West Chicago
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city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- DuPage
- Townships
- Winfield , Wayne
- Incorporated
- May 31, 1873 ( 1873-05-31 )
- Type
- Mayor–council
- Total
- 15.72 sq mi (40.71 km )
- Land
- 15.37 sq mi (39.82 km )
- Water
- 0.34 sq mi (0.89 km ) 2.25%
- Elevation
- 755 ft (230 m)
- Density
- 1,666/sq mi (643.3/km )
- Per capita income
- $19,287 (median: $63,424)
- Home value
- $192,993 (median: $160,200)
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 ( CDT )
- Zip codes
- 60185, 60186
- Area code s
- 630 and 331
- Fips code
- 17-80060
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- West Chicago
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- DuPage County
- Population
- 25614
- Area
- 39.208242
- Elevation
- 230
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Official website
- www.westchicago.org
- Image
- West chicago.gif
- Households
- 7838
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- Commons category
- West Chicago, Illinois
- postal code
- 60186
- inception
- 1873-01-01
- water as percent of area
- 2.2506
- per capita income
- 30245
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Encyclopedic overview
West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) in 1855. The city was initially established around the first junction of railroad lines in Illinois, and today is still served by the Union Pacific West Metra service via West Chicago station.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “West Chicago” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.