Batavia is a suburb of Chicago. It was founded in 1833, and is the oldest city in Kane County, Illinois. A small portion of Batavia lies in DuPage County.
Population: 26,045
Latitude: 41° 51' 0.11" N
Longitude: -88° 18' 45.25" W
DeVry University is a division of DeVry Education Group, a for-profit higher education organization that is also the parent organization for Keller Graduate School of Management, Ross University, American University of the Caribbean, Carrington Coll…
Salvatore "Mooney Sam" Giancana (born Salvatore Giangana; June 15, 1908 – June 19, 1975), better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian American mobster and mob boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957–1966. Among his other nicknames were, "Momo", "Sam t…
Naperville is a suburb of Chicago, located in DuPage and Will counties in the State of Illinois. Naperville was voted the second-best place to live in the United States by Money magazine in 2006. It was rated 1st on the list of best cities for early…
Aurora is a city predominantly in Kane County, with sections in DuPage, Kendall, and Will counties. It is located in the outer region of Greater Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the second most populous city in the state, and the 114th m…
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located just outside Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle physics. Since 2007, Fermilab has been operated …
Wheaton College is a private American four-year Christian liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago.
Argonne National Laboratory is a science and engineering research national laboratory located near Lemont, IL, outside Chicago. It is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest.
Area codes 630 and 331 are area codes, under the North American Numbering Plan in the United States, that cover portions of Chicago's near and far western suburbs, including the majority of DuPage County, Illinois. To the northwest, the area codes a…
Schaumburg /ˈʃɔːmbərɡ/ is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois, United States. The city is a northwestern suburb of Chicago and is part of the Golden Corridor. Schaumburg is located roughly 28 miles (45 km) northwest of the Chicago…
Elgin /ˈɛldʒɨn/ is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. Located roughly 35 mi (56 km) northwest of Chicago, it lies along the Fox River.
Oak Brook is a village in DuPage County in Illinois. The population was 7,883 at the 2010 census. A suburb of Chicago, it is one of the wealthiest municipalities in the United States.
Lisle is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 21,182 at the 2000 census, and as per City Data in 2012 22,687. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area and the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor.
Downers Grove is a village in Downers Grove, Lisle, and York Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
Wheaton is an affluent city in Milton and Winfield Townships and is the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago and Lake Michigan.
College of DuPage is a two-year community college in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. The college owns and operates facilities in the Illinois communities of Addison, Carol Stream, Naperville and Westmont. The college serves students residing in Illinois' Comm…
The Tevatron is a circular particle accelerator in the United States, at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (also known as Fermilab), just east of Batavia, Illinois, and holds the title of the second highest energy particle collider in the wo…
Hamburger University is a 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) training facility of McDonald's Corporation, located in Oak Brook, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. This corporate university was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's i…
Benet Academy (/ˈbɛnɛt/ BEN-et; often shortened to Benet) is a co-educational, college-preparatory, Benedictine high school in Lisle, Illinois, United States, overseen by the Diocese of Joliet. Founded in 1887, the school was initially established i…