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DuPage County, Illinois

January 20, 2023

DuPage County (/ˌduːˈpeɪdʒ/ doo-PAYJ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton.[2]

DuPage County
County
Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River; Restored tallgrass prairie in Dunham Forest Preserve
Seal
Motto: 
The Magnificent Miles West of Chicago
Location within the U.S. state of Illinois
Illinois's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 41°51′07″N 88°05′08″W / 41.85195°N 88.08567°W / 41.85195; -88.08567Coordinates: 41°51′07″N 88°05′08″W / 41.85195°N 88.08567°W / 41.85195; -88.08567
Country United States
State Illinois
FoundedFebruary 9, 1839
Named forDuPage River
SeatWheaton
Largest cityAurora
Area
 • Total336 sq mi (870 km2)
 • Land327 sq mi (850 km2)
 • Water8.9 sq mi (23 km2)  2.6%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total932,877
 • Density2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Area code630 and 331
Congressional districts3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th, 14th
Websitewww.dupageco.org
[1]

Known for its vast tallgrass prairies, DuPage County has become mostly developed and suburbanized, although some pockets of farmland remain in the county's western and northern parts. Located in the Rust Belt, the area is one of few in the region whose economy quickly became dependent on the headquarters of several large corporations due to its close proximity to Chicago.

As steel mills closed in the 1970s and 1980s, several acres that were formerly industrialized areas were converted into business parks to meet the growing tax base. The county has a mixed socioeconomic profile and residents of Hinsdale, Naperville and Oak Brook include some of the wealthiest people in the Midwest. However, other cities in the county such as Aurora and Downers Grove have faced issues regarding local small business growth and affordable housing. On the whole, the county enjoys above average median household income levels and low overall poverty levels when compared to the national average.[3]

In 2018, Niche ranked two DuPage municipalities (Clarendon Hills at #3 and Naperville at #16) amongst the top 20 best places to live in America.[4]

History

DuPage County was formed on February 9, 1839, out of Cook County.[5] The county took its name from the DuPage River, which was, in turn, named after a French fur trapper, DuPage.[6] The first written history to address the name, the 1882 History of DuPage County, Illinois, by Rufus Blanchard, relates:[7]

The DuPage River had, from time immemorial, been a stream well known. It took its name from a French trader who settled on this stream below the fork previous to 1800. Hon. H. W. Blodgett, of Waukegan, informs the writer that J. B. Beaubien had often spoken to him of the old Frenchman, Du Page, whose station was on the bank of the river, down toward its mouth, and stated that the river took its name from him. The county name must have the same origin. Col Gurden S. Hubbard, who came into the country in 1818, informs the writer that the name DuPage, as applied to the river then, was universally known, but the trader for whom it was named lived there before his time. Mr. Beaubien says it is pronounced Du Pazhe (having the sound of ah, and that the P should be capitalized). This was in reply to Mr. Blodgett’s inquiry of him concerning the matter.

 
DuPage County at the time of its creation in 1839

The first white settler in DuPage County was Bailey Hobson who, with Lewis Stewart, built a house in 1831 for the Hobson family at a site about 2 miles south of present-day downtown Naperville.[8][9] Hobson later built a mill to serve surrounding farmers. Today, the Hobson house still stands on Hobson Road in Naperville, and the location of the mill is commemorated with a millstone and monument in today's Pioneer Park.[10]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 336 square miles (870 km2), of which 327 square miles (850 km2) is land and 8.9 square miles (23 km2) (2.6%) is water.[11] The DuPage River and the Salt Creek flow through DuPage County. According to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, the highest point in the county is located at the Mallard Lake Landfill, which at its highest point is 982 feet (299 m) above mean sea level.[12]

Climate

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In recent years, average temperatures in the county seat of Wheaton have ranged from a low of 14 °F (−10 °C) in January to a high of 87 °F (31 °C) in July, although a record low of −26 °F (−32 °C) was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 105 °F (41 °C) was recorded in July 1995. Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1.56 inches (40 mm) in February to 4.60 inches (117 mm) in August.[13]

Adjacent counties

Counties that are adjacent to DuPage include:

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
18403,535—
18509,290162.8%
186014,70158.2%
187016,68513.5%
188019,16114.8%
189022,55117.7%
190028,19625.0%
191033,43218.6%
192042,12026.0%
193091,998118.4%
1940103,48012.5%
1950154,59949.4%
1960313,459102.8%
1970491,88256.9%
1980658,83533.9%
1990781,66618.6%
2000904,16115.7%
2010916,9241.4%
2020932,8771.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[14]
1790-1960[15] 1900-1990[16]
1990-2000[17] 2010-2019[18]

DuPage County's population's distribution by race and ethnicity in the 2020 census was as follows:[19]

Race / Ethnicity Percentage of
county population
Non Hispanic 84.5%
White 63.4%
Asian 12.8%
Black or African American 4.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.0%
Two or more races 3.2%
Some Other Race 0.4%
Hispanic or Latino of any race 15.5%

DuPage County has become more diverse. The population of foreign-born residents increased from about 71,300 in 1990 to 171,000 by 2009 estimates.[20]

There were 325,601 households, out of which 37.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.90% were married couples living together, 7.90% had a female householder with no husband present and 28.00% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.73 and the average family size was 3.27.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 26.70% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 32.40% from 25 to 44, 22.80% from 45 to 64 and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females, age 18 and over, there were 94.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $98,441 and the median income for a family was $113,086.[21] Males had a median income of $60,909 versus $41,346 for females. The mean or average income for a family in DuPage County is $121,009, according to the 2005 census. The per capita income for the county was $38,458. About 2.40% of families and 3.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.90% of those under age 18 and 4.30% of those age 65 or over.[21]

Religion

DuPage County has several hundred Christian churches, and especially around Wheaton is a Bible Belt, with Wheaton College and various other evangelical Christian colleges, and publishing houses including InterVarsity Press, Crossway, Tyndale House, Christianity Today and other smaller ones in the area.[22] Well-known churches include the Community Christian Church of Naperville, College Church of Wheaton, Wheaton Bible Church, and First Baptist Church of Wheaton. There is also a large Catholic population, the county being part of the Diocese of Joliet and the National Shrine of St Therese in Darien. There is also the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Glendale Heights.

