116 topographic sheets cover 69 settlements here, and 50 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
50 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources name 1 person · people the book names include Place. Name Of P. M. (York Township, 1857) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 2 of them, burning under an acre. 1 started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois Division of Forestry Resources | 2014-357 |
| 25 June 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 970 reports for this county, causing 7 deaths, 145 injuries and about $48,519,500 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 496 |
| Hail | 255 |
| Flood | 77 |
| Flash Flood | 63 |
| Tornado | 46 |
| Lightning | 19 |
| Heavy Rain | 9 |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 |
| Wildfire | 1 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wood Dale | 2 killed, 19 hurt | A tent collapsed during a thunderstorm at the Wood Dale Prairie Fest killing a 35 year old man and injuring 20 other people, three seriously. One of the three seriously injured, an 81 year old woman, died from her injuries in January 2016. |
| June 2005 | Lightning | Roselle | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Two people were struck by lightning in their backyard. A 15 year old male was taken to the hospital where he died. A 51 year old male recovered from his injuries. |
| May 2020 | Flood | Winfield | 1 killed | An 18 year old woman attempted to cross a flooded pedestrian bridge in the Winfield Mounds Forest Preserve and was swept away. A witness said water from the West Branch DuPage River was waist deep over the bridge. The woman's body was found several days later. |
| May 2013 | Lightning | The Meadows | 1 killed | A 17 year old girl was struck by lightning in O'Brien Park. Police found her unconscious and not breathing, she was pronounced dead at the scene a short time later. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingdale | 1 killed | A man was struck by a falling tree limb on a golf course and died from his injuries. |
| May 1988 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | West Chicago | 40 hurt, $500,000 | The roof of a warehouse above two of four loading docks, gave way. Forty people were injured, seven of which had to go the hospital. |
| March 1976 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 25 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | 11 hurt, $1,000,000 | A microburst caused significant wind damage in Carol Stream and Glendale Heights. The damage occurred across an area about one half mile long and 250 yards wide, just to the east of Schmale Road near the intersection with North Avenue. |The most severe damage occurred at an apartment complex east of Schmale Road between Willow Woods Drive and Burns Street in Carol Stream. Here a three story apartment building had a substantial portion of its roof entirely peeled off by winds and many windows were blown out. Two other apartment buildings lost significant portions of their roofs, while six other buildings sustained significant roof damage. Many large trees were uprooted around the grounds.|Located adjacent to and to the north of the apartment complex, a church sustained significant damage to its roof. This structure was formally a large discount store. Debris from the apartments was strewn throughout the church's parking lot and onto North Avenue. Further to the north, across North Avenue, a few large trees were uprooted or blown down. There was also significant damage to the roof at a manufacturing company in Glendale Heights. Here a 60 by 80 foot section of roof was peeled off on the southeast corner of the structure. There were also two or three holes about 8 to 10 feet across punched in the roof.|Located to the south of the apartment complex, there was damage to the roof facade on a medical office building located along the south side of St. Charles Road just east of Schmale Road. Further south, there were trees blown down and shingles and small sections of siding peeled up from roofs at two other apartment complexes. |
| May 1965 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 11 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Tornado (EF3) | Naperville | 11 hurt | A tornado with peak winds of 140 mph touched down just south of 75th Street, west of Book Road in the western portion of the Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve. The near continuous damage path started near Plainfield-Naperville Road and Sheppey Court where considerable tree damage occurred. Significant tree damage began just east of Modaff Road with trees snapped and others uprooted along Quall Drive. Significant tree damage occurred near Verdin Lane with trees uprooted, trunks snapped and large tree limbs broken and tossed into homes. Damage to homes in this area appeared to be primarily due to falling trees. Tree damage continued through Killdeer Drive and along Bailey Road. Damage to roofs occurred to some homes in this area. Several utility poles were blown down on Bailey Road, between Lighthouse Drive and Coach Drive. Windows were broken and debris was embedded in stucco on a southside wall of an apartment building on the southeast corner of Bailey Road and Coach Drive. The tornado gradually intensified east of Naper Boulevard. Large trees were snapped just east of Naper Boulevard along Bailey Road. One fell onto a home causing roof damage. Naperville Fire Station #2 was damaged.