Formed out of Iroquois and Will Counties by an act of the Illinois Legislature on February 11, 1853 -- named for the Kankakee River -- Kankakee was the birthplace of actor Fred MacMurray (tv's My Three Sons) (starred in movies The Absent Minded Professor, The Shaggy Dog, Double Indemnity, Rains Of Ranchipur, and The Egg and I)
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