Editing Elmhurst, Illinois

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'''Elmhurst''' is a city in [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage]] and [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. It is a western suburb of [[Chicago]]. The population was 45,786 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==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>

==Geography==
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Elmhurst has a total area of {{convert|10.28|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|10.22|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 99.42%) is land and {{convert|0.06|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 0.58%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web   |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>

Due to local topography, the town has had a tendency to flood in the past after large rainfalls;<ref>{{cite web |last1=Earnest |first1=Andrea |title=Heavy Rain Causes Flooding In Elmhurst |url=https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/heavy-rain-causes-flooding-elmhurst |website=Patch |access-date=15 February 2024 |date=2018-05-31}}</ref> the city is currently undertaking a large effort to mitigate future flooding.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Megan |first1=Graydon |title=More than $25 million later, how is Elmhurst flood control working? |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2018/08/22/more-than-25-million-later-how-is-elmhurst-flood-control-working/ |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=15 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329161255/https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-dob-elmhurst-flood-control-0830-story.html |archive-date=2019-03-29 |date=2018-08-22 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1870= 329
|1880= 723
|1890= 1050
|1900= 1728
|1910= 2360
|1920= 4594
|1930= 14055
|1940= 15458
|1950= 21273
|1960= 36991
|1970= 46392
|1980= 44276
|1990= 42029
|2000= 42762
|2010= 44121
|2020= 45786
|footnote=U.S. Census Bureau<ref>[http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/ Historical Census Data] Retrieved on February 11, 2010</ref>
}}

As of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US1723620 |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref> there were 45,786 people, 16,808 households, and 12,110 families residing in the city. The population density was {{Convert|4,454.76|PD/sqmi|PD/km2}}. There were 17,260 housing units at an average density of {{Convert|1,679.32|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 80.47% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.51% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 2.14% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.26% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.92% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 7.67% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.32% of the population.

There were 16,808 households, out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 63.37% were married couples living together, 6.49% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.95% were non-families. 24.44% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.61% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.26 and the average family size was 2.70.

The city's age distribution consisted of 25.1% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $123,869, and the median income for a family was $148,663. Males had a median income of $83,584 versus $46,935 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $59,911. About 2.1% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 3.0% of those under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+'''Elmhurst city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition'''<br><small>{{nobold|''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.''}}</small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(''NH = Non-Hispanic'')</small>
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000CensusP004>{{Cite web|title=P004: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2000: DEC Summary File 1 – Elmhurst city, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/table?g=160XX00US1723620&tid=DECENNIALSF12000.P004|website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Elmhurst city, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1723620&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!{{partial|Pop 2020}}<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2: Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Elmhurst city, Illinois |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=p2&g=160XX00US1723620&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!{{partial|% 2020}}
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|38,706
|37,549
|style='background: #ffffe6; |35,971
|90.51%
|85.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |78.56%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|388
|815
|style='background: #ffffe6; |931
|0.91%
|1.85%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.03%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|17
|27
|style='background: #ffffe6; |41
|0.04%
|0.06%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.09%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|1,562
|2,244
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,942
|3.65%
|5.09%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |6.43%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|7
|4
|style='background: #ffffe6; |7
|0.02%
|0.01%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Other race]] alone (NH)
|26
|42
|style='background: #ffffe6; |148
|0.06%
|0.10%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.32%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed race or Multiracial]] (NH)
|339
|542
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,477
|0.79%
|1.23%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.23%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|1,717
|2,898
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4,269
|4.02%
|6.57%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9.32%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''42,762'''
|'''44,121'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''45,786'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|style='background: #ffffe6; |'''100.00%'''
|}

==Economy==

===Top employers===
According to Elmhurst's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cms3.revize.com/revize/elmhurst/Document%20Center/Services/Finance/Financial%20Reports%20&%20Budgets/Annual%20Report/23-8100%20Final%20Audit%20%20-%20CO%20Elmhurst.pdf|title=City of Elmhurst ACFR}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
| [[Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare]]
|2,800
|-
|2
| [[Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205|Elmhurst CUSD 205]]
|1,174
|-
|3
| [[McMaster-Carr|McMaster-Carr Supply Company]]
|800
|-
|4
| [[Elmhurst University]]
|688
|-
|5
| Brandenburg Industrial Service Co
|300
|-
|6
| Semblex Corporation
|300
|-
|7
| City of Elmhurst
|291
|-
|8
| [[FedEx Freight]]
|200
|-
|9
| Superior Ambulance
|200
|-
|10
| Power Distributing, LLC
|180
|}

