Downers Grove is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1832 by Pierce Downer, whose surname serves as the eponym for the village. Per the 2020 census, the population of the village was 50,247. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago located between I-88 and I-55.
Main Street
The Lyman Home (1839) in Downers Grove was a former stop on the Underground railroad
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