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Downers Grove was founded in 1832 by Pierce Downer, [5] a farmer who traveled to Illinois from Rutland, New York, but was originally from Vermont. [6] Downers Grove was named for a lush grove of old-growth bur oak trees surrounding the village, which stood out from the local savanna landscape. [7]
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Downers Grove Township is one of nine townships in DuPage County, Illinois, US. As of the 2020 census, its population was 149,921 and it contained 61,933 housing units. [ 2 ] It is the largest township in the county, both in terms of area and population.
CR 38 (63rd Street) in Downers Grove: IL 56 (Butterfield Road) in Downers Grove: Finley Road, Belmont Road — — Northeastern segment CR 3: 10.63: 17.11 CR 14 (North Eola Road) in Aurora: CR 2 (Finley Road) in Downers Grove: Warrenville Road, Ferry Road — — CR 4: 7.05: 11.35 CR 21 (Geneva Road) in Glen Ellyn: Devon Avenue in Roselle ...
The 6th district takes in the communities of Downers Grove, Villa Park, Westmont, Willowbrook, and Oakbrook Terrace; most of Elmhurst, Lisle, Darien, Burr Ridge (shared with Cook County), Clarendon Hills, and Lombard; part of Addison; western Oak Brook; half of Wheaton east of Illinois Highway 23 and south of the Union Pacific Railroad; the ...
As of 2018, Downers Grove Main Street is the sixth busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 2,492 weekday boardings. [1] The local police department and library are nearby. Parking lots are managed by the Village of Downers Grove.
U.S. Route 34 (US 34) is an east–west highway in the state of Illinois that runs from the Iowa state line at Gulfport, west of Galesburg, to Illinois Route 43 (IL 43) and Historic U.S. Route 66 at Harlem Avenue in Berwyn.
Gostyn (/ ˌ ɡ ɒ s t ɪ n / GOS-tin) is a community within the village of Downers Grove in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is located along Fairview Avenue near Westmont. According to an 1889 directory, [1] the community was predominantly of Polish descent, with 575 residents. It was one of the first eastern European communities