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Naperville, DuPage County

Well-Known Places in Naperville

Naperville Riverwalk, Naper Settlement, Centennial Beach.

Naperville Business Districts

• Downtown Naperville
• Naperville Crossings
• Freedom Drive corporate corridor
• Iroquois Center area

Major Employers in Naperville

Edward Hospital (Edward-Elmhurst Health), Nokia (Naperville campus), BP / Amoco research campus, North Central College, Naperville Community Unit School District 203, Indian Prairie School District 204.

About Naperville, DuPage County

Naperville is an affluent Chicago suburb straddling DuPage and Will counties, founded on the DuPage River in 1831 and now one of Illinois's largest cities. Repeatedly ranked among the safest U.S. cities and best places to live, it pairs a historic downtown and scenic Riverwalk with a high-technology corporate corridor along Interstate 88 and highly rated schools and libraries.

History of Naperville

• Joseph Naper founded Naperville along the DuPage River in 1831; by 1832 about 180 residents had built sawmills, gristmills, stores, and the Pre-Emption House hotel.
• Naperville became the county seat when DuPage County was formally established in 1839.
• In an 1857 state-authorized election, the DuPage County seat was moved from Naperville to the more centrally located Wheaton.

Landmarks and Places in Naperville

• The Naperville Riverwalk, with covered bridges, fountains, and paths along the DuPage River
• Moser Tower and the Millennium Carillon, a 160-foot tower reached by 253 steps housing one of the world's larger carillons
• Centennial Beach, a former limestone quarry converted into a spring-fed swimming hole holding about 6.2 million gallons and reaching 15 feet deep (developed in the 1930s with WPA help)

The Naperville Economy

• The early economy was agricultural (wheat and barley) alongside stone quarries that supplied building material to Chicago, especially after the 1871 fire; Kroehler Manufacturing (furniture) became the largest early employer.
• From the late 1950s onward, major research and technology institutions rose in or near the city, including Argonne National Laboratory, Fermilab, the Amoco Research Center, and AT&T Bell Labs; the Bell Labs Naperville-Lisle campus held roughly 11,000 employees before 2001.
• Today Naperville is a center for high-technology industry, research, and corporate offices along the Interstate 88 corridor, within one of Illinois's wealthiest counties.

Community Life in Naperville

• Naperville Ribfest, long held at Knoch Park around the July 4th holiday, is a nationally noted barbecue festival.
• The Last Fling, over Labor Day weekend, brings live music and a downtown parade.
• North Central College, a liberal-arts college, anchors the downtown.

Local reference: www.napersettlement.org, en.wikipedia.org, en.wikipedia.org