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==History== Official documents from the Winnebago County Clerk's office and the Village of Cherry Valley state Cherry Valley was settled in 1836.<ref name="Cherry Valley History">{{cite web|last1=Larson|first1=John|title=Cherry Valley History|url=http://www.cherryvalleylib.org/wpcherryvalley/historical-society/cherry-valley-history/|website=Cherry Valley Historical Society|access-date=June 10, 2017}}</ref> The first settler within Cherry Valley was Joseph Griggs<ref name="Cherry Valley History"/> who, along with his family, settled on the north bank of the [[Kishwaukee River]] in 1835.<ref>[http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/eddy/1966/ ''genealogy.com'']</ref> Cherry Valley was incorporated as a village on January 31, 1857. Early landmark events for Cherry Valley was the establishment of a mill on the Kishwaukee River, and the coming of the railroad in 1852.<ref name="Historical information from Cherry Valley library">[http://www.cherryvalley.lib.il.us/historicalsocietycvhistory.html Cherry Valley Library web page]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Retrieved on March 8, 2007</ref> Early on Cherry Valley was called by various names, such as "Griggs Ford" and ''Graball'', and then other names, before the present name was adopted.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA55|year=1908|page=55}}</ref> After deciding to change the name, the people put their suggestions into a hat. A Mrs. Butler, from [[Cherry Valley, New York]] placed the name of Cherry Valley in the hat and that name was selected.<ref name="Historical Society Info">[http://www.cherryvalley.org/historic.html Cherry Valley Historical Society, as included in Cherry Valley.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203041332/http://www.cherryvalley.org/historic.html |date=February 3, 2007 }} Retrieved on March 1, 2007</ref> The core of the village, centered on its main street businesses in small brick buildings, is surrounded by several blocks of houses built in the 19th century. This late 19th-century appearance is further accentuated by turn-of-the-20th-century-style lamp lights as well as the original brick paving along the eastern end of main street.<ref name="description of Cherry Valley from Illinois tourism web site">[http://www.visitnorthernillinois.com/regionWinnebago.html VisitIllinois page with description of Cherry Valley] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070618171438/http://www.visitnorthernillinois.com/regionWinnebago.html |date=June 18, 2007 }} Retrieved on March 8, 2007</ref> ===Relationship with Rockford=== Although close to Rockford, Cherry Valley was far enough away to be considered, for most of its history, not a part of the Rockford community. However, with the advent of car-centric transportation in the latter 20th century, Cherry Valley became in essence a suburb of [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]]. As the city of Rockford grew and expanded its boundaries, it came in direct contact with Cherry Valley. Since that time, there have been land control-related issues between the two municipalities. For the most part, these issues have been resolved with a boundary agreement between the two communities. ===Cherry Valley today=== In the last dozen years Cherry Valley has seen a shift towards [[Chicago]], with roughly a third of its new residents being former Chicago suburban residents who live in the village and commute to work in the Chicago suburbs. Being near to an interchange on I-90 ([[Jane Addams Memorial Tollway]]) contributed to this shift, and in 2006 the toll booths on the Cherry Valley interchange and exit were removed because of increased traffic flow and the need to remove the chronic traffic jams that had built over the years.<ref name="Illinois Toll authority press release">[http://www.illinoistollway.com/portal/page?_pageid=54,1287803&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL press release from Toll authority on Cherry Valley exit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927202800/http://www.illinoistollway.com/portal/page?_pageid=54%2C1287803&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL |date=September 27, 2007 }} Retrieved on March 8, 2007</ref> Most of Cherry Valley is within the Rockford School District, with a small portion in the Belvidere School District. Schools closed and demolished in 2019<ref name="Cherry Valley Elementary school web page">{{cite web|url=http://webs.rps205.com/schools/cherryvalley/Home.html |title=Home |access-date=June 17, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927232141/http://webs.rps205.com/schools/cherryvalley/Home.html |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}, Cherry Valley Elementary School web page, Retrieved on June 17, 2007</ref>
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