Channahon, Illinois
| Channahon | |
| Village | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Grundy, Will |
| Townships | Channahon, Troy, Aux Sable |
| Area | 16.42 sq mi (43 km2) |
| - land | 14.99 sq mi (39 km2) |
| - water | 1.43 sq mi (4 km2) |
| Population | 12,560 (2010) |
| Density | 1,019.0/sq mi (393/km2) |
| Village President | Missey Moorman Schumacher |
| - Leader 2 | Missey Schumacher |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 60410 |
| Area code | 815 |
 Location in Will County and the state of Illinois.
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Channahon is a village in Grundy and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 12,560 at the 2010 census. Channahon is also the name of the township in which most of the village resides. The current village president is Missey Moorman Schumacher.
Its name meaning "Meeting of the Waters" in the language of the area's original Potawatomi inhabitants, Channahon is located at the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, where they form the Illinois River. The Illinois and Michigan Canal (including several locks) runs through most of the village, where it is fed by the water of the DuPage River. The local Channahon State Park celebrates the region's unique geographical history.
Later in the 19th century, a railroad line that eventually came under the control of the Santa Fe Railroad was laid through the eastern portions of the township, but no railroad actually passed through the village itself. In the late 1920s, U.S. Highway 6 came through Channahon; Interstates 80 and 55 followed in the 1960s (although I-80 runs approximately two miles to the north of the village limits).
The Village of Channahon grew along the I & M Canal at the intersection of three rivers (i.e., DuPage, Des Plaines, and Kankakee Rivers.) An early archaeological excavation in the 1900s unearthed mound remnants that pointed to three to four thousand years of history. The Potawatomie Indians named this area and called it Channahon, which means "meeting of the waters". The Potawatomie Indians solely inhabited this area until white settlers began to settle here in 1832.
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