||The tornado jogged to the northeast and began to increase in width with tree damage continuing through Fender Road, where roof and wall damage occurred to a home from a falling tree. Tree damage continued through Clemson Drive and Wehrli Road. Widespread tree damage occurred near 77th Street where one car was flipped over and a second car was damaged by debris. Roof and siding damage occurred to homes and a garage wall was removed. A garage door was blown in and a wall was destroyed on Siebert Court. The tornado destroyed a home on Princeton Circle. The house completely collapsed with debris deposited to the northeast, though homes on either side remained standing with only minor damage. It is at this location that the tornado reached peak intensity of EF3. In the same block, considerable damage occurred to roofs of several nearby homes. Damage to homes continued along Nutmeg Lane to Shady Grove Court, including the removal of walls on the second floor of at least one home and roofing damage to several others. The tornado increased in width as it moved between 75th and 79th Streets, destroying garages and lifting roofing of an apartment complex along Gladstone Drive. Considerable tree damage also occurred in the Green Valley Forest Preserve as the tornado crossed Greene Road.||The tornado continued east across Route 53 with tree and roof damage noted. More significant damage began again near Woodridge Drive. Several homes were damaged with large trees uprooted or snapped. Multiple fences were also blown down. Damage to homes continued near Evergreen Lane and James Court where several homes suffered significant roof and second story damage. The tornado crossed Interstate 355 where a large portion of a traffic sign on southbound Interstate 355 was ripped off two steel posts. The missing section of the traffic sign was found in a pond in the Lake Ridge Club, between 79th Street and 81st Street, east of Madison Street in Burr Ridge, nearly 6 miles from its original location.||Significant damage occurred to homes and apartment buildings east of Interstate 355 between Country Club Drive and Egerton Drive. Some roofs were completely removed. Tree and roof damage continued along Pine Drive and Britten Street. The tornado began to increase in width again as it crossed Lemont Road where a warehouse building was damaged. Tree and roof damage continued through Highland Avenue, Plainfield Road, Bailey Road and Cass Avenue. At least one apartment building suffered significant roof damage along Lakeview Drive. East of Cass Avenue, the tornado produced mainly tree damage, crossing Interstate 55, then Route 83 and then moving east along 83rd Street. Damage occurred to several dozen homes in Burr Ridge. The tornado crossed into Cook County near 83rd Street.||In Naperville, 231 structures reported some level of damage. One home was completely destroyed, 19 were declared uninhabitable and 143 sustained major damage. In Woodridge, 640 structures were damaged, including 31 homes that were uninhabitable and 157 that sustained major damage. In Darrien, 2 homes were damaged and 1 was uninhabitable. In Burr Ridge, 50 homes were damaged. A total of 11 people were injured, including a woman who was 6 months pregnant and was critically injured. She lost her unborn baby as the result of her injuries. |
| March 1976 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | 3 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| April 1955 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | 3 hurt, $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Lightning | Warrenville | 3 hurt, $500,000 | Lightning struck a home on Seneca Drive in unincorporated Wheaton sparking a fire and causing extensive damage. It is believed that a second lightning strike hit near an aerial truck that three fire fighters were working on causing minor injuries to the fire fighters who were treated and released from the hospital a few hours later. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmhurst | 3 hurt, $100,000 | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines were blown down. A woman was seriously injured when a tree fell on her car on Prairie Avenue. Another tree fell on car, injuring the driver at York Street and St. Charles Road. A tree was blown down onto a city vehicle on Fairview, where the driver was injured. Two other people were injured when they entered their flooded basements. |
| August 1971 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naperville | 2 hurt | Tree limbs were blown down. A man was injured when a tree fell on his car. A woman was injured by a falling tree limb. |
| June 1992 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brandywine | 1 hurt, $200,000 | A semi trailer was flipped over on Interstate 88, just east of Route 83. The driver was taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. Three office buildings on Jorie Boulevard sustained roof damage. One of the building's air conditioning units was flung across the parking lot. An Oak Brook fire station near Jorie Boulevard and Kensington Road also sustained roof damage. Trees and tree limbs were also blown down. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bloomingdale | 1 hurt, $25,000 | At least ten trees were blown down, some onto homes. One home lost part of its roof and one person was injured. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cloverdale | 1 hurt, $25,000 | A tree fell onto a house along Army Trail Road. One person was injured. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheaton | 1 hurt | A tree fell onto a moving car with a tree limb breaking through the windsheild and injuring a passenger who was transported to a hospital with minor injuries. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmhurst | 1 hurt | One hundred trees were blown down or damaged. A man was injured by a falling tree limb. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | (Dpa)Dupage Co Arpt | 1 hurt | A 73 mph wind gust was reported at Du Page Airport in West Chicago. Trees and limbs were blown down throughout the county causing power outages. Some trees or limbs fell on cars and roofs of houses. At Carol Stream winds peeled off part of the roof of a Pizza Hut, an apartment building and ice skating rink. The roof debris damaged cars. In Naperville a woman was injured by flying glass at a hotel at I-88 and Naperville Road. Wind damaged the roof of a house in Willowbrook. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Roselle | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carol Stream | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| November 1990 | Thunderstorm Wind | not stated | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Woodridge | $8,000,000 | Flash flooding or significant flooding was reported across most of Dupage County, including street closures due to flooding, basement flooding and creek, stream and river flooding. A few of the more extensive flooding reports included the West Branch of the Dupage River in and near Warrenville, in Addison where 1,800 people had to be evacuated, along Salt Creek in Villa Park and 300 houses were affected by flooding in Carol Stream. Numerous vehicles were also reported stalled or abandoned in flood waters. |
| April 2013 | Flash Flood | Munger | $6,500,000 | Widespread flooding was reported over much of DuPage County. Dozens of homes were underwater in Towers of Four Lakes Village requiring emergency crews to rescue people trapped inside. Numerous roadways were covered with flowing water causing several cars to stall. Lower levels of several apartment buildings were flooded. Retention ponds were overflowing. Roosevelt Road was closed between Wegner Drive and Joliet Street due to high water. Portions of Route 53 were closed between 75th Street and Royce Road. Numerous basements were flooded near Elmhurst, Lisle, and Naperville. Some residents had to be rescued in Lisle. The Glen Ellyn Public Library building's sub-basement flooded under five feet of water and also received extensive damage on the first floor. In Lombard, basements as well as first floors were flooded. Approximately 30 streets in Lombard were completely submerged.||Du Page county received the most rainfall during this evening with several sites reporting over seven inches of rain. Observers measured 7.34 inches near Naperville, 7.26 inches near Elmhurst, 7.12 inches near Aurora, and 7.01 inches near Lisle. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Munger | $5,640,000 | Very heavy rain fell across north central Dupage County during the early morning hours of July 24th producing widespread flooding and flash flooding. Widespread street and basement flooding was reported. North Avenue at Interstate 290 was flooded with a car stuck in the water. Lake Ellyn overflowed its banks with six inches or more of water covering nearby streets. The Village Links Golf Course was flooded with waist high water and a mail truck was submerged in the flood waters. In Elmhurst, Interstate 290 was closed near York Street with two cars floating in water at least four feet deep; Route 83 was flooded and closed under the Union Pacific tracks with several cars floating in the water; Robert Plamer Drive was flooded and closed below the railroad tracks and all roads near Memorial Hospital were impassible. In Lombard, the Main Street viaduct was flooded with stranded cars in the flood waters and 15 residents were evacuated by boat along Finley Road. In Villa Park, significant flooding occurred near Wildwood and Monterey Avenues. Salt Creek quickly rose out of its banks and flooded nearby areas. In the Graue Mill Condominiums, 250 residents were evacuated after four feet of water surrounded the community when Salt Creek overflowed its banks. Storm total rainfall amounts included 7.26 inches one mile northwest of Villa Park; 7.19 inches near Carol Stream; 7.08 inches one mile northwest of Glen Ellyn; 7.01 inches two miles west of Elk Grove Village; 6.98 inches in Oak Brook; 6.92 inches one mile northwest of Lombard; 6.52 inches near Wheaton; 5.57 inches two and a half miles north of West Chicago; 4.51 inches two miles southwest of Burr Ridge; 4.40 inches one mile southeast of Westmont and 3.45 inches in Lisle. |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | South And Central | $4,400,000 | no account filed |
| July 1972 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| September 2008 | Flash Flood | Munger | $2,000,000 | Flash flooding was reported across many areas of Dupage County. Street and yard flooding was reported near Wheaton. A retention pond overflowed on Bartlett Road in Bartlett. Major street and parking lot flooding was reported around Route 53 and North Avenue in Lombard. Route 53 was closed south of Butterfield Road and North of Morton Arboretum because the east branch of the Dupage River had overflowed its banks. A dam at the end of Lake Ellyn in Glen Ellyn overflowed and flooded numerous streets. Rainfall totals included 6.40 inches in Carol Stream, 5.69 inches two miles north of Wheaton. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lombard | $1,500,000 | Numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines blown down. A garage door was blown in by the high winds, a roof was partially blown off, some trees fell onto houses. In Villa Park, at least 1,500 trees were either destroyed or heavily damaged and 2,000 structures in Villa Park were damaged. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Glendale Heights | $1,500,000 | Part of the roof of a car dealership was torn off. Thirty cars were damaged. The dealership was at North Avenue and Route 53. There was no other damage in the area. |
| December 2008 | Flash Flood | Woodridge | $1,000,000 | A combination of melting snow and heavy rain caused flash flooding across much of Dupage County. Basement flooding was reported in Naperville, Addison and Elmhurst. Many streets were closed due to flooding in Wheaton, Westmont, Glen Ellyn, Downers Grove, Carol Stream, Naperville, Villa Park, Lisle, Warrenville, and Willowbrook. Stormtotal rainfall amounts included 2.19 inches near Downers Grove, 1.95 inches near Westmont, 1.95 inches near Wheaton, 1.82 inches near Lisle and 1.66 inches near Carol Stream. |
| June 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | The Meadows | $500,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey confirmed an EF1 tornado touched down near Sunnydale Park and lifted near 55th and Main in Downers Grove. Most of the damage was to trees. Many mature hardwood trees had been snapped or knocked down. A fence was blown down at Downers Grove High School. An estimated 35 homes were damaged by falling trees. |
| May 2018 | Flash Flood | Itasca | $300,000 | Widespread flooding was reported in Addison, particularly on the west side with major roads flooded. Approximately 100 homes suffered flood damage and as many as 20 vehicles needed to be towed due to flood damage. In Villa Park, a section of southbound Ardmore at North Avenue was closed due to flooding. Addison Road was closed from North Avenue to Armitage Avenue and the fire department had to perform one water rescue. In Elmhurst, a flood prone underpass in downtown was flooded. Route 83 was closed between St. Charles Road and North Avenue. About 6 inches of standing water was reported across all lanes of traffic of North Avenue. Storm total rainfall amounts included 3.08 inches one mile east southeast of Roselle; 2.99 inches one mile north northwest of Lombard; 2.86 inches one mile northwest of Villa Park and 1.64 inches two miles southeast of Elmhurst. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Naperville | $300,000 | A home in the 5400 block of Switch Grass Lane was uninhabitable after suffering fire damage caused by lightning. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Glen Ellyn | $300,000 | Widespread flooing across all of Dupage County. Underpasses were flooded and buildings took on water at many locations. Water one foot deep was reported on Army Trail Road in Addison. Water one foot deep was reported at York and Diversy Roads in Elmhurst. Knee deep water was reported at Fairview and Victor in Downers Grove. Water as high as bumpers was reported at Park Street and 53rd in Westmont. Nine inches of standing water at Benton and Charles in Naperville. Midwest Road in Oak Brook was closed with bumper high water. In Glen Ellyn, three cars were stalled in high water on Lambert Road, 5.00 inches of rain was measured one quarter mile east of the College of Dupage. In Woodridge, 3.95 inches of rain was measured. Four miles south of Glen Ellyn, 3.69 inches of rain was measured. Two miles west of Oak Brook, 3.38 inches of rain was measured and 3.31 inches of rain was measured in Darien. |
| August 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Bloomingdale | $250,000 | A second, brief tornado touched down in Bloomingdale, near an apartment complex on Century Point Lane. There was roof and window damage at two apartment buildings. Significant damage was done to roofs of houses and to trees from Cardinal Drive east across Bloomingdale Road through Norton Lane and into the area around Sterling Drive. |
| June 1976 | Tornado (F4) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1967 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 1966 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| September 1959 | Tornado (F2) | not stated | $250,000 | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Naperville | $200,000 | A home in the 2500 block of Freeland Court was uninhabitable due to fire damage caused by lightning. |
| June 2010 | Lightning | Highland Hills | $200,000 | Lightning struck a house on South Vista Avenue causing the roof and second floor to catch fire. Three people inside the house escaped without injury. The house was declared uninhabitable. |
| August 2011 | Lightning | Four Lakes | $150,000 | Lightning struck a house on Augustana Drive causing a fire in the attic and roof. The house was left unihabitable until repairs could be made. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Addison | $150,000 | Apartment buildings suffered roof damage. Two houses were damaged by fallen trees and one multi-family house had it's roof completely torn off. |
| February 2009 | Flash Flood | Ingalton | $100,000 | Heavy rain fell across much of Dupage County causing flash flooding. Widespread street flooding was reported. In Wheaton, Main Street was closed due to flooding between Roosevelt Road and Illinois Street. In Warrenville, Winfield Road was closed due to flooding between Butterfield and Warrenville Roads. In Glendale Heights, Bloomingdale Road was closed due to flooding at Army Trail Road. North of Carol Stream, a sewer cap burst at the corner of Mohican and Pocahantas causing flooding. In Naperville, a man and child had to be rescued from their swamped vehicle after they tried to drive through floodwaters beneath a railroad overpass at Naper Boulevard. Around the same time, three vehicles and their occupants became stuck in floodwater in the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway underpass near the intersection of North Aurora and Frontenac roads. Motorists were also reported stranded in floodwater in the 1000 block of East Gartner Road and Prairie Avenue and Julian Street. Basement flooding was also reported in Naperville. Rainfall totals included 2.16 inches in Carol Stream, 2.10 inches near Lisle and 2.02 inches in Oak Brook. |
| June 2007 | Lightning | Wheaton | $100,000 | A multi-family apartment was damaged by fire after a lightning strike near Naperville and Butterfield Roads. |
| October 2001 | Flash Flood | Countywide | $100,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Lightning | Bolingbrook | $75,000 | A home on Schillinger Court caught fire after it was struck by lightning. The home was deemed uninhabitable due to the damage. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bensenville | $60,000 | High winds blew over several bleachers, blew down a fence along with many downed trees in Redmond Park. Numerous trees and tree limbs were blown down in parts of Bensenville. Some of the trees fell onto cars. |
| August 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Downers Grove | $50,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado touched down in DuPage county in Downers Grove. Maximum winds were estimated at 70 mph, with a path length of 0.25 miles and path width of 50-75 yards. A few hardwood trees snapped, one snapped a power pole and caused minor garage damage. Also a car parked underneath pole was crushed. |
| July 2011 | Flash Flood | Munger | $50,000 | Thunderstorms produced torrential rainfall across northeast Dupage County with rainfall rates between 2 and 4 inches per hour which caused flash flooding. Chicago O'Hare Airport measured 6.78 inches of rain during a 3 hour period between 1251 am CDT and 351 am CDT, with 3.19 inches falling between 151 am CDT and 251 am CDT. This extreme rainfall which fell across northeast Dupage County caused street, parking lot and basement flooding in some areas. Retention ponds, creeks and small streams quickly overflowed their banks. A Bensenville man was rescued after his vehicle became stuck when he drove into a flooded construction zone. Storm total rainfall amounts included 8.20 inches at Chicago O'Hare Airport; 3.68 inches in Villa Park; 3.60 inches in Glen Ellyn; 3.48 inches in Carol Stream; 2.86 inches in Oak Brook and 2.79 inches in Westmont. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hinsdale | $50,000 | At least 50 trees were blown down with damage to hundreds of other trees. Tree limbs fell onto houses and cars. A transmission line that supplies electricity to the southern half of the city was also blown down, in addition to numerous other power lines. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Naperville | $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds lifted a section of roofing off of a business. Part of the debris landed on the roof of a dentist office next door, which punctured the roof and caused flooding of the dentist office. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Darien | $50,000 | A 12 to 15 inch diameter tree was blown down. The roof of a 32-unit apartment building was torn off. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | (Dpa)Dupage Co Arpt | $50,000 | Three planes were flipped over and damaged. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 18 workings inside this county. 7 still produce and 11 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 7 |
| Stone | 6 |
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 4 |
| Vermiculite | 1 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zonolite Chicago Plant | Vermiculite | Plant | ||
| Elmhurst Portable Plant #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Elmhurst Underground No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Downers Grove City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Dupage City Hwy. Dept. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Ellyn City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Naperville City Eng. Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Village of Lombard Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Wheaton City Pit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Ajax Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bartlett Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Curtis S&G Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| East Riverdale Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| M M Erb Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mallard Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Warrenville Plant & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
History Of Dupage County (1857) devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 6 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison Township | Addison, Bensenville, Churchville, Itasca, Wood Dale | 2,385 words | 2 | |
| Bloomingdale Township | Bloomingdale, Carol Stream, Cloverdale, Glendale Heights, Keeneyville, Medinah, Roselle, Swift | 2,683 words | 1 | |
| Downers Grove Township | Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills, Darien, Downers Grove, Fullersburg, Hinsdale, Lace, Palisades, Tedens, Westmont, Willowbrook | 3,959 words | 1 | |
| Wayne Township | Ingalton, Lakewood, Munger, Ontarioville, Prince Crossing, Schick, Wayne, Wayne Center | 1,175 words | 0 | |
| Winfield Township | Geneva Road, Warrenhurst, Warrenville, West Chicago, Winfield | 2,392 words | 1 | |
| York Township | Elmhurst, Flowerfield, Highland Hills, Lombard, Mammoth Springs, Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, South Addison, South Elmhurst, Utopia, Villa Park, York Center, Yorkfield | 2,155 words | 13 |
One book written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 1 chapter in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The whole text | 46,671 words in 3 parts |
Everyone History Of Dupage County (1857) stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1857.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Milton township · 60137 · On Lacey Creek · Wheaton quadrangle
21 sheets, 1908 to 1998
Naperville township · 60504 · On Gombert Creek · Normantown quadrangle
22 sheets, 1892 to 1993
Milton township · 60187 · Near Murray Island · West Chicago quadrangle
20 sheets, 1908 to 1998
Bloomingdale township · 60157 · On Meacham Creek · Lombard quadrangle
19 sheets, 1908 to 1998
Downers Grove township · 60439 · On Sawmill Creek · Sag Bridge quadrangle
26 sheets, 1890 to 1997
No longer a settlement
Winfield township · 60555 · On Spring Brook · Naperville quadrangle
20 sheets, 1908 to 1998
The vanished settlements of DuPage County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.
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