The Theosophical Society in America in Wheaton, the North American headquarters of the Theosophical Society Adyar, provides lectures and classes on theosophy, meditation, yoga, Eastern and New Age spirituality. Islamic mosques are located in Villa Park, Naperville (two mosques), Glendale Heights, Willowbrook, Westmont, Lombard, Bolingbrook, Addison, Woodale, West Chicago, and unincorporated Glen Ellyn.[23] There are Hindu temples in Bartlett, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Itasca and Medinah, and an Arya Samaj center in West Chicago. There is a Nichiren Shōshū Zen Buddhist temple in West Chicago[24] and a Theravada Buddhist Temple, called the Buddha-Dharma Meditation Center, in Willowbrook.[25] There is also a Reform synagogue, Congregation Etz Chaim,[26] in Lombard and an unaffiliated one in Naperville, called Congregation Beth Shalom.[27]

Economy

DuPage County is the primary location of the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. It is home to many large corporations, including:

Shopping malls in DuPage County include Oakbrook Center, which is the largest open-air mall in the nation, Fox Valley Mall, Yorktown Center, Town Square Wheaton, and Stratford Square Mall. In addition, many of DuPage County's towns have prosperous and quaint downtown areas, especially in Naperville, Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst, Wheaton, Downers Grove and Hinsdale, which are mixed with boutiques, upscale chain stores and restaurants.

National Laboratories

 
Aerial view of the Tevatron particle accelerator at the Fermilab site

Fermilab, which has the world's second-highest-energy particle accelerator,[28] is in Batavia, where it straddles the border between Kane and DuPage counties.[29]

Argonne National Laboratory, one of the United States government's oldest and largest science and engineering research laboratories,[30] is in unincorporated, southeast DuPage County.[31] Both laboratories conduct tours of their facilities.

Arts and culture

Architecture

The 31-story Oakbrook Terrace Tower in Oakbrook Terrace, designed by Helmut Jahn, is the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago.[32] The Elmhurst Art Museum is housed in a Mies Van Der Rohe building. There is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Elmhurst. Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, a conservative Hindu sect, has built BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chicago, a large, intricately carved, marble temple in Bartlett. There are some Sears Catalog Homes in Downers Grove and Villa Park. The Byzantine-style clubhouse of the Medinah Country Club is also an architectural highlight of the county. Lombard is home to over thirty Lustron prefabricated steel homes.[33]

Museums and historical sites

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in DuPage County, Illinois

Historical museums in DuPage County include:

Specialty museums in DuPage County include:

 
Joe Naper's General Store in Naperville

Historical sites include:

Music and theater

DuPage also plays host to a rich local music scene. Some of the better-known bands to come out of the area include The Hush Sound, Lucky Boys Confusion, and Plain White T's.

Oakbrook Terrace's Drury Lane Theatre is an important live theatre in DuPage County. The Tivoli Theatre, one of the first theaters in the United States to be equipped with sound, is still in use in Downers Grove.[39] In addition to showing movies, the Tivoli is home to several local performing arts groups.[40]

Parks and recreation

Main article: Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County owns and manages 25,000 acres (10,000 ha) of prairies, woodlands and wetlands. More than 4 million visitors each year enjoy 60 forest preserves, 145 miles of trails, and five education centers.[41]

Local urban parks include Lombard's Lilacia Park, Naperville's Centennial Beach, Woodridge's Cypress Cove Family Aquatic Park and Wheaton's Cosley Zoo. Privately funded attractions include Lisle's Morton Arboretum.

In the 1980s, DuPage County also had another major attraction, Ebenezer Floppen Slopper's Wonderful Water slides in Oakbrook Terrace, which today, stands abandoned and neglected.

The Illinois Prairie Path, a 61-mile (98 km) rail-to-trail multi-use path, runs through Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties. It intersects with the Great Western Trail at several points, as well as the Fox River Trail at a few points.

DuPage golf courses include: Wheaton's Chicago Golf Club, Arrowhead Golf Club and Cantigny Golf courses; the Medinah Country Club; the Village Links and Glen Oak Country Club of Glen Ellyn; Addison's Oak Meadows; Oak Brook's Oak Brook Golf Club, Butler National Golf Club, and Butterfield Country Club; Wood Dale's Maple Meadows; Westmont's Green Meadows; Lisle's River Bend (9 holes); West Chicago's St. Andrews Golf & Country Club and Winfield's Klein Creek Golf Club, among others.

Government and politics

 
The DuPage County Courthouse complex in Wheaton

Government

The powers of the County Board include managing county funds and business, levying taxes, and appropriating funds. The County Board exercises powers not assigned to other elected officials or other boards.[42]

The county is divided into six districts. Each district elects three members to the County Board in staggered two-year and four-year terms. The Chairman of the County Board is the chief executive officer of DuPage County, and is elected countywide every four years.

DuPage County is part of Regional Office of Education #19 which is coterminous with the county's corporate boundaries.[43]

The County Board is controlled by the Democratic Party by an 11 to 7 margin.[44]

DuPage County Board 2022[44]
District Board Member Party
Chairman Daniel Cronin Republican
1 Donald Puchalski Republican
1 Ashley Selmon Democratic
1 Sam Tornatore Republican
2 Elizabeth Chaplin Democratic
2 Paula Deacon Garcia Democratic
2 Pete DiCianni Republican
3 Greg Hart Republican
3 Brian Krajewski Republican
3 Julie Renehan Democratic
4 Grant Eckhoff Republican
4 Mary FitzGerald Ozog Democratic
4 Lynn LaPlante Democratic
5 Amy Chavez Democratic
5 Sadia Covert Democratic
5 Dawn DeSart Democratic
6 Sheila Rutledge Democratic
6 Greg Schwarze Democratic
6 James Zay Republican

Politics

DuPage County was historically a stronghold of the Republican Party, and a classic bastion of suburban conservatism. In recent years, DuPage County has joined other suburban counties outside large U.S. cities trending Democratic in presidential election years since the 1990s. The county continues to lean Republican in state and local politics, however in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election, J. B. Pritzker became the first Democratic candidate for the governorship to win the county in more than 100 years.

