Glen Ellyn home

Glen Ellyn is often rated one of the best Chicago suburbs for families. Niche gives it an A+ overall and for its public schools. Glenbard West High School ranks among the top 30 or so in Illinois in the U.S. News and SchoolDigger lists, and the Washington Post named it one of the state’s most challenging high schools. Families have nearly 30 parks, including Lake Ellyn Park, plus the Illinois Prairie Path for biking and walking, golf courses and nature preserves, and the park district runs youth programs and sports. The walkable historic downtown and Metra train to Chicago add to its small-town feel.

Glen Ellyn is a village and Chicago suburb in DuPage County, Illinois, about 24 miles due west of downtown Chicago. It had 28,846 residents as of the 2020 Census. Its landmarks include Lake Ellyn and Stacy’s Tavern, a historic site at Geneva Road and Main Street. The village is also home to the Glen Oak Country Club and part of the Glenbard high school system.

The area was first settled in 1833 as Babcock’s Grove, a settlement it shared with neighboring Lombard. Nearby Fish’s Corners grew into a small trading spot, where Moses Stacy opened his tavern in 1846 as a stop for travelers between Chicago and the Fox River Valley. The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad arrived in 1849, and the town’s center moved to the depot that landowner Lewey Newton built, known as Newton Station. After several other names, the town became Glen Ellyn, after village president Thomas E. Hill’s wife Ellen (“Ellyn” is the Welsh form). Lake Ellyn was created in 1889, and mineral springs found in 1890 helped the town market itself as a health resort before it incorporated in 1892. Its all-volunteer fire department, formed in 1907, was by the end of the 20th century the last one in DuPage County.

mes and trivia. Also only minutes away are the Nichols Public Library, several pharmacies and bank branches.

Inexpensive transportation is available to residents through the Ride DuPage transportation program and the Metra BNSF line, which runs between Aurora and Chicago and is less than 5 minutes from Eagle Place.