Naperville
| Naperville | |
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 Downtown Naperville |
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| Located in Will County and DuPage Counties | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1831 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Illinois |
| Counties : |
DuPage County Will County |
| Coordinates : | 41 ° 45 ′ N , 88 ° 9 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
141,853 (as of 2010) Chicago |
| Population density : | 1,541.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 92.0 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) of which 92.0 km 2 (approx. 36 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 216 m |
| Postcodes : | 60540, 60563, 60564, 60565, 60566, 60567 |
| Area code : | +1 630 331 |
| FIPS : | 17-51622 |
| GNIS ID : | 421954 |
| Website : | www.naperville.il.us |
| Mayor : | A. George Pradel |
Naperville is a city in the US state of Illinois , the area of which is mostly in DuPage County , but also partly in Will County . It belongs to the Chicago metropolitan area . The 2010 census showed a population of 141,853. Naperville is the fourth largest city in Illinois, after Chicago , neighboring Aurora and Rockford .
geography
Naperville is located on the prairie plains of the American Midwest. The western arm of the DuPage River , a tributary of the Des Plaines River , flows through downtown Naperville. Although located about 50 km west of downtown Chicago, Naperville is one of the suburbs of Chicago.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
|---|---|
| 1980 | 42,601 |
| 1990 | 85.351 |
| 2000 | 128,396 |
| 2010 | 142.101 |
| 2016 | 147.122 |
¹ 1980–2010: census results; 2016: US Census Bureau estimate
history
Naperville was founded in July 1831 by Joseph Naper . The first settlement was simply called Naper's Settlement , or (Joseph) Naper's settlement . A year later, over 100 settlers had reached Naper's Settlement. These settlers were temporarily evacuated to Fort Dearborn , the nucleus of Chicago, to protect against a possible impending attack by the Sauk . A fort of their own , Fort Payne, was built at Naper's Settlement, the settlers returned, the feared attack by the Sauk never took place. A reconstruction of Fort Payne can be seen in the Naper Settlement open-air museum . This museum was established by the Naperville Heritage Society in the 1970s to preserve some of the oldest buildings in the community.
From 1839 to 1868, Naper's Settlement was the administrative seat of DuPage County. In 1857 Naper's Settlement was officially registered as the Village of Naperville . At the time, Naperville had a population of around 2,000. In 1890 Naperville was raised to the status of a city and officially registered as the City of Naperville .
Mainly rural since its inception, Naperville experienced a population explosion beginning in the 1960s, but intensified in the 1980s and 1990s. This development was promoted in particular by the construction of Interstate I-88, the so-called East-West Tollway, recently renamed the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, and the construction of Interstate I-355, the so-called North-South Tollway. In the course of the improved transport connections, industrial settlements, service companies, jobs and prosperity came to the western suburbs of Chicago. In the past two decades, Naperville's population has almost quadrupled.
Town twinning
With the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, a group of Naperville citizens began exploring options for twinning with a city in one of the new democracies in Eastern Europe. Naperville City Council supported the idea. On November 17, 1993 the town twinning with Nitra in Slovakia was formally put into effect. Numerous cultural, social, political and business projects promote international understanding and cooperation.
people
- Joseph Naper (1798–1862), born in Vermont , was a shipbuilder, politician, and businessman. In 1831 he founded Naper Settlement, later Naperville.
- Peter Stenger (* 1792 in Geiselbach , district of Aschaffenburg ( Lower Franconia ); † 1874 Naperville), founded the Stenger Brewery in Naperville in 1848 , which was continued by his sons John and Nicholas after his death . Adolph Coors , founder of the Coors Brewing Company , one of the most famous beer brands in the USA, worked as a foreman at the Stenger Brewery from August 1869 to January 1872 .
- Robert Bruce Zoellick (* 1953), politician, Deputy Secretary of State from 2005 to 2006 and President of the World Bank since July 2007 , grew up in Naperville.
- Ashley Palmer (born 1978), actress
- Yuval Sharon (* 1979), opera and theater director
- Douglas Walker, aka That Guy with the Glasses , film critic
- Hillary Scott (born 1983), porn actress
- Evan Frank Lysacek (* 1985), figure skater, winner of the 2007 US championships, fourth in the 2006 Winter Olympics, went to school in Naperville.
- Brittany Bock (* 1987), soccer player
- Michele Weissenhofer (* 1987), soccer player
- Bryan Gaul (* 1989), soccer player
Infrastructure
Naperville is located in the metropolitan area of Chicago and therefore has very good transport links. It is approximately 30 miles from O'Hare International Airport .
The highways Interstate 55 , Interstate 88 and Interstate 355 in the immediate vicinity of Naperville.
Others
- The Naperville Public Library ranks first for the eighth consecutive year in a US public library comparison.
- The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory , one of the world's largest research centers for basic research in the field of particle physics, is located in the neighboring town of Batavia, which has a population of 25,000 .
- The company Nicor and Nalco have their headquarters in Naperville.
photos
Main entrance to City Hall (Rathaus).
Birthday cake for the 175th anniversary of the founding of Naperville.
Exterior view of the Naperville Township Government offices.
Southeast corner of the Nichols Library.
The Martin Mitchell Estate in the Naper Settlement Open Air Museum.
Moser Tower (bell tower) in the city park.
Naperville Riverwalk.
Naperville Riverwalk, view over the former quarry to the clock tower and Rotary Hill.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ United States Census Bureau Population Estimate
- ↑ www.napersettlement.org Internet page Naper Settlement of the Naperville Heritage Society
- ^ Website of the Sister City Commission in Naperville
- ↑ Hennen's American Public Library Ratings 2006 ( Memento of the original dated November 1, 2006 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. (in English; PDF; 72 kB)