National politics

United States presidential election results for DuPage County, Illinois[45]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 193,611 39.70% 281,222 57.66% 12,890 2.64%
2016 166,415 38.64% 228,622 53.08% 35,637 8.27%
2012 195,046 48.63% 199,460 49.73% 6,575 1.64%
2008 183,626 43.93% 228,698 54.72% 5,649 1.35%
2004 218,902 54.39% 180,097 44.75% 3,447 0.86%
2000 201,037 55.18% 152,550 41.87% 10,775 2.96%
1996 164,630 50.74% 129,709 39.97% 30,147 9.29%
1992 178,271 48.05% 114,564 30.88% 78,152 21.07%
1988 217,907 69.39% 94,285 30.02% 1,862 0.59%
1984 227,141 75.66% 71,430 23.79% 1,644 0.55%
1980 182,308 64.02% 68,991 24.23% 33,450 11.75%
1976 175,055 68.77% 72,137 28.34% 7,355 2.89%
1972 172,341 75.02% 57,043 24.83% 355 0.15%
1968 124,893 66.61% 48,492 25.86% 14,111 7.53%
1964 98,871 59.89% 66,229 40.11% 0 0.00%
1960 101,014 69.45% 44,263 30.43% 168 0.12%
1956 91,834 79.76% 23,103 20.06% 207 0.18%
1952 71,134 75.80% 22,489 23.97% 217 0.23%
1948 45,794 73.58% 15,528 24.95% 916 1.47%
1944 41,890 68.93% 18,711 30.79% 174 0.29%
1940 40,746 67.85% 18,923 31.51% 380 0.63%
1936 28,380 54.97% 21,684 42.00% 1,568 3.04%
1932 25,758 56.23% 18,547 40.49% 1,504 3.28%
1928 28,016 72.37% 10,479 27.07% 217 0.56%
1924 16,917 72.81% 1,893 8.15% 4,423 19.04%
1920 12,280 82.00% 2,084 13.92% 612 4.09%
1916 9,610 62.84% 4,816 31.49% 868 5.68%
1912 1,136 14.27% 2,236 28.09% 4,589 57.64%
1908 4,530 63.98% 1,975 27.90% 575 8.12%
1904 4,078 68.07% 1,407 23.49% 506 8.45%
1900 3,869 63.92% 1,947 32.17% 237 3.92%
1896 4,115 68.92% 1,588 26.60% 268 4.49%
1892 2,478 50.35% 2,154 43.76% 290 5.89%

The county supported Barack Obama, a Chicago resident, in 2008 and 2012 (albeit narrowly in 2012). Obama was the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the county since Franklin Pierce in 1852. The only time prior to 2008 that a Republican had failed to win the county was in 1912, when the GOP was mortally divided and former President and Progressive Party nominee Theodore Roosevelt won over half the county's vote.

DuPage County has historically been a fiscally and socially conservative Republican stronghold, though in recent years has become more politically liberal especially on issues of race and immigration.[46][47] DuPage County has been shifting more Democratic, with Joe Biden winning 58% of the vote in 2020. DuPage County has not voted for a Republican candidate for president since 2004. Donald Trump was the first Republican nominee for President since 1912 to get less than 40% of the DuPage County vote, both in the 2016 and 2020 general elections. Many DuPage County communities which normally vote Republican, including but not limited to Naperville, Lisle, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Carol Stream, Downers Grove, and Elmhurst did not support Donald Trump in 2016.[48] In December 2019, shortly after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump, Carol Stream-based Christianity Today published a controversial editorial calling for the removal of Trump from office, citing the need to hold him to the same standards to which they held Bill Clinton in the 1990s (who was the last Democratic nominee for President to get less than 40% of the DuPage County vote).[49]

In the U.S. House of Representatives, DuPage County is in the 5th, 6th, 8th, 11th and 14th districts. In the 2018 general election, despite the county's historical Republican dominance, Democrats won every congressional district within the county.[50]

Local politics

Republicans historically controlled local politics in DuPage County from the nineteenth century until modern times. During the twentieth century, Democrats only held countywide office twice. In 1934 William Robinson was elected Circuit Clerk and Arthur Hellyer was elected Treasurer. That year also saw the first ever Democratic majority county board and only such majority that century.[51][52] Robinson and Hellyer each served one term; Robinson lost his bid for a full term in 1936 and Hellyer left the Treasurer's office to make a failed bid for probate judge in 1938.[53] In 2018, as part of a larger suburban realignment, Democratic candidate Jean Kaczmarek won the election for County Clerk and Daniel Hebreard won the President of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County.[50][54][55]

During that same period Democrats were sporadically elected to the county board and township government. In 1972, Don Carroll was elected to the County Board. In the Democratic wave of 1974, Jane Spirgel, Mary Eleanor Wall, and Elaine Libovicz were elected. All four were from the northeastern portion of DuPage, which at that time was the most Democratic region of the county.[56] Eventually, Republicans regained all seats on the board when Jane Spirgel ran for Illinois Secretary of State with Adlai Stevenson III under the Solidarity Party banner.[57] In 2000, Linda J. Bourke Hilbert was elected. Like her 1970s counterparts, she was from the northeastern portion of the county.[58] During the 2008 Democratic wave, three Democrats were elected to the board.[59] After the initial Obama wave, Republicans reasserted themselves on the board and by 2017 Democrats held only one of the eighteen board seats. In the 2018 general election, Democrats won seven seats as well as the offices of County Clerk and Forest Preserve District President.[50]

In 1973, a slate of Democrats took eight of nine offices in Addison Township. This feat would not be replicated until 2017 when Democratic candidates won a majority of offices in Naperville and Lisle townships.[60] Between these two victories, Democrats only held two township offices. Mark Starkovich served as York Township Supervisor from 1989-1993 and Martin McManamon has served as Wayne Township Highway Commissioner since 2013.[61]

In 2020, Democrats won control of the DuPage County Board, expanding on their 2018 lead.[62]

Education

Colleges and universities

The College of DuPage, in Glen Ellyn, is one of the largest community colleges in the United States. Wheaton College is one of the most well-known and respected evangelical Christian colleges in the country. Benedictine University, Elmhurst University and North Central College also have long and respected histories in their communities.

Other prominent colleges and universities include: Midwestern University and the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove; National University of Health Sciences in Lombard; Northern Seminary and National Louis University in Lisle; the Addison and Naperville campuses of DeVry University; the Naperville campus of Northern Illinois University; and the Wheaton campus of Illinois Institute of Technology.

