DuPage County, Illinois

The DuPage County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. In 2010, the County had 916 924 inhabitants and a population density of 1061.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Wheaton.

Politically, the County is very heavily dominated by Republicans. The character of the county is heavily influenced by the nearby large city of Chicago, the suburban and metropolitan area extends beyond the County.

2.1 Historical Objects

Geography

The County is located in northeastern Illinois in the western suburbs of Chicago. It has an area of 872 square kilometers, of which eight square kilometers of water surface. At the DuPage County borders the following Nachbarcountys:

Watercourses

Flag Creek
DuPage River

History

The DuPage County was formed in 1839. It was named after a French merchant family who lived in Kaskaskia in the 18th century.

Until 1867 the county seat was Naperville. Only then it was Wheaton.

When the first settlers of European origin settled here, they changed the landscape. They cut down the trees because they needed the wood for their homes and to take action. The natural flora has been removed to plant corn and vegetables. These changes destroyed the natural habitat of the forest animals that required the Indians to live and to act. As the new settlers also fenced their fields, the Indians were no longer as free as before.

Encroachments of the Indians to the new colonists in DuPage County are not narrated, but the colonists fled in 1832 from an attack of the Indians to Fort Dearborn in Chicago, and returned only after a month back when near her Fort Payne was built. The fort stood on the site of present-day training course at North Central College. 1833 signed the remaining Indians signed a purchase agreement in which they sold their land. The first sawmills were built, then came flour mills, inns and horse-changing stations for travelers. 1859, the first railway connection to the Galena & Chicago Union was built, so that simple trips to Chicago and Galena were possible.

Historical buildings

, Listed main building of the Elmhurst College since 1976 in the NRHP

Downtown Hinsdale Historic District, listed since 2006 in the NRHP

Additional properties:

List of entries in the National Register of Historic Places in DuPage County

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in DuPage County 916 924 people in 335 453 households. The population density was 1061.3 people per square kilometer. In the 335 453 households lived statistically 2.68 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 82.4 percent white, 5.1 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 10.4 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 13.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was $ 76,581. The per capita income was $ 37,849. 5.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Places in DuPage County

Citys

Aurora1
Batavia2
Chicago3
Darien

Elmhurst5
Naperville6
Oakbrook Terrace
St. charles7

Warrenville
West Chicago
Wheaton

Villages

Addison
Bartlett4
Bensenville5
Bloomingdale
Bolingbrook6
Burr Ridge5
Carol Stream

Clarendon Hills
Downers Grove
Elk Grove Village5
Glendale Heights
Glen Ellyn
Hanover Park5
Hinsdale5

Itasca
Lemont8
Lisle
Lombard
Oak Brook5
Roselle5
Schaumburg5

Villa Park
Wayne7
Westmont
Willowbrook
Willow Springs3
Winfield
Woodridge8

Unincorporated communities

Cloverdale
Eola
Flower Field
Fox Valley

Keeneyville
Medinah
Palisades
York Centre

1 - partly in Kane, Kendall and Will County 2 - mostly in Kane County 3 - predominantly in Cook County 4 - partly in Cook and Kane County 5 - partly in Cook County 6 - partly in Will County 7 - partly in Kane County 8 - partly in Cook and Will County

Structure

The DuPage County is divided into nine townships:

In DuPage County also is a small part of the O'Hare International Airport, which is part of the territory of the city of Chicago. However, this area has no inhabitants.

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