Editing Elburn, Illinois

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| leader_name                     = Jeffrey D. Walter<ref>{{cite web | title=Village Board | website=Village of Elburn, Illinois | date=June 1, 2023 | url=https://www.elburn.il.us/village-board/ | access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>
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'''Elburn''' is a village in [[Kane County, Illinois|Kane County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was 5,602 as of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="2010 Census Gazetteer">{{cite web
 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/2010_place_list_17.txt
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021190632/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/2010_place_list_17.txt
 |archive-date=October 21, 2013
 |title=Places: Illinois 
 |work=2010 Census Gazetteer Files 
 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] 
 |access-date=October 13, 2012 }}</ref> up from 2,756 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]].<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> It is located at the intersection of [[Illinois Route 38]] and [[Illinois Route 47|Route 47]]. Elburn is a town situated {{convert|46|mi|km}} west of the [[Chicago Loop]] with frequent [[commuter rail]] service from [[Elburn (Metra)|its Metra station]] at the end of the [[Union Pacific West Line]].

==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, Elburn has a total area of {{convert|3.13|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="census-g001">{{cite web
 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1722931
  |title=G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1
  |access-date=August 3, 2015
  |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]
  |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213090345/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US1722931
  |archive-date=February 13, 2020
  }}</ref>

==History==
On May 2, 1834, William Lance arrived in the Elburn area and soon built a home there. Shortly thereafter, a man named Henry Warne arrived and opened a stagecoach inn called the Halfway House, since it was halfway between [[Oregon, Illinois]] and [[Chicago]].

When the [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company]] built through the area in 1854, the stop at this site was named Blackberry Station after the Township.  The village incorporated as Elburn in 1886.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/418.html |title=Elburn, IL |website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org |access-date=September 24, 2006}}</ref>

[[File:401 N. Main, Elburn IL - c. 1920.jpg|thumb|left|A c. 1920 postcard showed 401 N. Main Street, Elburn, Illinois.]]
The village was originally named Blackberry Station but was changed at the request of the railroad. The name Elburn itself derives from its originally suggested name, Melbourne, but a suggestion to shorten the name resulted in the dropping of the "M", leaving Elbourne. From there, it was shortened even further to Elburne, and then finally to Elburn.<ref>{{cite news|title=Several Towns Named After Founders and Heroes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/872352/kanedupage_county_il_toponym_origins/|newspaper=The Daily Herald|date=December 28, 1999|page=220|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|access-date = August 17, 2014 }} {{Open access}}</ref>

Once largely rural, the area's population began rapidly expanding in the 1990s with the arrival of large [[tract home]] developments. In January 2006, [[Metra]] began to provide passenger rail service from [[Elburn (Metra)|Elburn]] to Chicago on the [[Union Pacific West Line]]. The new station replaced [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]] as the western end-of-line and made Elburn one of [[Chicago]]'s farthest western suburbs. A new station was also constructed in [[La Fox, Illinois|La Fox]].<ref name="elburn-metra">{{cite web
| title=Elburn Metra Service Starting in Early 2006
| url=http://www.elburn.il.us/
| work=elburn.il.us | publisher=Village of Elburn | date=2005
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051117212949/http://www.elburn.il.us/
| archive-date=November 17, 2005
}}
</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 584
|1900= 606
|1910= 613
|1920= 571
|1930= 548
|1940= 624
|1950= 792
|1960= 960
|1970= 1122
|1980= 1224
|1990= 1275
|2000= 2756
|2010= 5602
|2020= 6175
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[2000 United States Census]],<ref name="GR2" /> there were 2,756 people, 1,038 households, and 752 families residing in the village.  The population density was {{convert|1,010.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,076 housing units at an average density of {{convert|394.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the village was 98.08% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.11% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.15% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.33% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.47% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.87% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.14% of the population.

There were 1,038 households, out of which 40.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.5% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.16.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 28.5% under the age of 18, 6.2% from 18 to 24, 36.1% from 25 to 44, 20.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.7 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $67,788, and the median income for a family was $79,905. Males had a median income of $51,154 versus $31,464 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the village was $26,781.  About 1.2% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 5.6% of those age 65 or over.

Neighboring cities include [[Batavia, Illinois|Batavia]], [[Geneva, Illinois|Geneva]], and [[St. Charles, Illinois|St. Charles]] (referred to, as a group, as the Tri-Cities). The newly created (2007) [[Campton Hills]] also borders Elburn. [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]], [[Elgin, Illinois|Elgin]] and [[DeKalb, Illinois|DeKalb]] (home of [[Northern Illinois University]]) are other close by places as well.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.elburn.il.us/ Village of Elburn]
* [http://www.elburn.com/ Elburn Chamber of Commerce]

{{Kane County, Illinois}}
{{Fox Valley}}
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[[Category:Populated places established in 1834]]
[[Category:Villages in Kane County, Illinois]]
[[Category:1834 establishments in Illinois]]
[[Category:Villages in Illinois]]