School districts

The DuPage County Regional Office of Education provides regulatory and compliance oversight, quality services and support, and a variety of other services and information to the public schools within forty-two school districts of the county that provide education to over 161,000 students in 245 schools.[63]

The following is a list of school districts that not only includes those supported by the DuPage County Regional Office of Education, but includes others which may have schools and/or administrative headquarters outside of DuPage County but which have any territory, no matter how slight, within the county:[64]

K-12:

Secondary:

Elementary:

High schools

Dupage County is home to many public high schools, such as:

Additionally, DuPage County is home to several private high schools, including:

Infrastructure

Health care

DuPage hospitals include: Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield; Edward Hospital in Naperville; Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst; Adventist Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale; Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove; Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights; and Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton.

Transportation

For a more comprehensive list, see List of county roads in DuPage County, Illinois.

Aside from the part of O'Hare International Airport that is located inside the county, DuPage also has many railroads and several small airports, including DuPage Airport. DuPage is served by the Pace bus system. DuPage County is also well-covered by Metra, the Chicago-area commuter rail system. Three of Metra's eleven lines pass through the county: Milwaukee District West Line, Union Pacific West Line, and BNSF Line. Nineteen Metra stations are within DuPage County.

Major highways

DuPage County is served by five Interstate Highways, three US Highways, and nine Illinois Routes.

North–south roads (from west to east) include: IL 59 (Sutton Road), IL 53 (Rohlwing Road), I-355 (Veterans Memorial Tollway) and IL 83 (Kingery Highway). East–west roads (from south to north) include: I-55 (Stevenson Expressway) I-88 (Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway), US 34 (Ogden Avenue), IL 56 (Butterfield Road), IL 38 (Roosevelt Road), IL 64 (North Avenue), Army Trail Road, US 20 (Lake Street), IL 19 (Irving Park Road) and IL 390 (Elgin–O'Hare Expressway), which begins at the Thorndale Avenue exit on I-290 and ends on Lake Street, in Hanover Park. I-294 partially enters DuPage County on its eastern border between Westchester, in Cook County, and Oak Brook, in DuPage County. Only the southbound lanes enter the county though. Historic U.S. Route 66 crosses through the southeast portion of the county near Darien and Willowbrook.[67]

Communities

Cities

Villages

Unincorporated communities

Townships

DuPage County has nine townships as well as part of an independent city within its boundaries, their populations at the 2010 census are:

