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Lisle, Illinois

Lisle, Illinois
Village
Cylindropuntia imbricata1.jpg
Opuntia imbricata (in the foreground) at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle
Official name: Village of Lisle
Motto: "The Arboretum Village"
Country United States
State Illinois
County DuPage
Townships Lisle, Milton
Elevation 676 ft (206 m)
Coordinates 41°47′33″N 88°05′18″W / 41.79250°N 88.08833°W / 41.79250; -88.08833Coordinates: 41°47′33″N 88°05′18″W / 41.79250°N 88.08833°W / 41.79250; -88.08833
Area 7.02 sq mi (18 km2)
 - land 6.84 sq mi (18 km2)
 - water 0.18 sq mi (0 km2)
Population 22,687 (2012)
Settled 1832
 - Incorporated June 26, 1956
Government Mayor–council
Mayor Joe Broda
Timezone CST (UTC-6)
 - summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code 60532
Area codes 630, 331
DuPage County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Lisle highlighted.svg
Location in DuPage County and the state of Illinois.
Website: www.villageoflisle.org

Lisle (/ˈləl/ LY-UL) is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,182 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. It is also the headquarters of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III.

In July 2007, Lisle was ranked #20 in Money magazine's list of "100 Best Places to Live" and #17 on their 2009 list of the "Best Places for the Rich and Single".

In 1830, Bailey Hobson, a Quaker, was the first settler in what would become DuPage County, Illinois, as well as Lisle Township. The town of Lisle was permanently settled in 1832, by brothers James C. Hatch and Luther A. Hatch after the close of the Black Hawk War. The two brothers acquired land near what is now Ogden Avenue and began a small farming community named "DuPage" or "East DuPage" because, of its proximity to the east branch of the DuPage River. To the west of Hatchs' settlement of Dupage, the largest and oldest community in the region, to become DuPage County, was founded in 1831, on the west branch of the DuPage River, by brothers Joseph and John Naper which, was Naper Settlement, present-day Naperville, Illinois.


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