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Aurora
Aurora's growth from an 1834 sawmill claim on the Fox River into a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad manufacturing center left the...
Local planning notes →Wheaton
Wheaton has grown steadily since Erastus Gary and the Wheaton brothers settled the area in 1837 and since it won the DuPage County seat...
Local planning notes →Lisle
Because Lisle wasn't formally incorporated until June 26, 1956, most of its housing dates to the postwar suburban boom rather than the 1832...
Local planning notes →Warrenville
Julius Warren settled directly on the DuPage River in 1833, but Warrenville didn't incorporate as a village until 1967 after five failed...
Local planning notes →Bolingbrook
Nearly all of Bolingbrook's original housing stock was built between 1961 and 1965 across the Westbury, Colonial Village, and King's Park...
Local planning notes →Woodridge
Woodridge's first subdivision, built from 1958 and incorporated as a village in August 1959, was largely purchased by veterans using GI...
Local planning notes →Downers Grove
Downers Grove's history runs from Pierce Downer's 1832 founding through the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's 1864 arrival to its...
Local planning notes →Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn's downtown took shape after the railroad arrived in 1849 and Lake Ellyn was created in 1889, with formal incorporation following...
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