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St. Mary's Church of Gilberts is a historic church in Gilberts, Illinois. The Catholic church was built for the increasing population in the town in the late 19th century. The church is an excellent example of the rural Stick Style designs that some churches developed in the 1880s. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Gilberts is a village in Kane County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,366 at the 2020 census.

Freeman is an unincorporated community in Kane County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Memorial Washington Reformed Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Elgin, Illinois. It was built in 1844, but has not had regular service since 1906. Due to the infrequency of services, the church earned the moniker The Once-A-Year Church. The simple, vernacular Greek Revivalchurch building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Rutland Township is one of sixteen townships in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 18,806 and it contained 8,004 housing units. It was originally called Jackson Township; the name was changed to Rutland on July 2, 1850.

Teeple Barn was a historic structure in Elgin, Illinois. It was a sixteen-sided barn designed by W. Wright Abell for Lester Teeple, a dairy farmer. In 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places as the only surviving sixteen-sided barn in Illinois. The barn was destroyed on May 27, 2007, following a storm. It was delisted from the National Register in 2020.

The Esplanade is a mixed-use development under construction on Randall Road next to the lifestyle center Algonquin Commons in Algonquin, Illinois. It is part of the Algonquin Corporate Campus. It is being built by commercial developers Centerville Properties. Currently, plans are for several restaurants located in the center and peripheral edges of the property, primarily along Randall Road and Corporate Parkway. Currently, 220 apartment units and 40,000 square feet of commercial space is being constructed. Focal features include an arch over the main entrance, a namesake Esplanade was to connect the apartments and offices to the shops and restaurants in the front of the property, outdoor terraces in the office buildings, a community center near the apartments, and outdoor patio seating at the anchor restaurants, flanked by graceful ponds, fountains, and landscaping.

Advocate Sherman Hospital is a hospital located in Elgin, Illinois. It contains 255 beds, and is one of the most premier regional hospitals in the country, specializing in heart surgeries. It is ranked "high performing" in dealing with heart failure by U.S. News. It performs more cardiac procedures than any other hospital in Kane, McHenry, DuPage, Lake and Will counties. Other services include a level II trauma center, cancer care services, diabetes center, orthopedic care and the birthing center with a neonatal intensive care nursery. The hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health. Advocate Sherman is considered to be above average, and is ranked in the top 100 hospitals in the United States, out of a group of around 3,100.

Algonquin Commons is an outdoor shopping mall, or lifestyle center, located along Randall Road in Algonquin, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The mall is located in Kane County, Illinois, just south of the McHenry County line. The center includes over 50 retailers and restaurants and 600,000 total square feet. The tenants in the center are varied, from discount clothiers, to specialty gift shops, to popular national fashion chains, to local independent shops, to big-box retailers and upscale restaurants. It was built in 2004. The Algonquin Commons provides Algonquin with 1,700 jobs and over $1 million in sales tax revenue. The Algonquin Commons was built by Jeffrey R. Anderson, the same developer who built the Geneva Commons, which is located in Geneva, Illinois. In early 2013, U.S. Bank filed to foreclose on Algonquin Commons after then-owner Inland Properties ceased payments. The property is now owned by McKinley. The Commons is also notable for its chic, upscale appearance, including outdoor lighting, lush landscaping, sidewalks and brick pavers to connect the various buildings in the center, outdoor music, individually designed storefronts, benches, and a number of special events held throughout the year, including public art displays, celebrity guest appearances, summer concerts, the Touch-a-Truck event, and horse-drawn carriage rides during the holidays.

Harvest Christian Academy is a private Christian school in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Harvest Christian Academy is a ministry of Harvest Bible Chapel, a church that is located on several campuses in the Chicago area. The school has students ranging from preschool to high school. As of September 2014, the number of students enrolled at Harvest Christian Academy from preschool to grade 12 totaled 650, the number of full-time and part-time staff totaled 72, and the size of the facilities totaled 80 acres and over 200,000 square feet. The school was founded in August 2004. The ethnic diversity of Harvest Christian Academy is significantly less than that of the state average in Illinois. Compared to the state average rate of 51% White students enrolled, Harvest Christian Academy has an 87% rate of White students. Both the Hispanic and Black communities, which on average in Illinois represent 24% and 18% of student enrollment respectively (the second and third largest ethnic groups), are only represented by 4% and 2% of the enrolled population at the private school.

Almora is an unincorporated community in Kane County, in the U.S. state of Illinois.

Big Timber Road is a commuter railroad station in the Kane County portion of Elgin, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The station is the western terminus of Metra's Milwaukee District West Line. It is 39.8 miles (64.1 km) away from Chicago Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra’s zone-based fare system, Big Timber Road is in zone H. As of 2018, Big Timber Road is the 75th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 699 weekday boardings. When it opened in 1986 (the same year the Milwaukee Road ceased operations), the surrounding area mostly consisted of farmland. Since then, numerous residential subdivisions have been built. Big Timber Road presently does not have service on weekends or holidays. As of December 12, 2022, there are a total of 41 trains serving the station, with 19 inbound trains originating from here and 22 outbound trains terminating here on weekdays. Travel time to Union Station ranges from 1 hour and 7 minutes to 1 hour and 28 minutes, depending on the train.