Warrenville, Illinois

Chicagoland municipality
muni-name= Warrenville
muni= City
date= 1967
state= Illinois
county= DuPage
township= Naperville
township2 = Winfield
tcounty = DuPage
gov= Mayor-council
head_label= Mayor
gov_head= Dave Brummel
pop= 13,363
status= up
percent= 17.91
prevyear= 1990
density-km= 938.1
density-mi= 2,430.6
white= 89.13
black= 2.39
hispanic= 10.10
asian= 3.43
islander= 0.04
native= 0.29
other= 1.03
zips= 60555
acode= 630 and 331
area-km= 14.6
area-mi= 5.6
pci= 28,922
geocode= 78929
mhi= 62,430
mnhv= 148,900 (2000)
mhv= 163,314
website= www.warrenville.il.us

Warrenville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,363 at the 2000 census. It is a part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor.

History

Warrenville was founded in 1833 when Julius Warren and his family moved west from New York seeking a fresh start from a failing gristmill and distillery. Daniel Warren, Julius' father, claimed land at what is now McDowell Woods, and Julius claimed land at what is now the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve. The first major establishment, an inn/tavern, was built in 1838 by Julius Warren himself, as the family was skilled in timber and grain. The Inn still stands today, and was renovated in 2002.

The town quickly blossomed with two mills and a plank road connecting it with Naperville and Winfield, on which Julius operated a stage coach line. The town failed at its bid to have the railroad come through the town. However, in 1901, the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad came through town, which lasted until the 1950s.

With a population of 4,000, Warrenville was finally incorporated as a city in 1967, following six unsuccessful attempts. The 1970s and 1980s brought westward expansion from the city of Chicago, causing the small farming community's population to nearly double to 7,800.

Neighborhoods

There is an "old neighborhood," south, with mixed housing styles near Galusha Avenue. There is a Forest Preserve neighborhood, east, with wooded-lot expensive multi-acre homes close to Cantigny(Can-teeeny) War Museum, Cantigny Golf Course, and Mckee Marsh. In the mid 1970s two large subdivisions were developed in the west, next to Fermilab, a scientific research center where the world's largest superconducting particle accelerator ring is located. The subdivisions are called Summerlakes and Fox Hollow. Other notable subdivisions of Warrenville include Thornwilde, Edgebrook and River Oaks.

Cantera

Cantera was built from a TIF district in 1986 on the former grounds convert|650|acre|km2|sing=on limestone quarry. [ [http://www.warrenville.il.us/b_comm_cantera.aspx Cantera Development] ] Located on the new district is a 30-screen AMC movie theater, several restaurants, a Super Target retail store, three hotels, three banks, a convert|100000|sqft|m2|sing=on fitness club, numerous corporate offices, and two residential complexes. Major companies that have office space and research facilities at Cantera include: BP America, the national headquarters of Navistar International Corporation, and a corporate office for Exelon Nuclear. Also, the headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 701 of DuPage County is in Cantera.

Downtown

Downtown Warrenville is located at the intersection of Butterfield Road and Batavia Road. There are numerous retail stores throughout the district, and with the addition of another TIF district, a new police station was built in 1998, a new City Hall in 2001, a new Public Works Building in 2002, and additions were made to the Library in 2003.

Education

Warrenville is a part of Community Unit School District 200, and shares 20 schools with Wheaton. Residents of Warrenville attend Bower or Johnson elementary school, Hubble Middle School, [http://www.st-ireneschool.org St. Irene Catholic School] (grades K-8), and Wheaton Warrenville South High School. Hubble and Wheaton Warrenville South are located in Wheaton. Some children from all over DuPage County attend Four Winds Waldorf School, a private K-8 school in Warrenville.

Library

In the 1950s, the library was housed in convert|1000|sqft|m2 in the Community Building and was essentially a volunteer library filled with donated materials. Ten years later, the library closed due to a lack of volunteers and funding. The Warrenville Public Library District was formed by a referendum held in February 1979 with the citizens approving a 15-cent rate for library services. In 1986, voters approved another 15-cent tax rate increase to build and operate a convert|10000|sqft|m2|sing=on facility on Stafford Place. In September 2003, a large addition and renovation project which tripled the size of the facility was completed. The building was made possible by the City of Warrenville TIF funds. The Warrenville Public Library District is a member of the Dupage Library System.

Notable residents

Notable former and current residents of Warrenville include:

*Adam Emory Albright, figure-in-landscape painter, deceased
*Ivan Albright, magic realist painter, deceased
*Brooks McCormick, former chief executive officer of International Harvester and noted philanthropist and equestrian

Geography

Warrenville is located at coor dms|41|49|35|N|88|11|22|W|city (41.826280, -88.189465)GR|1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.6 square miles (14.6 km²), of which, 5.5 square miles (14.2 km²) of it is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (2.14%) is water.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 13,363 people, 4,931 households, and 3,476 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,430.6 people per square mile (938.1/km²). There were 5,067 housing units at an average density of 921.6/sq mi (355.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.13% White, 2.39% African American, 0.29% Native American, 3.43% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 3.46% from other races, and 1.26% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.10% of the population.

There were 4,931 households out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.2% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 23.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 4.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.26.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 21.5% from 45 to 64, and 6.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 97.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $62,430, and the median income for a family was $72,233. Males had a median income of $50,144 versus $35,487 for females. The per capita income for the city was $28,922. About 0.9% of families and 1.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 1.7% of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

* [http://www.warrenville.il.us/ Warrenville Home Page]
* [http://www.eyeofthesouthtiger.com/ EyeOfTheSouthTiger: The unofficial website for Wheaton and Warrenville teens]
* [http://www.warrenville.com/ Warrenville Library Home Page]