Warrenville is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,195 at the 2024 special census. Warrenville is a far west suburb of Chicago on the DuPage River. It is part of the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor, and is just north of I-88.
History
Warrenville was founded in 1833 when Julius Warren and his family moved west from New York to seek a fresh start from a failing gristmill and distillery. Daniel Warren, Julius' father, claimed land at what is now McDowell Woods and Julius claimed land at what is now the Warrenville Grove Forest Preserve. The first major establishment, an inn and tavern, was built in 1838 by Julius Warren himself, as the family was skilled in timber and grain. The inn still stands today and was renovated in 2002.
The town quickly blossomed with two mills and a plank road connecting it with Naperville and Winfield, on which Julius operated a stagecoach line. The town failed at its bid to have the railroad come through the town.
Neighborhoods
There is an "old neighborhood", south, with mixed housing styles near Galusha Avenue. There is a Forest Preserve neighborhood, east, with wooded-lot expensive multi-acre homes close to Cantigny War Museum, Cantigny Golf Course, and Mckee Marsh. In the mid-1970s two large subdivisions were developed in the west, next to Fermilab, a scientific research center where the world's largest superconducting particle accelerator ring was located. The subdivisions are called Summerlakes and Fox Hollow. Other notable subdivisions of Warrenville include Warrenville Lakes, Timber Creek, Saddle Ridge, Thornwilde, Edgebrook, River Oaks, and Maple Hill.
Cantera
Cantera was built from a TIF district on the former grounds limestone quarry. Located on the district is a 30-screen movie theater, family entertainment center, several restaurants, a big box retail store, three hotels, three banks, a fitness club, numerous corporate offices, and two residential complexes. Major companies that have office space and research facilities at Cantera include: BP America, the corporate office for EN Engineering, the corporate headquarters for Symbria, and a corporate office for Exelon Nuclear. Also, the headquarters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 701 of DuPage County is in Cantera.
Downtown
Downtown Warrenville is located at the intersection of Butterfield Road and Batavia Road. The addition of another TIF district, a new police station was built in 1998, a new City Hall in 2001, a new Public Works Building in 2002, and additions were made to the library in 2003/2017.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Warrenville city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!
!% 2000
!% 2010
!
|-
|White alone (NH)
|11,106
|9,176
|style='background: #ffffe6; |8,648
|83.11%
|69.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |63.81%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|304
|501
|style='background: #ffffe6; |386
|2.27%
|3.81%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2.85%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|17
|22
|style='background: #ffffe6; |18
|0.13%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.13%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|458
|482
|style='background: #ffffe6; |676
|3.43%
|3.67%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |4.99%
|-
|Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|5
|3
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3
|0.04%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|9
|22
|style='background: #ffffe6; |40
|0.07%
|0.17%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.30%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|115
|182
|style='background: #ffffe6; |536
|0.86%
|1.39%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.95%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|1,349
|2,752
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3,246
|10.10%
|20.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.95%
|-
|Total
|13,363
|13,140
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13,553
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Warrenville had a population of 13,553. The median age was 38.2 years. 23.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.9% were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females, there were 96.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.5 males.
99.2% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.8% lived in rural areas.
There were 5,149 households, of which 32.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 53.1% were married-couple households, 15.1% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 24.6% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. the top ten non-city employers in the city are:
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
|1
|EN Engineering LLC
|1,000
|-
|2
|LSC Communications
|650
|-
|3
|Liberty Mutual
|600
|-
|4
|Associated Integrated Supply Chain Solutions
|400
|-
|5
|Edward Hospital
|390
|-
|6
|RR Donnelley
|355
|-
|7
|A&H Management Group
|270
|-
|8
|The Pride Stores
|250
|-
|8
|Target
|250
|-
|10
|Life Time Fitness
|245
|-
|}
Government
Warrenville is also home to the Illinois Youth Center, a correctional facility for female juvenile offenders.
Education
Warrenville is a part of Community Unit School District 200, and shares 20 schools with Wheaton. Residents of Warrenville attend Bower or Johnson elementary school, Hubble Middle School, and Wheaton Warrenville South High School. Wheaton Warrenville South High School is located in Wheaton. Until 2009, Hubble was also located in Wheaton; however, in time for the 2009–2010 school year, a new Hubble was opened in Warrenville, and the new building is one of a very few schools to meet the LEED certification standards for energy-efficient design. Some children from all over Chicagoland attend Four Winds Waldorf School, a private PreK-8 school in Warrenville.
Library
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In the 1950s, the library was housed in in the Community Building and was essentially a volunteer library filled with donated materials. Ten years later, the library closed due to a lack of volunteers and funding. The Warrenville Public Library District was formed by a referendum held in February 1979 with the citizens approving a 15-cent rate for library services. In 1986, voters approved another 15-cent tax rate increase to build and operate a facility on Stafford Place. In September 2003, a large addition and renovation project which tripled the size of the facility was completed. The building was made possible by the City of Warrenville TIF funds. The Warrenville Public Library District is a member of the DuPage Library System.
Notable people
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- Adam Emory Albright, figure-in-landscape painter
- Ivan Albright, magic realist painter
- Dustin Byfuglien, Right Wing/Defense for Winnipeg Jets of NHL, won Stanley Cup in 2010 with the Chicago Blackhawks
- Brooks McCormick (1917–2006) chief executive officer of International Harvester, philanthropist and equestrian
- Chauncey McCormick (1884–1954) art collector and father of Brooks McCormick
- Tony Moeaki, Tight End for The Chicago Bears
- Miles J. Stanford, Christian author
- Jack Steadman, former president and general manager of the Kansas City Chiefs
- John Maynard Woodworth, first Surgeon General of the United States
References
External links
- Warrenville Home Page
- Warrenville Library Home Page
- Julius M. Warren Biography