==Arts and culture==
* The [[Theatre Historical Society of America]] is focused on the preservation of dance, opera, and movie theaters and includes a collection of objects from many theaters that are no longer in existence. Among the items on display is a scale model of the 1927 Avalon Theater (now known as the [[New Regal Theater]]).<ref>{{cite book|title=Oddball Illinois: A Guide to 450 Really Strange Places|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Z4yOJaTf2MC&pg=PA105 |first=Jerome|last=Pohlen|year=2012|publisher=Chicago Review Press|edition=Second|pages=104–105|isbn=978-1613740323}}</ref>
* Wilder Park Conservatory
* A {{convert|150|ft|m|adj=mid|-deep}} [[limestone]] [[quarry]] covering about {{convert|59|acre|m2}} is located half a mile west of downtown along West Avenue and 1st Street. A tunnel from [[Salt Creek (Des Plaines River tributary)|Salt Creek]] diverts water into the quarry in case of a flood. The [[Salt Creek Trail]] is also accessible from the area. The quarry is an important piece of [[DuPage County|DuPage County's]] stormwater management system, and can hold up to {{convert|8300|acre-ft|e6m3|lk=on|sigfig=2|abbr=off|sp=us}} of stormwater.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dupageco.org/swm/elmhurstquarry/|title=Elmhurst Quarry Flood Control Facility {{!}} DuPage County Stormwater Management Elmhurst Quarry Flood Control Facility|website=www.dupageco.org|language=en|access-date=2018-05-01}}</ref>
* Each spring, the company RGL Marketing for the Arts runs the event, Art in Wilder Park. The event takes place in centrally located Wilder Park, which is also home to the Wilder Mansion, the Elmhurst Public Library, the Wilder Park Conservatory and the [[Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art]]. The event "features of a juried show of fine arts, crafts and original creations of over 100 artists, including jewelry, glass, ceramics, painting, wood, photography, sculpture, paper and mixed media."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elmhursthistory.org/221/Art-In-the-Park|title=Art In the Park {{!}} Explore Elmhurst, IL|website=www.elmhursthistory.org|language=en|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> The event also hosts live music and entertainment and over 40 food vendors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rglmarketingforthearts.com/art-in-wilder-park.php|title=Art in Wilder Park {{!}} Annual 2 Day Outdoor Art Show in Elmhurst|website=www.rglmarketingforthearts.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref>
* Elmhurst is home to multiple residential homes built by significant architects, including but not limited to [[Mies van der Rohe]] (McCormick House), [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] ([[F.B. Henderson House]]), [[Walter Burley Griffin]] (William H. Emery House, Sloane House), and [[R. Harold Zook]].

==Government==
[[File:Frank B. Henderson House (Elmhurst, Illinois) 07.JPG|thumb|The [[F.B. Henderson House]] in Elmhurst was designed by [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] in 1901.]]
Timeline for Elmhurst's leadership:<ref name="Chronology of Elmhurst History">{{Cite web|url=http://www.elmhurst.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=288|title=Chronology of Elmhurst History}}</ref>
* 1882 - Incorporated as a village in June.
* 1882 - Henry Glos elected as first village president.
* 1887 - Peter Wolf elected as village president.
* 1902 - Edwin Heidemann elected as village president.
* 1905 - Henry C. Schumacher elected as village president.
* 1908 - C. J. Albert elected as village president.
* 1910 - Adopted city form of government.
* 1910 - Henry C. Schumacher elected as first city mayor.
* 1912 - F. W. M. Hammerschmidt elected as mayor.
* 1919 - Otto Balgemann elected as mayor.
* 1931 - Edward Blatter elected as mayor.
* 1933 - Claude Van Auken elected as mayor.
* 1945 - William S. Fellows elected as mayor.
* 1951 - Ervin F. Wilson elected as mayor.
* 1957 - Benjamin Allison elected as mayor.
* 1961 - Charles Weigel elected as mayor.
* 1973 - Ray W. Fick Jr. elected as mayor.
* 1977 - Abner Ganet elected as mayor.
* 1985 - Robert J. Quinn elected as mayor.
* 1989 - Charles H. Garrigues elected as mayor.
* 1993 - Thomas D. Marcucci elected as mayor.
* 2009 - Peter P. DiCianni elected as mayor.
* 2013 - Steven Morley elected as mayor.
* 2021 - Scott M. Levin elected as mayor.

