Glen Ellyn, IL

Glen Ellyn is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 Census, the village population was 26,999.
 
Incorporated Village in 1892.
County; State DuPage; Illinois
Township Milton
Government Council-manager
President Vicky Hase
Population (2000) 26,999 (up 8.24% from 1990)
Pop. density 1,574.7/km� (4,080.6/mi�)
Zip code(s) 60137, 60138
Area code 630 and 331
Land area 17.2 km� (6.6 mi�)
Income Per capita:   $39,783
Household: $74,846
Home value Mean:    $297,293
Median: $274,800 (2000)
Website www.glenellyn.org

Deacon Winslow Churchill and family arrived from New York in 1834 to become the first landowners in the area that is now Glen Ellyn. 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 half-way stop between Chicago and the Fox River Valley and a probable stop for Galena 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.

The nucleus of settlement shifted to the south when the railroad came through the village in 1849. Although no stop was planned for the area, Lewey Q. Newton deeded a right-of-way to the railroad and offered to build a depot and water tank at his own expense if it would permit a stop there. This became known as Newton Station. Within three years, the new postmaster named the town Danby after his birthplace in Vermont.

Religious services were conducted by circuit riders until the first Congregational church was established in 1862. Various Protestant churches rose in the village; it would be more than 60 years before Roman Catholics built St. Petronille and the Maryknoll Seminary.

In 1889 Thomas E. Hill and Philo Stacy arranged to dam the stream near town to form Lake Glen Ellyn, named for the glen where it rests and a Welsh spelling of Hill's wife's name, Ellen. The following year, nearby mineral springs were discovered.

In 1891 Glen Ellyn, advertised as Chicago's newest suburb and health resort, became the town's official name. 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.

In 1907 Glen Ellyn's first fire department was organized. By the end of the 20th century, it would be known as the last all-volunteer fire organization in DuPage County, Illinois. By World War I, Glen Oak Country Club served the Oak Park and Glen Ellyn communities, and in 1922 the first Glenbard high school was built.

The town went through several names, including Babcock's Grove, Dupage Center, Stacy's Corners, Newton's Station, Danby, Prospect Park, and finally Glen Ellyn.

Glen Ellyn Schools

Higher education
The main campus of College of DuPage is also in Glen Ellyn. Its most famous alumni are comedy legend John Belushi and his brother Jim Belushi.

Public schools
Glen Ellyn's primary schools are part of Glen Ellyn School District 41 and Community Consolidated School District 89. Its high schools are a part of Glenbard Township High School District 87.

High schools
Glenbard West High School
Glenbard South High School
Middle schools
Glen Crest Middle School
Hadley Junior High School
Elementary schools
Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
Arbor View Elementary School
Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
Churchill Elementary School
Forest Glen Elementary School
Park View Elementary School
Westfield Elementary School

Private schools
Montessori Academy of Glen Ellyn
Phillip J. Rock Center and School
St. James the Apostle Catholic School
St. Petronille Catholic School

Information courtesy of Wikipedia

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