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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.
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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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.
US 34 (Ogden Avenue) in Downers Grove: IL 38 (Roosevelt Road) in Lombard: Meyers Road, Fairview Avenue — — CR 26: 4.0: 6.4 800 feet (240 m) West of Park Boulevard in Elk Grove Village: North York Road in Bensenville: Thorndale Avenue — 2017 Thorndale Avenue continues west to I-290 and IL 390; this highway was replaced by IL 390 in ...
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. The station has connections to multiple Pace Buses, including the Commuter Shuttle lines. [3]
A wall of wintry mix and rain was pushing into parts of the East on Sunday as a strong arctic high pressure system was forecast to help fuel snow and ice for a large part of the interior Northeast ...
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