Ghost towns/Neighborhoods

See also

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DuPage County ˌ d uː ˈ p eɪ dʒ doo PAYJ is a county in the U S state of Illinois and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area As of the 2020 census the population was 932 877 making it Illinois second most populous county Its county seat is Wheaton 2 DuPage CountyCountyWarrenville Grove Forest Preserve on the West Branch of the DuPage River Restored tallgrass prairie in Dunham Forest PreserveSealMotto The Magnificent Miles West of ChicagoLocation within the U S state of IllinoisIllinois s location within the U S Coordinates 41 51 07 N 88 05 08 W 41 85195 N 88 08567 W 41 85195 88 08567 Coordinates 41 51 07 N 88 05 08 W 41 85195 N 88 08567 W 41 85195 88 08567Country United StatesState IllinoisFoundedFebruary 9 1839Named forDuPage RiverSeatWheatonLargest cityAuroraArea Total336 sq mi 870 km2 Land327 sq mi 850 km2 Water8 9 sq mi 23 km2 2 6 Population 2020 Total932 877 Density2 800 sq mi 1 100 km2 Time zoneUTC 6 Central Summer DST UTC 5 CDT Area code630 and 331Congressional districts3rd 5th 6th 8th 11th 14thWebsitewww wbr dupageco wbr org 1 Known for its vast tallgrass prairies DuPage County has become mostly developed and suburbanized although some pockets of farmland remain in the county s western and northern parts Located in the Rust Belt the area is one of few in the region whose economy quickly became dependent on the headquarters of several large corporations due to its close proximity to Chicago As steel mills closed in the 1970s and 1980s several acres that were formerly industrialized areas were converted into business parks to meet the growing tax base The county has a mixed socioeconomic profile and residents of Hinsdale Naperville and Oak Brook include some of the wealthiest people in the Midwest However other cities in the county such as Aurora and Downers Grove have faced issues regarding local small business growth and affordable housing On the whole the county enjoys above average median household income levels and low overall poverty levels when compared to the national average 3 In 2018 Niche ranked two DuPage municipalities Clarendon Hills at 3 and Naperville at 16 amongst the top 20 best places to live in America 4 Contents 1 History 2 Geography 2 1 Climate 2 2 Adjacent counties 3 Demographics 3 1 Religion 4 Economy 4 1 National Laboratories 5 Arts and culture 5 1 Architecture 5 2 Museums and historical sites 5 3 Music and theater 6 Parks and recreation 7 Government and politics 7 1 Government 7 2 Politics 7 2 1 National politics 7 2 2 Local politics 8 Education 8 1 Colleges and universities 8 2 School districts 8 3 High schools 9 Infrastructure 9 1 Health care 9 2 Transportation 9 2 1 Major highways 10 Communities 10 1 Cities 10 2 Villages 10 3 Unincorporated communities 10 4 Townships 10 5 Ghost towns Neighborhoods 11 See also 12 References 13 External linksHistory EditDuPage County was formed on February 9 1839 out of Cook County 5 The county took its name from the DuPage River which was in turn named after a French fur trapper DuPage 6 The first written history to address the name the 1882 History of DuPage County Illinois by Rufus Blanchard relates 7 The DuPage River had from time immemorial been a stream well known It took its name from a French trader who settled on this stream below the fork previous to 1800 Hon H W Blodgett of Waukegan informs the writer that J B Beaubien had often spoken to him of the old Frenchman Du Page whose station was on the bank of the river down toward its mouth and stated that the river took its name from him The county name must have the same origin Col Gurden S Hubbard who came into the country in 1818 informs the writer that the name DuPage as applied to the river then was universally known but the trader for whom it was named lived there before his time Mr Beaubien says it is pronounced Du Pazhe having the sound of ah and that the P should be capitalized This was in reply to Mr Blodgett s inquiry of him concerning the matter DuPage County at the time of its creation in 1839 The first white settler in DuPage County was Bailey Hobson who with Lewis Stewart built a house in 1831 for the Hobson family at a site about 2 miles south of present day downtown Naperville 8 9 Hobson later built a mill to serve surrounding farmers Today the Hobson house still stands on Hobson Road in Naperville and the location of the mill is commemorated with a millstone and monument in today s Pioneer Park 10 Geography EditAccording to the U S Census Bureau the county has a total area of 336 square miles 870 km2 of which 327 square miles 850 km2 is land and 8 9 square miles 23 km2 2 6 is water 11 The DuPage River and the Salt Creek flow through DuPage County According to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County the highest point in the county is located at the Mallard Lake Landfill which at its highest point is 982 feet 299 m above mean sea level 12 Climate Edit Wheaton IllinoisClimate chart explanation J F M A M J J A S O N D 1 9 32 14 1 6 38 19 2 6 50 28 3 8 63 38 3 9 75 48 3 9 84 57 4 87 63 4 6 85 61 3 4 78 53 2 7 67 42 3 2 50 32 2 5 37 20Average max and min temperatures in FPrecipitation totals in inchesSource The Weather Channel 13 Metric conversionJ F M A M J J A S O N D 47 0 10 40 3 7 67 10 2 97 17 3 100 24 9 99 29 14 101 31 17 117 29 16 86 26 12 68 19 6 81 10 0 62 3 7Average max and min temperatures in CPrecipitation totals in mmIn recent years average temperatures in the county seat of Wheaton have ranged from a low of 14 F 10 C in January to a high of 87 F 31 C in July although a record low of 26 F 32 C was recorded in January 1985 and a record high of 105 F 41 C was recorded in July 1995 Average monthly precipitation ranged from 1 56 inches 40 mm in February to 4 60 inches 117 mm in August 13 Adjacent counties Edit Counties that are adjacent to DuPage include Cook County east and north Will County south Kendall County southwest counties meet at a corner Kane County west Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 18403 535 18509 290162 8 186014 70158 2 187016 68513 5 188019 16114 8 189022 55117 7 190028 19625 0 191033 43218 6 192042 12026 0 193091 998118 4 1940103 48012 5 1950154 59949 4 1960313 459102 8 1970491 88256 9 1980658 83533 9 1990781 66618 6 2000904 16115 7 2010916 9241 4 2020932 8771 7 U S Decennial Census 14 1790 1960 15 1900 1990 16 1990 2000 17 2010 2019 18 DuPage County s population s distribution by race and ethnicity in the 2020 census was as follows 19 Race Ethnicity Percentage ofcounty populationNon Hispanic 84 5 White 63 4 Asian 12 8 Black or African American 4 7 American Indian and Alaska Native 0 1 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0 0 Two or more races 3 2 Some Other Race 0 4 Hispanic or Latino of any race 15 5 DuPage County has become more diverse The population of foreign born residents increased from about 71 300 in 1990 to 171 000 by 2009 estimates 20 There were 325 601 households out of which 37 00 had children under the age of 18 living with them 60 90 were married couples living together 7 90 had a female householder with no husband present and 28 00 were non families 22 90 of all households were made up of individuals and 6 80 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 2 73 and the average family size was 3 27 In the county the population was spread out with 26 70 under the age of 18 8 20 from 18 to 24 32 40 from 25 to 44 22 80 from 45 to 64 and 9 80 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 35 years For every 100 females there were 97 20 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94 20 males The median income for a household in the county was 98 441 and the median income for a family was 113 086 21 Males had a median income of 60 909 versus 41 346 for females The mean or average income for a family in DuPage County is 121 009 according to the 2005 census The per capita income for the county was 38 458 About 2 40 of families and 3 60 of the population were below the poverty line including 3 90 of