Earlville is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States.

[4] The city was named after Earlville, New York, the former hometown of an early settler.

[5] According to the 2010 census, Earlville has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.11 km2), all land.

Earlville has a modern library, a K-12 school system, a bank, an ambulance and fire station, a weekly newspaper, a drive-in movie theater, and a number of local businesses.

Several planned residential developments of moderate size were derailed by the nationwide housing crash that began in 2008.

The School is a part of the Little Ten Conference, which includes Earlville, Serena, Newark, Indian Creek (Shabbona/Waterman), DePue, Leland, Somonauk, LaMoille, Kirkland Hiawatha, Hinckley Big Rock, and most recently IMSA.

[10] Earlville and Leland merged athletic programs in 2006, but separated again in 2018 after failing to come to an agreement regarding the co-op.