West Chicago, Illinois
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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 B. 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.
A railroad crossing at West Chicago.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 6791, along Route 59 in West Chicago.
The Metra station
DuPage County, Illinois
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DuPage County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat is Wheaton.
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Image: Restored tallgrass prairie in Du Page County, Illinois
The First Church of Lombard is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Aerial view of the Tevatron particle accelerator at the Fermilab site