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About Glen Ellyn
Glen Ellyn is a village in Dupage County, Illinois, United
States. From the 2000 census, the village population of the 26999th
Geography
Glen Ellyn is located in the village of [View the location of an
interactive map] 4152'16 "N, 883'47" W (41.870979, -88.063011) GR1. It
is a suburb of Chicago, which is located approximately 20 miles to the
east.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the village is the surface area of
17.2 km (6.6 mi). 17.1 km (6.6 mi) of it is land and 0.1 km (0.04 MI)
that (0.30%) is water.
Demographics
What is censusGR2 2000 was 26,999 people, 10,207 households, and 7,195
families residing in the village. The population density was 1,574.7 /
km (4,080.6 / mi). 10,515 housing units had an average density of
613.3/km (1,589.2 / mi). The racial makeup, that the village is 89.50%
White, 2.13% African American, 0.14% Native American, 4.74% Asian, 0.01%
Pacific Islander, 1.83% other races, and 1.66% in two or more races .
4.72% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Was 10,207 households, of which 36.7% were under the age of 18 living
with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 29.5% were non-families. 25.2%
of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone
living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household
size was 2.63 and the average family size was 3.21.
To this end, the village population is spread out with 28.4% less than
18-6.2% 18-24, 30.0% 25-44, 24.1% from 45 to 64 and 11.4% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100
females were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, was 91.2
for men.
The average income for a household in the village was $ 74,846 and the
median income for a family was $ 95,332. Males had an average income $
68,630 versus $ 36,287 for females. Per capita income in the village was
$ 39,783. 2.8% of the population and 1.3% of families were below the
poverty line. 2.4%, which is 18 and 2.0% of those aged 65 and older were
living below the poverty line.
History
Deacon Winslow Churchill and family arrived in New York in 1834 to
become the first landowners in an area which is now Glen Ellyn. Moses
Stacy, a soldier is a war in 1812 came here in 1835. His inn, Stacy's
Tavern, which was built in 1846 and his second home, was a non-stop
half-way to Chicago and the Fox River Valley, and likely to stop on
their way to Galena stagecoaches ROCKFORD, Illinois. Stacy's Tavern, now
a historic monument, is still standing, now is the intersection of
Geneva Road and Main Street-Glen Ellyn.
The nucleus of settlement shifted south of the village where the
railroad came through in 1849. Although no stop was planned for the
area, Lewey Q. Newton deeded right of way and that the proposed railway
and create a depot and water tank at its own expense, as it would allow
to stay there. This became known as the Newton station. A period of
three years, a new post called the city after his birthplace in Danby
Vermont.
Religious services were by the circuit riders of the first
Congregational Church was established in 1862. Various Protestant
churches rose from the village, and it would be more than 60 years
before the Roman Catholic Maryknoll and built St. Petronille seminar.
1889 E. Thomas Hill and Philo Stacy placed so that the dam the stream
near the town, forming a lake named for the glen of Glen Ellyn, where it
rests and the Welsh spelling of the name of a woman's Hill, Ellen. The
following year, nearby mineral springs were discovered.
1891 Glen Ellyn, advertised as a suburb of Chicago's newest and health
resort, became the city's official name. Big Lake Glen Ellyn Hotel
opened in 1892, the same year, a lot of the business district was
destroyed by fire. Fourteen years later, the hotel was struck by
lightning and burned the ground.
Glen Ellyn in 1907 the first fire department was organized. By the end
of the twentieth century, would have to know when the last of all the
volunteer fire organization Dupage County, Illinois. In World War I,
Glen Oak Country Club served the Oak Park and Glen Ellyn Glenbard
communities, and the first high school built in 1922.
The city went through several names, including Babcock's Grove, Dupage
Center, Stacy's Corners, Newton Station, Danby, Prospect Park, and at
the end of Glen Ellyn. [1]
Our guests
* The musician Laurie Anderson was born and raised in Glen Ellyn. In one
interview, he was referred to the dreariness and boredom of growing up
in a midwestern suburb as the impetus to develop its own unique style of
music.
* Politician Peter Roskam grew up in Glen Ellyn and Glenbard West High
School closed
* Dancer Katherine Dunham was born in Glen Ellyn in 1909.
* Javelin thrower Tom Pukstys was born in Glen Ellyn in 1968.
* Sean Hayes, actress, attended Glenbard West High School and was raised
in Glen Ellyn.
* Patricia Tallman, actress, attended Glenbard West High School
* Amy Carlson, actress, attended Glenbard West High School
* Bobby Rahal, Indycar Driver is the Indianapolis 500 winner
* The former ESPN Dream Job winner, and current Big Ten Network anchor
Mike Hall
* Buffalo Bills safety Matt Bowen, graduated from St. Petronille grade
school, and Glenbard West High School.
* The musician Mark Rose, frontman rock band Spitalfield, is Glen Ellyn.
* Mystery writer Jeffery Deaver is completed Glenbard West High School
* The playwright Larry Shue has written popular plays such as The
Foreigner and The Nerd
* Actor Gary Sinise attended Glenbard West for a short time.
* Baseball Hall of Famer Billy Williams currently resides in Glen Ellyn.
Popular culture
Glen Ellyn is the setting for the novel The Girl Who Owned the City by
OT Nelson. The protagonist lives in 734 Grand Ave, Lake Ellyn area of
the village. After a virus kills all the adults it is the planet with
many other children, moved to Glenbard West High School.
Glen Ellyn Glenbard West High School and used the setting in the movie
Lucas, Winona Ryder in the first movie Starring Charlie Sheen.
Glen Ellyn has also been used in June 2007, witless protection movie,
featuring Larry the cable Guy. The film is set to be released in 2008.
Education
Higher education
The main campus of the College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn. Its most famous
alumni is a comedy legend John Belushi and his brother Jim Belushi.
Public Schools
Glen Ellyn's primary schools is part of Glen Ellyn School District 41
and Community Consolidated School District 89th High school is part of
Glenbard Township High School District 87th
* High Schools
o Glenbard South High School
o Glenbard West High School
* Middle Schools
o Glen Crest Middle School
o Hadley Junior High School
* Elementary schools
o Abraham Lincoln Elementary School
o Arbor View Elementary School
o Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
o Churchill Elementary School
o Forest Glen Elementary School
o Park View Elementary School
o Westfield Elementary School
Private Schools
* Montessori Academy of Glen Ellyn
* Phillip J. Rock Center and School
* St. James the Apostle
* St. Petronille