Glen Ellyn, Illinois
| Glen Ellyn | |
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| Village | |
| Village of Glen Ellyn | |
Glen Ellyn Main Street
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| Motto: "Village of Volunteers" | |
 Location in DuPage County and the state of Illinois. |
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| Coordinates: 41°52′16″N 88°3′47″W / 41.87111°N 88.06306°WCoordinates: 41°52′16″N 88°3′47″W / 41.87111°N 88.06306°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State | Illinois |
| County | DuPage |
| Township | Milton |
| Settled | 1834 |
| Incorporated | May 10, 1892 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • President | Alexander Demos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.77 sq mi (17.5 km2) |
| • Land | 6.61 sq mi (17.1 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.4 km2) 2.36% |
| Population | |
| • Total | 27,450 |
| • Density | 4,100/sq mi (1,600/km2) |
| Up 1.7% from 2000 | |
| Standard of living | |
| • Per capita income | $39,783 (median: $74,846) |
| • Home value | $297,293 (median: $274,800 (2000)) |
| ZIP code(s) | 60137 and 60138 (PO BOX Only) |
| Area code(s) | 630 and 331 |
| Geocode | 29756 |
| Website | www |
Glen Ellyn is an affluent, suburban village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the village population was 27,450.
The first landowner in Glen Ellyn was Deacon Winslow Churchill. He and his family moved to Glen Ellyn from New York in 1834. Other newcomers to the area built town necessities such as a tavern and school.
Moses Stacy, a soldier in the War of 1812, arrived here in 1835. His inn, Stacy's Tavern, built in 1846 and his second home, was a halfway stop between Chicago and the Fox River Valley and a probable stop for Galena, Illinois stagecoaches on their way to Rockford, Illinois. Stacy's Tavern, now a historical monument, stands at what is now the intersection of Geneva Road and Main Street.
In 1849, construction of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad through Glen Ellyn was finished. The area around the railroad became the center of the town. At first, trains running through the town on the railway did not stop there. A local man named Lewey Q. Newton made an offer to the railroad company: Newton would build a depot and water tank out of his own pocket if the railroad would require trains to stop there. The depot that Newton built became known as Newtown Station.
The first church, a Congregational church, was built in 1862. Many Protestant churches were built in the village in the years to come. It wasn't until 60 years later that the first Catholic church was built.
In 1889, residents Thomas E. Hill and Philo Stacy spearheaded a project to create a new lake, called Lake Glen Ellyn, by having a dam built in a nearby stream. In 1890, residents discovered mineral springs near the village.
In 1891, Glen Ellyn, advertised as Chicago's newest suburb and health resort, became the village's official name; it was incorporated on May 10, 1892. The large Lake Glen Ellyn Hotel opened in 1892, the same year much of the business district was destroyed by fire. Fourteen years later, the hotel was struck by lightning and burned to the ground.
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