DuPage County, Illinois
History and Genealogy
Thank you for visiting this independent DuPage County history and genealogy site! Enjoy your visit, and be sure to bookmark this site.Early History of DuPage County
In the early days the Illiniwek, and later the Miami, Iroquois, Sak, Fox , Kickapoo and Pottawatomi Indians lived in this area, rich in fish, game and vegetation.
In 1673 Father Jacques Marquette and French explorer Louis Joliet came to the area, following the Illinois and DesPlaines rivers from the Mississippi.
Trappers and traders came throughout the 1700s and early 1800s, the best known being a Frenchman by the name of DuPage. In 1800 he settled where the east and west branches of the river join.
The first permanent settlement was made in the fall of 1830 and the spring of 1831. Read more about the History of DuPage County in excerpts from "A History of the County of Du Page, Illinois," 1857.
DuPage County Townships
MiltonTownship
Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Prospect Park
Bloomingdale, Roselle, Meacham
Bensonville, Lesters, Itasca, Addison
Turner, Winfield Station, Warrenville, W.Chicago
Wayne Station, Wayne Center, Carol Stream
Hinsdale, Downers Grove, Clarendon Hills
Elmhurst, Mammoth Spring, LombardThe wonderful drawings of the scenes of DuPage Co are from the 1874 Atlas and History of Dupage County, Illinois, 1874, published by Thompson Bro's & Burr of Elgin, Illinois.
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Thanks for visiting! I regret to say that I am not in a position to answer personal research questions unless they relate to my own families. My interest in DuPage County is from my great grandfather's diaries of the 1870's, and I have not yet visited Illinois. I live in Atlanta, GA. Patricia (Pat) Sabin.
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1934-2003Bev contributed so much to the research of the Stenger family and the Stenger Brewery of Naperville, lllinois. She was one of the first people I "met" when I first started working on my Naperville families. She is appreciated and missed.
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