Editing Elmhurst, Illinois (section)

==History==
[[File:Elmhurst btwen 1880 and 1899.jpg|thumb|left|Elmhurst Station ca. 1890s]]
Members of the [[Potawatomi]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] people, who settled along [[Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary)|Salt Creek]] just south of where the city would develop, are the earliest known settlers of the Elmhurst area.<ref name="History of Elmhurst">{{cite web| title=Elmhurst Origins| url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/422.html}}</ref> Around 1836, European-American [[immigration|immigrants]] settled on tracts of land along the same [[stream|creek]]. At what would become Elmhurst City Centre, a native of [[Ohio]] named Gerry Bates established a community on a tract of "treeless land" in 1842.<ref name="History of Elmhurst"/>

The following year, Hill Cottage Tavern opened where St. Charles Road and Cottage Hill Avenue presently intersect. In 1845, the community was officially named '''Cottage Hill''' when a [[post office]] was established. 
Four years later, the [[Galena and Chicago Union Railroad]] was given right-of-way through the community, giving farmers easier access to Chicago.<ref name="History of Elmhurst"/> The first [[Elmhurst station (Illinois)|Elmhurst railroad station]] was built in 1894. The community changed its name to Elmhurst in 1869, and in 1871 [[Elmhurst University]] was organized.<ref name="nitilg"/> The land for Elmhurst University was gifted by prominent resident [[Thomas Barbour Bryan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Spartan Beginning At Elmhurst College |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1997/10/19/a-spartan-beginning-at-elmhurst-college/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125014120/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-10-19/features/9710190303_1_students-attic-young-men |archive-date=November 25, 2015 |access-date=August 8, 2015}}</ref> Bryan (often referred to as the "Father of Elmhurst")<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2012 |title=Pick of the Week |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78462727/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528185137/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/78462727/pick-of-the-week/ |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |access-date=January 5, 2021 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |language=en}}</ref> played an important role in the development of the town, and has been as the one responsible for renaming the town.<ref name="ehm">{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Nancy |date=2013 |title=EHM Historical Highlights Thomas Barbour Bryan (1828–1906) |url=https://www.elmhurst.org/DocumentCenter/View/8370/Thomas-Barbour-Bryan-text?bidId= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610110632/https://www.elmhurst.org/DocumentCenter/View/8370/Thomas-Barbour-Bryan-text?bidId= |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |website=emhurst.org |publisher=Elmhurst History Museum |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref><ref name="byrd">{{Cite web |last=Breslin |first=Mary |date=March 9, 1997 |title=Byrd's Nest Draws Settlers After Chicago Fire |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-03-09-9703090303-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528185141/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |website=chicagotribune.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=May 6, 2020}}</ref>

Elmhurst was incorporated as a village in 1882,<ref name="nitilg"/> with a population between 723 and 1,050, and legal boundaries of St. Charles Road to North Avenue, and one half mile west and one quarter mile east of York Street. Elmhurst Memorial Hospital was founded in 1926 as the first hospital in DuPage County.<ref name="History of Elmhurst"/>

The Memorial Parade has run every [[Memorial Day]] since 1918. The annual Elmhurst [[St. Patrick's Day]] Parade continues to be the third largest parade of that sort in the Chicago area, following the more famous parades downtown and on the city's South Side.<ref name="History of Elmhurst"/>

Since 1964, it has been home to [[Elmhurst CRC]], one of the largest congregations of the [[Christian Reformed Church in North America]].<ref name="ECRC Yearbook">{{cite web|author=Christian Reformed Church in North America |url=http://www.crcna.org/churches/2407 |title=Elmhurst CRC - Church - Christian Reformed Church |access-date= May 26, 2013}}</ref>

The [[Keebler Company]]'s corporate headquarters was in Elmhurst until 2001, when the [[Kellogg Company]] purchased the company. The city is home to the headquarters of [[Sunshine Biscuits]] and [[McMaster-Carr]] Supply Co.

In 2014, ''[[Family Circle]]'' magazine ranked Elmhurst as one of the "Ten Best U.S. Towns for Families".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.familycircle.com/family-fun/travel/best-towns-for-families-2014/|title=10 Best Towns for Families: 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/ct-family-circle-list-elmurst-tl-0717-20140710-story.html|title=Elmhurst named one of 10 best places for families|first=Chicago|last=Tribune|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>