Kishwaukee Country Club occupies a flat expanse of northern Illinois farmland east of DeKalb, its fairways carved from former cornfields that were leveled and seeded decades ago. The course’s irrigation comes from on-site wells that draw from the same Kishwaukee River aquifer that borders the property’s southeastern edge. A single drainage canal, installed in the 1960s, bisects several holes and empties into the river, keeping the clay-heavy soil playable after heavy rains. The original nine holes were built in 1928; the second nine, completed in 1962, mirrors the older layout’s straight-ahead routing but incorporates slightly larger, more angular greens. Sand bunkers are concentrated around the greens rather than along the fairways, a design choice that reflects the era’s equipment limitations. A low, single-story brick clubhouse sits near the first tee, its west-facing veranda overlooking the opening hole’s centerline. The course is ringed by mature windbreak trees—mostly silver maple and green ash—planted when the surrounding fields were still under cultivation.
Kishwaukee Country Club currently has (within 1 mile) 11 single family homes for sale with an average list price of $280,954.55, 2 townhouses for sale with an average list price of $227,450, and 1 lot for sale with a list price of $215,000. The average annual property tax for Kishwaukee Country Club is $4,473.25.