Glen Ellyn, Illinois

DuPage County

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Glen Ellyn is a town near Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois in the United States of America with around 27,000 inhabitants ( 2000).

The performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson and the writer Jeffery Deaver born in Glen Ellyn.

Geography

The town of Glen Ellyn in DuPage County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and is located 50 km west of Chicago. The city has an area of 17.2 km ² with a population density of 1,575 inhabitants / km ².

Coordinates: 41 ° 52'16 "North, 88 ° 3'47 " West

History

Moses Stacy, a former soldier of the British - American War (1812-1815), moved in 1835 to the place which was later called Glen Ellyn. His 1846 built guest house " Stacy 's Tavern " was a horse -changing station for stagecoaches. For a long time the city ' Stacy 's Corners ' was called.

1889 accumulated Thomas E. Hill and Philo Stacy a river near the town. The newly created waters was named Glen Ellyn, according to its origin, a narrow valley (English " glen " ), and the Welsh form of the name of Hill's wife, Ellen.

1891 was advertised with the lake as a recreational area in the near Chicago. Thus also the name of the dam was also the name of the city.

Former name of the city Glen Ellyn were: Babcock 's Grove, DuPage Center, Stacy 's Corners, Newton 's Station, Danby, Prospect Park.

Population

Of the approximately 27,000 inhabitants are 89.5 % White, 4.7 % Asian, 2.1% African-American, 0.1 % Indians and 3.6 % members of other races. Women are 51.7 %, slightly in the majority.

28.4 % of residents are under the age of 18 and 11.4 % over 65 years. Average age: 37 years.

The average annual income per household is $ 74,846, the median family income at $ 95,332. The per capita income is $ 39,783 ( 68 630 men, women $ 36,287 per year).

2.8 % of the population and 1.3 % of families are below the poverty line.

Personalities

Sons and daughters:

  • Laurie Anderson ( born 1947 ), American performance artist and musician
  • Amy Carlson ( born 1968 ), American actress
  • Jeffery Deaver ( born 1950 ), American thriller author
  • Tom Pukstys ( born 1968 ), former American javelin thrower
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