Plano is a city near Aurora in Kendall County, Illinois, United States, with a population of 11,847 as of the 2020 census.

[7] Community development has been centered around a strong agricultural setting, with the only inhabitants of the area before its incorporation being the owners of grist mills.

[8] This development was supported by the city's location along US Route 34 and the Illinois Zephyr Amtrak passenger rail service.

[10] Both of its original factories within Plano are still in operation, but the main bulk of production is now in nearby cities Sandwich and Mendota.

The two cities' high schools have developed a rivalry that has become known to the local press as the "War on 34",[11][12] due to their location along US Route 34.

Due to the following economic downturn, however, many of the houses in both the new developments and older parts of town have experienced foreclosures.

[13] In the summer of 2011, the City of Plano was used for exterior filming for the Superman movie, Man of Steel.

Cost overruns as well as questions on the house's actual usefulness led to a lawsuit between the two parties, with van der Rohe winning the suit.

[20] In later years, the County Board decided to buy some of Farnsworth's land in order to straighten Fox River Drive (Ben Street in Plano), which would need a new bridge as well.

[21] Around the same time, Silver Springs State Park and Wildlife Area was designated, down the road and across the river from Farnsworth's house, forever protecting the land from development.

The other film was Witless Protection, a film starring Jennie McCarthy and Larry the Cable Guy, which used the area around Plano as the site of Larry's character's hometown, and the Plano Train Station stood in for the Town Hall and Jail.

Plano was also the filming location for the music video for "Nowadays" by Lil Skies and Landon Cube.