Fox Valley (Illinois)

Fox Valley (Illinois)

The Fox Valley is a more rural region within Illinois and Wisconsin that borders the more urban portions of the Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. This region centers on the Fox River of Illinois and Wisconsin. Around 1 million people live in this area. Native American tribes that lived near the Fox River included the Potawatomi, Sac, and Fox tribes.

Some of cities in the Fox Valley are part of the rust belt. Within this region is Aurora, Illinois the second largest city in the state, and also the nearby cities of Batavia, Illinois, St. Charles, Illinois, and Geneva, Illinois, which may be referred to as 'the Tri-cities area'.

Major Cities

*Aurora, Illinois
*Batavia, Illinois
*Oswego, Illinois
*Waukesha, Wisconsin
*Brookfield, Wisconsin
*St. Charles, Illinois
*Geneva, Illinois
*McHenry, Illinois
*Algonquin, Illinois
*Carpentersville, Illinois
*Elgin, Illinois


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