those under age 18 and 4 30 of those age 65 or over 21 Religion Edit The First Church of Lombard is listed on the National Register of Historic Places DuPage County has several hundred Christian churches and especially around Wheaton is a Bible Belt with Wheaton College and various other evangelical Christian colleges and publishing houses including InterVarsity Press Crossway Tyndale House Christianity Today and other smaller ones in the area 22 Well known churches include the Community Christian Church of Naperville College Church of Wheaton Wheaton Bible Church and First Baptist Church of Wheaton There is also a large Catholic population the county being part of the Diocese of Joliet and the National Shrine of St Therese in Darien There is also the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Glendale Heights The Theosophical Society in America in Wheaton the North American headquarters of the Theosophical Society Adyar provides lectures and classes on theosophy meditation yoga Eastern and New Age spirituality Islamic mosques are located in Villa Park Naperville two mosques Glendale Heights Willowbrook Westmont Lombard Bolingbrook Addison Woodale West Chicago and unincorporated Glen Ellyn 23 There are Hindu temples in Bartlett Bensenville Bloomingdale Carol Stream Itasca and Medinah and an Arya Samaj center in West Chicago There is a Nichiren Shōshu Zen Buddhist temple in West Chicago 24 and a Theravada Buddhist Temple called the Buddha Dharma Meditation Center in Willowbrook 25 There is also a Reform synagogue Congregation Etz Chaim 26 in Lombard and an unaffiliated one in Naperville called Congregation Beth Shalom 27 Economy EditDuPage County is the primary location of the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor It is home to many large corporations including Ace Hardware Oak Brook Arthur J Gallagher amp Co Itasca Fortune 1000 BP formerly British Petroleum Warrenville DeVry Inc Oakbrook Terrace NYSE Dover Corporation Downers Grove Fortune 500 Eby Brown Naperville Hub Group Oak Brook Fortune 1000 Molex Lisle Fortune 1000 Nalco Water Naperville Fortune 1000 Namco Cybertainment Bensenville Navistar International Lisle Fortune Global 500 Nicor Gas Naperville Fortune 1000 OfficeMax Naperville Fortune 500 Sara Lee Corporation Downers Grove Fortune 500 Tellabs Naperville Fortune 1000 Ty Warner Beanie Babies Westmont Shopping malls in DuPage County include Oakbrook Center which is the largest open air mall in the nation Fox Valley Mall Yorktown Center Town Square Wheaton and Stratford Square Mall In addition many of DuPage County s towns have prosperous and quaint downtown areas especially in Naperville Glen Ellyn Elmhurst Wheaton Downers Grove and Hinsdale which are mixed with boutiques upscale chain stores and restaurants National Laboratories Edit Aerial view of the Tevatron particle accelerator at the Fermilab site Fermilab which has the world s second highest energy particle accelerator 28 is in Batavia where it straddles the border between Kane and DuPage counties 29 Argonne National Laboratory one of the United States government s oldest and largest science and engineering research laboratories 30 is in unincorporated southeast DuPage County 31 Both laboratories conduct tours of their facilities Arts and culture EditArchitecture Edit The 31 story Oakbrook Terrace Tower in Oakbrook Terrace designed by Helmut Jahn is the tallest building in Illinois outside of Chicago 32 The Elmhurst Art Museum is housed in a Mies Van Der Rohe building There is a Frank Lloyd Wright house in Elmhurst Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha a conservative Hindu sect has built BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Chicago a large intricately carved marble temple in Bartlett There are some Sears Catalog Homes in Downers Grove and Villa Park The Byzantine style clubhouse of the Medinah Country Club is also an architectural highlight of the county Lombard is home to over thirty Lustron prefabricated steel homes 33 Museums and historical sites Edit See also National Register of Historic Places listings in DuPage County Illinois Graue Mill Historical museums in DuPage County include Cantigny Park and First Division Museum on the former estate of Chicago Tribune magnate Robert R McCormick Wheaton Downers Grove Museum Downers Grove DuPage County Historical Museum formerly the Adams Memorial Library Wheaton Graue Mill Oak Brook Gregg House Museum Westmont Itasca Historical Depot Museum Itasca Kline Creek Farm West Chicago Mayslake Peabody Estate Oak Brook The Museums at Lisle Station Park Lisle Naper Settlement Naperville Villa Park Historical Society Museum Villa Park West Chicago s City Museum West Chicago Specialty museums in DuPage County include DuPage Children s Museum Naperville Elmhurst Art Museum which includes Mies Van Der Rohe s McCormick House 34 Elmhurst Wheaton College Wheaton Billy Graham Center Marion E Wade Center Joe Naper s General Store in Naperville Historical sites include Downtown Hinsdale Historic District DuPage County Courthouse Wheaton 35 Glen Ellyn Main Street Historic District Joe Naper s General Store Naperville 36 Naperville Historic District Old Nichols Library Naperville 37 Pioneer Park monument to white settlers of DuPage County and site of Bailey Hobson s mill Naperville 38 Stacy s Tavern Glen Ellyn Wayne Village Historic DistrictMusic and theater Edit DuPage also plays host to a rich local music scene Some of the better known bands to come out of the area include The Hush Sound Lucky Boys Confusion and Plain White T s Oakbrook Terrace s Drury Lane Theatre is an important live theatre in DuPage County The Tivoli Theatre one of the first theaters in the United States to be equipped with sound is still in use in Downers Grove 39 In addition to showing movies the Tivoli is home to several local performing arts groups 40 Parks and recreation EditMain article Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Morton Arboretum in Lisle The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County owns and manages 25 000 acres 10 000 ha of prairies woodlands and wetlands More than 4 million visitors each year enjoy 60 forest preserves 145 miles of trails and five education centers 41 Local urban parks include Lombard s Lilacia Park Naperville s Centennial Beach Woodridge s Cypress Cove Family Aquatic Park and Wheaton s Cosley Zoo Privately funded attractions include Lisle s Morton Arboretum In the 1980s DuPage County also had another major attraction Ebenezer Floppen Slopper s Wonderful Water slides in Oakbrook Terrace which today stands abandoned and neglected The Illinois Prairie Path a 61 mile 98 km rail to trail multi use path runs through Cook DuPage and Kane Counties It intersects with the Great Western Trail at several points as well as the Fox River Trail at a few points DuPage golf courses include Wheaton s Chicago Golf Club Arrowhead Golf Club and Cantigny Golf courses the Medinah Country Club the Village Links and Glen Oak Country Club of Glen Ellyn Addison s Oak Meadows Oak Brook s Oak Brook Golf Club Butler National Golf Club and Butterfield Country Club Wood Dale s Maple Meadows Westmont s Green Meadows Lisle s River Bend 9 holes West Chicago s St Andrews Golf amp Country Club and Winfield s Klein Creek Golf Club among others Government and politics Edit The DuPage County Courthouse complex in Wheaton Government Edit The powers of the County Board include managing county funds and business levying taxes and appropriating funds The County Board exercises powers not assigned to other elected officials or other boards 42 The county is divided into six districts Each district elects three members to the County Board in staggered two year and four year terms The Chairman of the County Board is the chief executive officer of DuPage County and is elected countywide every four years DuPage County is part of Regional Office of Education 19 which is coterminous with the county s corporate boundaries 43 The County Board is controlled by the Democratic Party by an 11 to 7 margin 44 DuPage