Ontarioville, Illinois

Ontarioville is a small neighborhood within the village of Hanover Park, Illinois.

It lies just south of U.S. Route 20 (Lake Street), at the intersection of County Farm Road and Ontarioville Road. The Hanover Park Metra station is located along the Milwaukee District/West Line tracks that immediately parallel Ontarioville Road.

History

In the early 1870s, brothers Edwin and Luther Bartlett each established stations named "Bartlett" along the Chicago and Pacific Railroad line. Luther's station kept the name Bartlett, but to avoid confusion, Edwin renamed his station "Ontario" in 1873, after a legend that the site was built on an old Indian trail between Lake Ontario and Green Bay, Wisconsin.

A post office was established in Ontarioville in 1873.^[1]

Ontarioville was eventually incorporated into the surrounding village of Hanover Park.^[2]

References

Municipalities and communities of DuPage County, Illinois, United States County seat: Wheaton Cities Aurora‡ Batavia‡ Chicago‡ Darien Elmhurst‡ Naperville‡ Oakbrook Terrace St. Charles‡ Warrenville West Chicago Wheaton Wood Dale Villages Addison Bartlett‡ Bensenville‡ Bloomingdale Bolingbrook‡ Burr Ridge‡ Carol Stream Clarendon Hills Downers Grove Elk Grove Village‡ Glendale Heights Glen Ellyn Hanover Park‡ Hinsdale‡ Itasca Lemont‡ Lisle Lombard Oak Brook‡ Roselle‡ Schaumburg‡ Villa Park Wayne‡ Westmont Willowbrook Willow Springs‡ Winfield Woodridge‡ Townships Addison Bloomingdale Downers Grove Lisle Milton Naperville Wayne Winfield York Unincorporated communities Cloverdale Eola Flowerfield Keeneyville Lakewood Medinah Palisades York Center Ghost town Weston Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 41°59′15″N 88°09′00″W / 41.98750°N 88.15000°W / 41.98750; -88.15000