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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is a governmental agency headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois, United States.Its mission is to acquire and hold lands containing forests, prairies, wetlands, and associated plant communities or lands capable of being restored to such natural conditions for the purpose of protecting and preserving the flora, fauna and scenic beauty for the education ...
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County purchased the first tract of land for this preserve from Alexander McDowell in 1930. This original tract consisted of about 62 acres adjoining the West Branch of the DuPage River. McDowell Grove was home to a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp from 1934 to 1943. During that time the camp housed ...
DuPage County (/ 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 .
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Hikers can also make the interior trip to St. Patrick Cemetery nestled deep in the preserve. Waterfall Glen's tallgrass prairies, bogs, and Midwestern oak savannas contain 740 native plant species, 75 percent of all the plants known to grow naturally in DuPage County. Over 300 species of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles and ...
There were 40,428 households, out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.90% were married couples living together, 11.26% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 30.05% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age ...
Longest county highway in DuPage County CR 34: 4.74: 7.63 East DuPage–Cook county line (just west of I-294 in Oak Brook) CR 9 (Highland Avenue) 31st Street/Oak Brook Road — — CR 35: 5.25: 8.45 Dunham Road: East DuPage–Cook county line (County Line Road) 55th Street — — CR 36: 3.55: 5.71 CR 21 (Geneva Road) in Wheaton: CR 11 (Army ...