County Board 2022 44 District Board Member PartyChairman Daniel Cronin Republican1 Donald Puchalski Republican1 Ashley Selmon Democratic1 Sam Tornatore Republican2 Elizabeth Chaplin Democratic2 Paula Deacon Garcia Democratic2 Pete DiCianni Republican3 Greg Hart Republican3 Brian Krajewski Republican3 Julie Renehan Democratic4 Grant Eckhoff Republican4 Mary FitzGerald Ozog Democratic4 Lynn LaPlante Democratic5 Amy Chavez Democratic5 Sadia Covert Democratic5 Dawn DeSart Democratic6 Sheila Rutledge Democratic6 Greg Schwarze Democratic6 James Zay RepublicanPolitics Edit DuPage County was historically a stronghold of the Republican Party and a classic bastion of suburban conservatism In recent years DuPage County has joined other suburban counties outside large U S cities trending Democratic in presidential election years since the 1990s The county continues to lean Republican in state and local politics however in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election J B Pritzker became the first Democratic candidate for the governorship to win the county in more than 100 years National politics Edit United States presidential election results for DuPage County Illinois 45 Year Republican Democratic Third partyNo No No 2020 193 611 39 70 281 222 57 66 12 890 2 64 2016 166 415 38 64 228 622 53 08 35 637 8 27 2012 195 046 48 63 199 460 49 73 6 575 1 64 2008 183 626 43 93 228 698 54 72 5 649 1 35 2004 218 902 54 39 180 097 44 75 3 447 0 86 2000 201 037 55 18 152 550 41 87 10 775 2 96 1996 164 630 50 74 129 709 39 97 30 147 9 29 1992 178 271 48 05 114 564 30 88 78 152 21 07 1988 217 907 69 39 94 285 30 02 1 862 0 59 1984 227 141 75 66 71 430 23 79 1 644 0 55 1980 182 308 64 02 68 991 24 23 33 450 11 75 1976 175 055 68 77 72 137 28 34 7 355 2 89 1972 172 341 75 02 57 043 24 83 355 0 15 1968 124 893 66 61 48 492 25 86 14 111 7 53 1964 98 871 59 89 66 229 40 11 0 0 00 1960 101 014 69 45 44 263 30 43 168 0 12 1956 91 834 79 76 23 103 20 06 207 0 18 1952 71 134 75 80 22 489 23 97 217 0 23 1948 45 794 73 58 15 528 24 95 916 1 47 1944 41 890 68 93 18 711 30 79 174 0 29 1940 40 746 67 85 18 923 31 51 380 0 63 1936 28 380 54 97 21 684 42 00 1 568 3 04 1932 25 758 56 23 18 547 40 49 1 504 3 28 1928 28 016 72 37 10 479 27 07 217 0 56 1924 16 917 72 81 1 893 8 15 4 423 19 04 1920 12 280 82 00 2 084 13 92 612 4 09 1916 9 610 62 84 4 816 31 49 868 5 68 1912 1 136 14 27 2 236 28 09 4 589 57 64 1908 4 530 63 98 1 975 27 90 575 8 12 1904 4 078 68 07 1 407 23 49 506 8 45 1900 3 869 63 92 1 947 32 17 237 3 92 1896 4 115 68 92 1 588 26 60 268 4 49 1892 2 478 50 35 2 154 43 76 290 5 89 The county supported Barack Obama a Chicago resident in 2008 and 2012 albeit narrowly in 2012 Obama was the first Democratic presidential nominee to win the county since Franklin Pierce in 1852 The only time prior to 2008 that a Republican had failed to win the county was in 1912 when the GOP was mortally divided and former President and Progressive Party nominee Theodore Roosevelt won over half the county s vote DuPage County has historically been a fiscally and socially conservative Republican stronghold though in recent years has become more politically liberal especially on issues of race and immigration 46 47 DuPage County has been shifting more Democratic with Joe Biden winning 58 of the vote in 2020 DuPage County has not voted for a Republican candidate for president since 2004 Donald Trump was the first Republican nominee for President since 1912 to get less than 40 of the DuPage County vote both in the 2016 and 2020 general elections Many DuPage County communities which normally vote Republican including but not limited to Naperville Lisle Wheaton Glen Ellyn Carol Stream Downers Grove and Elmhurst did not support Donald Trump in 2016 48 In December 2019 shortly after the U S House of Representatives voted to impeach Donald Trump Carol Stream based Christianity Today published a controversial editorial calling for the removal of Trump from office citing the need to hold him to the same standards to which they held Bill Clinton in the 1990s who was the last Democratic nominee for President to get less than 40 of the DuPage County vote 49 In the U S House of Representatives DuPage County is in the 5th 6th 8th 11th and 14th districts In the 2018 general election despite the county s historical Republican dominance Democrats won every congressional district within the county 50 Local politics Edit Republicans historically controlled local politics in DuPage County from the nineteenth century until modern times During the twentieth century Democrats only held countywide office twice In 1934 William Robinson was elected Circuit Clerk and Arthur Hellyer was elected Treasurer That year also saw the first ever Democratic majority county board and only such majority that century 51 52 Robinson and Hellyer each served one term Robinson lost his bid for a full term in 1936 and Hellyer left the Treasurer s office to make a failed bid for probate judge in 1938 53 In 2018 as part of a larger suburban realignment Democratic candidate Jean Kaczmarek won the election for County Clerk and Daniel Hebreard won the President of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County 50 54 55 During that same period Democrats were sporadically elected to the county board and township government In 1972 Don Carroll was elected to the County Board In the Democratic wave of 1974 Jane Spirgel Mary Eleanor Wall and Elaine Libovicz were elected All four were from the northeastern portion of DuPage which at that time was the most Democratic region of the county 56 Eventually Republicans regained all seats on the board when Jane Spirgel ran for Illinois Secretary of State with Adlai Stevenson III under the Solidarity Party banner 57 In 2000 Linda J Bourke Hilbert was elected Like her 1970s counterparts she was from the northeastern portion of the county 58 During the 2008 Democratic wave three Democrats were elected to the board 59 After the initial Obama wave Republicans reasserted themselves on the board and by 2017 Democrats held only one of the eighteen board seats In the 2018 general election Democrats won seven seats as well as the offices of County Clerk and Forest Preserve District President 50 In 1973 a slate of Democrats took eight of nine offices in Addison Township This feat would not be replicated until 2017 when Democratic candidates won a majority of offices in Naperville and Lisle townships 60 Between these two victories Democrats only held two township offices Mark Starkovich served as York Township Supervisor from 1989 1993 and Martin McManamon has served as Wayne Township Highway Commissioner since 2013 61 In 2020 Democrats won control of the DuPage County Board expanding on their 2018 lead 62 Education EditColleges and universities Edit Blanchard Hall at Wheaton College is listed on the National Register of Historic Places The College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn is one of the largest community colleges in the United States Wheaton College is one of the most well known and respected evangelical Christian colleges in the country Benedictine University Elmhurst University and North Central College also have long and respected histories in their communities Other prominent colleges and universities include Midwestern University and the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in Downers Grove National University of Health Sciences in Lombard Northern Seminary and National Louis University in Lisle the Addison and Naperville campuses of DeVry University the Naperville campus of Northern Illinois University and the Wheaton campus of Illinois Institute of Technology School districts Edit The DuPage County Regional Office of Education provides regulatory and compliance oversight quality services and support and a variety of other services and information to the public schools within forty two school districts of the county that provide education to over 161 000 students in 245 schools 63 The following is a list of school districts that not only includes those