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Aurora
Aurora formed when East Aurora, incorporated in 1845, and West Aurora, organized in 1854, merged in 1857 into one city straddling the Fox...
Local planning notes →Wheaton
Wheaton became the DuPage County seat in 1867 after Warren Wheaton's family led a campaign to move the government complex there from...
Local planning notes →Lisle
Lisle didn't formally incorporate until June 26, 1956, even though the Hatch brothers had settled the area back in 1832 and the Morton...
Local planning notes →Warrenville
Julius Warren claimed land right on the DuPage River in 1833, and Warrenville's identity has been tied to that river corridor ever since,...
Local planning notes →Bolingbrook
Bolingbrook's population went from about 7,000 in 1970 to more than 37,000 by 1980, one of the fastest growth rates of any Chicago-area...
Local planning notes →Woodridge
Woodridge's original 1958-59 development deliberately sited its first subdivision on a ridge above the DuPage River's East Branch, and the...
Local planning notes →Downers Grove
Downers Grove's growth accelerated after the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad reached town in 1864, and the town has stood through...
Local planning notes →Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn's Main Street core dates to 1849, when the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad arrived, and in 1889 residents built a dam to...
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