankakee …