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Willowbrook, Illinois

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Downers Grove Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60527. The Survey maps it on the Hinsdale quadrangle. 9,236 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Willowbrook within DuPage County

Population over time

2 figures

Willowbrook grew from 8,540 to 9,236 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20108,540
20209,236+696 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

3,959 words on this township

History Of Dupage County (1857), published 1857 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Downers Grove Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Downers Grove Township - 3,959 words.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Willowbrook: 4 past producers, 2 plants, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Downers Grove City PitStonePast Producer
Silbrico Expanded Perilite PlantPerliteProducer
Dolese and Shepard Crushed StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Federal Quarry & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Mc Cook Yard No. 387 & MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Superior Stone Co QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wester Springs City Eng.-Own CrewsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in DuPage County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willowbrook in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flood, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook$5,000A 14 inch diameter tree fell on a car near Fordham Way and Longford Drive.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-A photo showed tree limbs approximately 3 inches in diameter blown down at Route 83 and 63rd Street.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-Considerable tree damage was reported along Main Street, north of 75th Street.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-A tree limb over 20 feet long and 2 feet in diameter was snapped off in McCollum Park.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-At least one small tree limb was blown down along with numerous twigs.
July 2019FloodWillowbrook-Several roadways were impacted by standing flood waters.
June 2018FloodWillowbrook-Flooding was reported on parts of Cass Avenue near Argonne National Laboratory. Water was up to one foot deep. Nearby rainfall reports included 4.06 inches 1.9 miles southwest of Burr Ridge and 2.81 inches 0.4 miles south southeast of Darrien.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-Numerous trees down in Willowbrook.
July 2016Flash FloodWillowbrook-Multiple roads blocked by flood waters. Damage to an electrical substation because of continued rising waters. Over a foot of water in parking lots.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-The top of a 6 to 8 inch diameter maple tree was snapped off near Cass Avenue and 63rd Street.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-Numerous trees limbs were blown down near 75th Street and Cass Avenue.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-Numerous large trees were blown down across roads and some on houses.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-A one foot diameter tree was blown down near 75th Street and Lyman Avenue.
August 2007FloodWillowbrook-Street flooding reported at Route 83 and 31st, one lane open.
March 2005HailWillowbrook-Quarter sized hail was reported at the intersection of Sunrise and Highland Rds.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindWillowbrook-Large tree limbs were reported down near Interstate 55 and Rt. 83.
April 2020HailWillowbrook-no account filed
May 2012HailWillowbrook-no account filed
November 2006HailWillowbrook-no account filed
March 2005HailWillowbrook-no account filed
April 1995HailWillowbrook-no account filed

Every storm recorded in DuPage County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Burr Ridge1.7 miles26
Lace2.1 miles23
Hinsdale2.1 miles23
Clarendon Hills2.2 miles23
Westmont2.8 miles23
Fullersburg3.5 miles23
Palisades3.9 miles26
Darien3.9 miles24

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on WillowbrookAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2416692The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 422162. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.