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Rick DeLorto (born 1949), American racing driver, born in Wood Dale and was a Wood Dale resident. [15] Henry Hyde (1924–2007), Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 2007, resided in Wood Dale. [16] Natalie Jaresko (born 1965), Ukraine's Minister of Finance (2014–2016); raised in Wood Dale. [17]
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map. [1] There are 48 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another three properties were once listed but have been removed.
Bensenville is a village located near O'Hare International Airport in DuPage County, Illinois, with a portion of the town in Cook County. As of the 2020 census , the village population was 18,813. First known as Tioga, it was formally established as Bensenville in 1873 along the Milwaukee Road (now Canadian Pacific ) right-of-way.
The Willowbrook area shows a '300 in a million' cancer risk based on the 2014 National Air Toxics Assessment, far higher than neighboring communities with a '40 in a million' cancer incidence. [13] A local facility, Sterigenics International, Inc., uses a 'probable carcinogen' called Ethylene Oxide to sterilize medical equipment.
The town is served by several school districts. One is Elgin Area School District U46, a Unit School District. It serves an area of some 90 square miles (230 km 2) in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties. Almost 40,000 children of school age are in its area. U-46 is the second largest in Illinois behind Chicago Public Schools.
In 2005, a 500-year-old map that identified the new world as “America” sold for a whopping $1 million at auction. These early maps, which are are prized for their historical significance and ...
The area was incorporated to avoid annexation by the nearby community of Hinsdale. [ 4 ] The Clarendon Hills Historical Society is tasked with retaining the town's history and establishing a community center and a museum to display prominent artifacts pertaining to the history of the village.
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