Plano, Illinois
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| Official name: City of Plano | |||
| Name origin: From plano, Spanish for plain | |||
| Motto: Birthplace of the Harvester, Home of the Reapers | |||
| Country | United States | ||
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| State | Illinois | ||
| County | Kendall | ||
| Township | Little Rock | ||
| Elevation | 662 ft (202 m) | ||
| Coordinates | 41°39′47″N 88°32′10″W / 41.66306°N 88.53611°WCoordinates: 41°39′47″N 88°32′10″W / 41.66306°N 88.53611°W | ||
| Area | 7.501 sq mi (19 km2) | ||
| - land | 7.458 sq mi (19 km2) | ||
| - water | 0.043 sq mi (0 km2) | ||
| Population | 10,856 (2010) | ||
| Density | 3,020/sq mi (1,166/km2) | ||
| Founded | April 10, 1872 | ||
| Mayor | Bob Hausler | ||
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| ZIP code | 60545 | ||
| Area code | 630 and 331 | ||
   Location of Plano within Illinois.
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| Website: www.cityofplanoil.com | |||
Plano is a city in Kendall County, Illinois, United States near Aurora, with a population of 10,856 at the 2010 census, nearly doubling its size from 2000. The city was home to the Plano Harvester Company in the late nineteenth century, as well as the Plano Molding Company more recently. In 2011, downtown Plano was used as a set for Man of Steel.
In the early 1860s, the Marsh brothers began producing their Marsh Harvester in Plano. From 1863 to the beginning of the twentieth century the Plano Manufacturing Company, as it became known, provided the foundation for Plano's development. Because of this, Plano High School has adopted the reaper as its mascot.
Plano was the one-time headquarters for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Joseph Smith III, son of slain LDS movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr., moved to Plano in 1866 and ran the church's printing operation from there. As the schism with the Utah branch of the Latter Day Saints deepened, he moved with the church headquarters to Lamoni, Iowa in 1880 to be closer to what the Community of Christ believed to be the true church headquarters at Temple Lot in Missouri rather than in Utah.
Community development has been centered around a strong agricultural setting, with the only inhabitants of the area before its incorporation being the owners of grist mills. This development was supported by the city's location along US Route 34 and the Illinois Zephyr Amtrak passenger rail service.
The Plano Molding Company, manufacturer of fishing tackle equipment as well as other plastic domestic containment units, has its headquarters in Plano. Both of its original factories within Plano are still in operation, but the main bulk of production is now in nearby cities Sandwich and Mendota.
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