Glen Ellyn
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Location in Illinois
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1834 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | DuPage County | ||
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 52 ′ N , 88 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 26,999 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 1,578.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 17.2 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) of which 17.1 km 2 (about 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 226 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 60137, 60138 | ||
| Area code : | +1 630 331 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-29756 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 421819 | ||
| Website : | www.glenellyn.org | ||
Glen Ellyn is a city near Chicago in the US state Illinois in the United States of America with around 27,000 inhabitants (2000).
Performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson and writer Jeffery Deaver were born in Glen Ellyn.
geography
The city of Glen Ellyn in DuPage County is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and is located about 50 km west of Chicago. The city has an area of 17.2 km² with a population density of 1,575 inhabitants / km².
Coordinates: 41 ° 52'16 "North, 88 ° 3'47" West
history
Moses Stacy, a former British-American War soldier ( 1812-1815 ), moved to what was later called Glen Ellyn in 1835. His inn "Stacy's Tavern", built in 1846, was a horse-changing station for stagecoaches. For a long time the city was called 'Stacy's Corners'.
In 1889 Thomas E. Hill and Philo Stacy dammed a river near the city. The newly created water was named Glen Ellyn, after its origin, a narrow valley (English "glen"), and the Welsh form of the name of Hill's wife, Ellen.
In 1891 the lake was advertised as a recreational area in nearby Chicago. This also made the name of the reservoir the name of the city.
Former names of Glen Ellyn town were: Babcock's Grove, DuPage Center, Stacy's Corners, Newton's Station, Danby, Prospect Park.
Residents
Of the approximately 27,000 inhabitants, 89.5% are white, 4.7% Asian, 2.1% African-American, 0.1% Indians and 3.6% are members of other races. At 51.7%, women are slightly in the majority.
28.4% of the population are under 18 and 11.4% over 65 years old. Average age: 37 years.
The median annual income per household is $ 74,846 and the median family income is $ 95,332. The per capita income is $ 39,783 (men 68,630, women $ 36,287 per year).
2.8% of the population and 1.3% of families are below the poverty line.
Personalities
Sons and daughters:
- Laurie Anderson (* 1947), performance artist and musician
- Amy Carlson (born 1968), actress
- Jeffery Deaver (born 1950), thriller writer
- Tom Pukstys (* 1968), javelin thrower