Yorkville, Illinois was founded in 1833 when Earl Adams built a log cabin on the south side of the Fox River.

Yorkville and Bristol remained separate communities through the 1880s.

During that decade, however, Yorkville and Bristol officials agreed to form a single school district.

Grade school students were largely drawn from the two communities, but high school students would attend from as far as 20 miles (32 km) away.

[2] A large addition on the east side was built in 1907.