supported by the DuPage County Regional Office of Education but includes others which may have schools and or administrative headquarters outside of DuPage County but which have any territory no matter how slight within the county 64 K 12 Chicago Public School District 299 Territory at Chicago O Hare International Airport in DuPage County boundaries Community Unit School District 200 Elmhurst School District 205 Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 Lisle Community Unit School District 202 Naperville Community Unit District 203 School District U 46 St Charles Community Unit School District 303 Westmont Community Unit School District 201Secondary Community High School District 94 Community High School District 99 DuPage High School District 88 Fenton Community High School District 100 Glenbard Township High School District 87 Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Lake Park Community High School District 108 Lemont Township High School District 210Elementary Addison School District 4 Benjamin School District 25 Bensenville School District 2 Bloomingdale School District 13 Butler School District 53 Cass School District 63 Center Cass School District 66 Community Consolidated School District 93 Community Consolidated School District 180 Darien School District 61 Downers Grove Grade School District 58 Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 Glen Ellyn School District 41 Gower School District 62 Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District 181 Itasca School District 10 Keeneyville School District 20 Lemont Bromberek Combined School District 113A Lombard School District 44 Maercker School District 60 Marquardt School District 15 Medinah School District 11 Queen Bee School District 16 Roselle School District 12 Salt Creek School District 48 Villa Park School District 45 West Chicago School District 33 Winfield School District 34 Wood Dale School District 7 Woodridge School District 68High schools Edit Dupage County is home to many public high schools such as Addison Trail High School Bartlett High School Downers Grove North High School Downers Grove South High School Fenton High School Glenbard East High School Glenbard North High School Glenbard South High School Glenbard West High School Hinsdale Central High School Hinsdale South High School Lake Park High School Lisle High School Metea Valley High School Naperville North High School Naperville Central High School Waubonsie Valley High School West Chicago Community High School Westmont High School Wheaton North High School Wheaton Warrenville South High School Willowbrook High School York Community High School Additionally DuPage County is home to several private high schools including Benet Academy Clapham School 65 College Preparatory School of America 66 Driscoll Catholic High School closed 2009 IC Catholic Prep Islamic Foundation School Montini Catholic High School St Francis High School Timothy Christian School Wheaton AcademyInfrastructure EditHealth care Edit DuPage hospitals include Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield Edward Hospital in Naperville Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst Adventist Hinsdale Hospital in Hinsdale Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove Adventist GlenOaks Hospital in Glendale Heights and Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton Transportation Edit For a more comprehensive list see List of county roads in DuPage County Illinois Aside from the part of O Hare International Airport that is located inside the county DuPage also has many railroads and several small airports including DuPage Airport DuPage is served by the Pace bus system DuPage County is also well covered by Metra the Chicago area commuter rail system Three of Metra s eleven lines pass through the county Milwaukee District West Line Union Pacific West Line and BNSF Line Nineteen Metra stations are within DuPage County Major highways Edit DuPage County is served by five Interstate Highways three US Highways and nine Illinois Routes I 55 I 88 I 290 I 294 I 355 US 66 US 20 US 34 IL 19 IL 38 IL 53 IL 56 IL 59 IL 64 IL 83 IL 110 IL 390 Army Trail Road Stearns Road North south roads from west to east include IL 59 Sutton Road IL 53 Rohlwing Road I 355 Veterans Memorial Tollway and IL 83 Kingery Highway East west roads from south to north include I 55 Stevenson Expressway I 88 Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway US 34 Ogden Avenue IL 56 Butterfield Road IL 38 Roosevelt Road IL 64 North Avenue Army Trail Road US 20 Lake Street IL 19 Irving Park Road and IL 390 Elgin O Hare Expressway which begins at the Thorndale Avenue exit on I 290 and ends on Lake Street in Hanover Park I 294 partially enters DuPage County on its eastern border between Westchester in Cook County and Oak Brook in DuPage County Only the southbound lanes enter the county though Historic U S Route 66 crosses through the southeast portion of the county near Darien and Willowbrook 67 Communities EditCities Edit Aurora part Batavia part Chicago part Darien Elmhurst mostly Naperville mostly Oakbrook Terrace St Charles part Warrenville West Chicago Wheaton Wood Dale Villages Edit Addison Bartlett mostly Bensenville mostly Bloomingdale Bolingbrook part Burr Ridge part Carol Stream Clarendon Hills Downers Grove Elk Grove Village part Glendale Heights Glen Ellyn Hanover Park part Hinsdale mostly Itasca Lemont part Lisle Lombard Oak Brook mostly Roselle mostly Schaumburg part Villa Park Wayne part Westmont Willowbrook Willow Springs part Winfield Woodridge mostly Unincorporated communities Edit Belmont Butterfield Cloverdale Eola Flowerfield Fullersburg Keeneyville Lakewood Medinah Munger North Glen Ellyn Palisades South Elmhurst Swift York Center Townships Edit DuPage County has nine townships as well as part of an independent city within its boundaries their populations at the 2010 census are Downers Grove Township 146 795 York Township 123 449 Milton Township 117 067 Lisle Township 116 268 Bloomingdale Township 111 899 Naperville Township 100 019 Addison Township 88 612 Wayne Township 66 582 Winfield Township 46 233 City of Chicago DuPage side is nonresidential Ghost towns Neighborhoods Edit Gostyn Ontarioville Tedens WestonSee also Edit Chicago portal Illinois portalList of counties in Illinois List of Illinois townshipsReferences Edit DuPage County Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Find a County National Association of Counties Archived from the original on May 31 2011 Retrieved June 7 2011 DuPage County IL Data USA Retrieved October 22 2018 2018 Best Places to Live in America Niche Retrieved October 22 2018 White Jesse March 2010 1837 1839 Twenty one New Counties PDF Origin and Evolution of Illinois Counties Illinois Secretary of State p 10 Archived PDF from the original on August 6 2012 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November 8 2002 DuPage Democrats hope board exile short lived Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois Schmeltzer John May 6 1986 Spirgel one of a kind in Du Page Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois Trebe Patricia May 6 1986 Linda J Bourke Hilbert 63 DuPage County Board s 1st Democrat since 80s Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois Napolitano Jo November 5 2008 Democrats gaining a foothold Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois Erin Hegarty April 5 2017 Dems unseat several incumbents in Naperville Lisle township races Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois Archived from the original on April 16 2017 Retrieved April 17 2017 Young Linda April 22 1993 Democrats lose toehold and confidence in future Chicago Tribune Chicago Illinois Horstead Megann November 11 2020 DuPage County Board Democrats ride blue wave in election MySuburbanLife com Archived from the original on November 13 2020 Retrieved January 19 2022 2008 2009 Annual Report PDF DuPage Regional Office of Education Archived from the original PDF on October 9 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