Downers Grove
| Downers Grove | |
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 Downers Grove train station |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1873 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| County : | DuPage County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 49 ′ N , 88 ° 1 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 47,833 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,292.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 37 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 37 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 226 m |
| Postcodes : | 60515, 60516, 60517 |
| Area code : | +1 630 331 |
| FIPS : | 17-20591 |
| GNIS ID : | 421767 |
| Website : | www.downers.us |
| Mayor : | Bob Barnett (since May 2019) |
Downers Grove is a village in DuPage County in the US -amerikanischen State Illinois with 47,833 inhabitants in 2010 .
geography
The city is located around 30 km west of Chicago . It is 41 ° 47 '41.29 "N latitude and 88 ° 1' 0.98" W longitude. According to the United States Census Bureau , the area has a size of 14.3 mi 2 , which is 37.2 km 2 . Only 0.07% of this is water. Downers Grove is bordered by the parishes of Darien, Lisle, Oak Brook, Lombard, Woodridge , and Westmont.
history
The place was founded in 1832 by the preacher Pierce Downer. He was his son Stephen, one on construction of the first Chicago lighthouse involved Steinmetz , from the state of New York to Illinois followed. He claimed 160 acres of land (equivalent to about 65 hectares ) and set up a dairy farm. More settlers followed in the course of the following years and in 1863 the first subdivision was established. With the opening of the Aurora - Chicago railway line in 1864, the place was also accessible by rail; the further growth of the city was mainly concentrated in the areas surrounding the three train stations ( Main Street , Belmont and East Grove ). In 1873 the parish was formally incorporated under the name Village of Downers Grove .
Polish immigrants from Gostyń built the city's first migrant quarter north of East Grove Station (today: Fairview Avenue Station ); the St. Mary of Gostyn Church located there is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the city.
In 1892, Chicago entrepreneurs, including Marshall Field , built the first nine-hole golf course west of the Appalachian Mountains north of Belmont Station (today: Downers Grove Golf Club ).
Proximity to Chicago, an early mail order center in the United States, resulted in Downers Grove becoming a center of Sears Modern Homes - prefabricated houses that Sears, Roebuck & Co. cataloged mail order from 1908 to 1940 .
In 1928 the Tivoli Theater was built , one of the first cinemas in the country to be specially built for the presentation of sound films . It should not be confused with the Chicago theater of the same name, which was demolished in the 1960s .
economy
Downers Grove is the headquarters of several large national and international companies, including the HAVI Group (one of the largest suppliers to McDonald's), Dover Corporation (mechanical engineering) and the FTD Group (Florist's Transworld Delivery, the parent company of Fleurop / Interflora). The IT industry association CompTIA is also based here. The consumer goods manufacturer Sara Lee was based in Downers Grove until it was dissolved.
climate
Downers Grove is located in a zone of humid continental climates. On average, January is the coldest and July the warmest.
The highest temperature ever recorded in Downers Grove was 41 ° C in July 2005. In January 1985, the all-time low was -32 ° C.
traffic
The city is located on Interstate Highways 88 (West) and 355 ("Veterans Memorial Tollway").
With Belmont , Downers Grove Main Street and Fairview Avenue , the city has three train stations along the BNSF Railway Line belonging to the METRA system ; a commuter route that connects Aurora in the west to Chicago's Union Station in the east.
sons and daughters of the town
- Luther Ely Smith (1873–1951), founder of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
- F. Kenneth Iverson (1925-2002), manager
- Angelo Poffo (1925-2010), wrestler
- Janet Mondlane (born 1935), Mozambican first lady
- Sherrill Milnes (born 1935), opera singer
- Jim McDermott (* 1936), Member of the US Congress for Washington State
- David Mott (* 1945), saxophonist and jazz musician
- Tony Granato (* 1964), head coach of the NHL ice hockey team Pittsburgh Penguins
- Cammi Granato (* 1971), Olympic ice hockey champion
- Denise Richards (* 1971), actress
- Eric Lichaj (* 1988), football player
- Evan Mosey (* 1989), ice hockey player
- Kendall Gretsch (* 1992), disabled athlete
- Sandi Morris (* 1992), pole vaulter
- Gregory Petty (born 1993), volleyball player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Downers Grove village, Illinois, factfinder.census.gov
- ↑ Mayor Bob Barnett. June 21, 2019, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
- ↑ geonames.usgs.gov
- ↑ a b c d e Mark S. Harmon: Downers Grove, IL . In: Ann Durkin Keating (Ed.): Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs . A historical guide. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago / London 2008, ISBN 978-0-226-42883-3 , pp. 135 (English).
- ^ "North American climate". Encyclopedia and Learning Resources. world Book Encyclopedia.
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ BNSF Railway (BNSF) to Aurora. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (English).
- ^ BNSF Railway (BNSF) to Aurora. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (English).
- ^ BNSF Railway (BNSF) to Aurora. Retrieved July 25, 2020 (English).
