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DuPage County, Illinois
DuPage County History, Geography, Demographics, Cities and Towns, and Education
County Seat: Wheaton
Year Organized: 1939
Square Miles: 334
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Court House: 421 N County Farm Road
County Administration Building
Wheaton, IL 60187-3978
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Etymology - Origin of County Name
The County was named for a small river named DuPage which flows through the county and is said to have derived
its name from a French trapper and trader of that region.
Demographics:
County QuickFacts: Census Bureau Quick
Facts
History
DuPage County was created on February 9, 1839 (Laws, 1839, p. 73) and was formed from Cook County. Present area, or
parts of it, formerly included in: Cook County (1831–1839), Putnam County (1825–1831), Fulton County (1823–1825), Pike
County (1821–1823), Clark County (1819–1821), Crawford County (1816–1819), Edwards County (1815–1816), Madison County
(1812–1815), St. Clair County (1801–1812) and Knox, Northwest Territory (1790–1801).
The County was named for a small river named DuPage which flows through the county and is said to have derived its name
from a French trapper and trader of that region. The County Seat is Wheaton . Prior County Seats was Naperville
(1839–1867) and Wheaton (1867–Present).
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 337 sq mi (873 km2), of which, 334 sq mi (865
km2) of it is land and 3 sq mi (7.8 km2) of it is water. 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 is at its highest point 982 feet (299 m) above mean sea level
Neighboring Counties:
- East: Cook County
- South: Will County
- Southwest: Kendall County
- Northwest: Kane County
Cities and Towns:
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- Addison |
village |
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- Aurora |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bartlett |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bensenville |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Bloomingdale |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Burr Ridge |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Carol Stream |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Clarendon Hills |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Darien |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Downers Grove |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Elmhurst |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Franklin Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Glen Ellyn |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Glendale Heights |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Hinsdale |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Itasca |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lemont |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lisle |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Lombard |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Naperville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oak Brook |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Oakbrook Terrace |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Roselle |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Villa Park |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Warrenville |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wayne |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- West Chicago |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Westmont |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wheaton
(County Seat) |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Willowbrook |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Winfield |
village |
Incorporated Area |
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- Wood Dale |
city |
Incorporated Area |
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- Woodridge |
village |
Incorporated Area |
County Resources:
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County Resource Guide
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The history of our nation can be seen as a prolonged struggle to define the relative roles and powers of our governments: federal, state, and local. And the names we've given our counties, our most locally based jurisdictions, reflects the "characteristic
features of our country!"
But age, size and colorful names of our counties isn't the only reason to explore counties' role in American history, or the history of county government itself. In fact, the story of county government reflects the larger meanings of American history.
Today's counties are the most flexible, locally responsive and creative governments in the US. They are the most diverse, varying in size, population, geography, and governmental structure. In their politics and policies, they express a 1990's political slogan "Think globally,
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