==Education==
[[File:ElmhurstOldMain.JPG|right|thumb|The [[Hauptgebaude|Old Main building]] at Elmhurst University dates to 1878.]]
[[Elmhurst University]] is a local college of the area. It is a four-year private liberal arts college affiliated with the United Church of Christ.

School districts serving Elmhurst include:<ref name=Schools>"[http://www.elmhurst.org/594/Education Education] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321171045/http://www.elmhurst.org/594/Education |date=March 21, 2017 }}." Elmhurst, Illinois. Retrieved on March 21, 2017.</ref>
* [[Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205]] serves most of the city; its high school is [[York Community High School]]
* [[Salt Creek School District 48]]
* [[DuPage High School District 88]]
* [[Hillside School District 93]] serves the Cook County portion; in 1953 this portion had 45 houses<ref name=SeesHillsideSchool>{{cite news|title=Sees Hillside School Wing Built By Fall |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 2, 1953|page=W2}}</ref>
* Students at Hillside 93 move on to [[Proviso West High School]] of the [[Proviso Township High Schools District 209]]<ref name=Triesnewmentalhealthprogram>{{cite news|title=School Tries New Mental Health Program|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=December 16, 1971|page=W9}}</ref>

Private schools:<ref name=Schools/>
* [[IC Catholic Prep (Elmhurst, Illinois)|IC Catholic Prep]], formerly Immaculate Conception High School
* [[Timothy Christian School (Illinois)|Timothy Christian School]]
* Immaculate Conception Grade School
* Immanuel Lutheran Grade School
* Visitation Catholic Grade School

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
Elmhurst is served by [[Pace (transit)|Pace]] buses, and the [[Metra]] [[Union Pacific West Line]] through the [[Elmhurst station (Illinois)|Elmhurst station]]. The [[Union Pacific Railroad]] has freight service on the Metra line and the [[Canadian National Railway]] serves the former [[Illinois Central]] line south of the Metra line, known as the [[Freeport Subdivision]]. [[O'Hare International Airport]] is roughly 18 minutes from Elmhurst, and [[Chicago Midway International Airport]] is roughly 33 minutes from Elmhurst.

During the summers and December, Elmhurst also has the "Elmhurst Express Trolley", a free weekend trolley that connects downtown Elmhurst to the Spring Road businesses and the Elmhurst Public Library. It runs Friday-Saturday and the $40,000 cost comes out of visiting and tourism fund.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.exploreelmhurst.com/193/Elmhurst-Express-Trolley|title=Elmhurst Express Trolley {{!}} Explore Elmhurst, IL|website=www.exploreelmhurst.com|language=en|access-date=2018-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elmhurst/news/ct-elh-trolley-service-tl-0324-20160322-story.html|title=Elmhurst trolley back on track for summer|last=Megan|first=Graydon|work=chicagotribune.com|access-date=2018-02-05|language=en-US}}</ref>

==== Former services ====
Elmhurst was previously served by the [[Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad]], an electric interurban rail line. The station opened in 1902 as "South Elmhurst"<ref>{{cite news |title=New Electric Line Opened |work=Hearst’s Chicago American |date=25 August 1902}}</ref>  until being renamed to "York St." The station closed in 1959 after the CA&E ceased operations. The [[Illinois Prairie Path]] now runs over the former line.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of the IPP |url=https://ipp.org/history/ |website=Illinois Prairie Path |access-date=9 January 2024}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
{{Main|List of people from Elmhurst, Illinois}}

==References==
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{{Geographic location
 | Centre = Elmhurst
 | North = [[Bensenville, Illinois|Bensenville]]
 | Northeast = [[Northlake, Illinois|Northlake]]
 | East = [[Berkeley, Illinois|Berkeley]]
 | Southeast = [[Westchester, Illinois|Westchester]]
 | South = [[Oak Brook, Illinois|Oak Brook]]
 | Southwest =[[Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois|Oakbrook Terrace]]
 | West =[[Villa Park, Illinois|Villa Park]]
 | Northwest = [[Addison, Illinois|Addison]]
}}
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