Carol Stream, Illinois
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| Incorporated | Village in 1959. | |||||||||||||||
| County; State | DuPage; Illinois | |||||||||||||||
| Township | Bloomingdale, Milton, Wayne | |||||||||||||||
| Government | Council-manager | |||||||||||||||
| Mayor | Ross Ferraro | |||||||||||||||
| Population (2000) | 40,438 (up 27.50% from 1990) | |||||||||||||||
| Pop. density | 1,754.3/km² (4,545.8/mi²) | |||||||||||||||
| Zip code(s) | 60116, 60125, 60128, 60132, 60155, 60158, 60188, 60197 | |||||||||||||||
| Area code | 630 | |||||||||||||||
| Land area | 23.1 km² (8.9 mi²) | |||||||||||||||
| Income | Per capita: $25,152 Household: $64,893 |
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| Home value | Mean: $177,485 Median: $170,400 (2000) |
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| Website | www.carolstream.org | |||||||||||||||
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Carol Stream is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Incorporated on January 5, 1959, Carol Stream population was 40,438 as of the 2000 census.
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[edit] History
A veteran of the War of 1812, Anning S. Ransom, came to farm this area around 1840. He was followed in 1844 by Vermonter Daniel Kelley, who purchased 1,400 acres and settled at “Tall Trees” with his wife to raise Spanish Merino sheep. The Kelleys and their 11 children all became actively involved in Wheaton's political and business life. Daniel Kelley donated land for the Chicago & Great Western Railway, and the area around the railroad stop became known as Gretna after 1887. Gretna was settled by German farm families, largely Roman Catholics from Southern Germany.[1]
- 1952: A farm from the area is featured on NBC, which is the site for the first outdoor telecast by the network in 1954
- 1957: Jay Stream purchases land in the area to develop "Carol Stream Estates", named after his daughter (currently living in Arizona) who was recovering from a traffic accident at the time.
- 1959: The village of Carol Stream is founded by Stream, who envisions strong corporate growth in the area. First village board meeting on February 12th.
- 1991: Village is re-certified as Illinois certified city.
- 1992: The Carol Stream Post Office opens a regional processing center at Schmale and Fullerton. Most of the unincorporated areas around Carol Stream assume the ZIP code of the new post office, causing some consternation among those who are used to having an address associated with Wheaton.
- 2007: A microburst severely damages an apartment complex and other buildings at the intersection of North Avenue and Schmale Road, displacing hundreds of residents.
[edit] History
A common misapprehension is that the municipality of Carol Stream was named for a local minor waterway. (There are several in the community, the largest of which is Klein Creek.)
Rather, Carol Stream may be the only community in America which took its name from the first and last names of a living person: Carol Stream, the daughter of its founder Jay Stream. (Carol Stream was nearly named Jacqueline Stream, but her parents deferred to Carol when her due date fell near Christmas.) She never lived in her namesake community but moved from Wheaton, Illinois to Arizona in 1957 following the end of her parents' marriage.
Jay Stream had been a military veteran who later sold insurance, then ready-mix concrete, and then headed Durable Construction Company where he became frustrated with red tape while negotiating a planned 350-400 home subdivision in nearby Naperville, Illinois. When a Naperville clerk reportedly advised Stream to "build your own town", Stream began buying unincorporated farmland outside Wheaton.
As this was progressing, Carol, then 14, was nearly killed in an automobile accident in Kenosha County, Wisconsin (the Stream's summer home was located in Twin Lakes).
On August 27, 1957 Carol and three friends were returning from Racine, Wisconsin in a 1949 Studebaker. While attempting to cross US 41, the car was struck in the right rear corner, killing the passenger seated there. Carol was ejected through the windshield and into a utility pole. Neurosurgeons at Kenosha Memorial Hospital said the comatose girl might never awaken or, if she did, would likely be severely handicapped, and Jay decided to name the new community in her honor. When consciousness slowly returned and she became aware that the new village bore her full name, she thought it "odd and silly" at that moment (as she told a Chicago Tribune reporter in 1991). But she is often asked for autographs at her visits during anniversary celebrations of the municipality's 1959 incorporation.
[edit] Education
Part of the village is served by a Unit School District, the Elgin Area School District U46. It serves an area of some 90 square miles in Cook, DuPage and Kane Counties. Almost 40,000 children of school age are in its area. U-46 is second largest in Illinois.
It is also served by another Consolidated School District 93, a K-8 district, as well as the Glenbard Township High School District 87 (the third largest school district in Illinois), which includes Glenbard North, located in Carol Stream.
[edit] Transportation
Carol Stream has, by and large, six major roads running through the village. The most important of these is North Avenue, which runs relatively close to the center of Carol Stream and serves the majority of its industrial areas. Army Trail Road and Geneva Road are the other major east-west roads.
Gary Avenue is a major north-south road to the commercial center of Bloomingdale and the Stratford Square Mall. County Farm Road also serves as a major commercial route for residents. Schmale Road serves a small commercial area on the southeastern side of Carol Stream.
A feeder line from the nearby Illinois Central railroad serves the main industrial complex for Carol Stream.
[edit] Sister City
Carol Stream's sister city is Capri, Italy.
[edit] Geography
Carol Stream is located at (41.922000, -88.140755)GR1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 23.1 km² (8.9 mi²). 23.1 km² (8.9 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (0.34%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 40,438 people, 13,872 households, and 10,140 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,754.3/km² (4,545.8/mi²). There were 14,200 housing units at an average density of 616.0/km² (1,596.3/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 78.51% White, 4.24% African American, 0.18% Native American, 11.20% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.79% from other races, and 2.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.03% of the population.
There were 13,872 households out of which 45.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.7% were married couples living together, 9.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.9% were non-families. 21.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.91 and the average family size was 3.45.
In the village the population was spread out with 30.9% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 36.6% from 25 to 44, 17.6% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.0 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $64,893, and the median income for a family was $74,984. Males had a median income of $50,398 versus $31,757 for females. The per capita income for the village was $25,152. About 2.4% of families and 3.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and 6.3% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Village profile
- Carol Stream Public Library
- Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce
- Carol Stream Park District
- Carol Stream Historical Society
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- ^ http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/212.html Retrieved Sept. 24, 2006
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