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This county is adoptable.
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Contact: IlGenWeb State Coordinator

Our previous County Coordinator, Joe Markovich passed away June 2, 2023.

 
Early History of DuPage County
In the early days the Illiniwek, and later the Miami, Iroquois, Sak, Fox , Kickapoo and Pottawatomi Indians lived in this area, rich in fish, game and vegetation.  In 1673 Father Jacques Marquette and French explorer Louis Joliet came to the area, following the Illinois and DesPlaines rivers from the Mississippi. Trappers and traders came throughout the 1700s and early 1800s, the best known being a Frenchman by the name of DuPage.  In 1800 he settled where the east and west branches of the river join.  The first permanent settlement was made in the fall of 1830 and the spring of 1831.  Read more about the History of DuPage County  in excerpts from "A History of the County of Du Page, Illinois," 1857.

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Site Navigation
 
  •     Site navigation is through the tree on the left hand of the screen.
  •     The tree is arranged by topics and sub-topics, as in an outline.
  •     Sub-topics are accessible by clicking on any topic that has a "+" sign next to it.
  •     The graphic below shows the partial Historic Photos & Graphics (inactive) data topic in this website expanded by clicking on the "+" sign next to the Historic Photos & Graphics data topic. Note: Not all Historical Photos & Graphics are shown in the Historical Photos & Graphics below.
 
  •     There also is a Navigation Panel located in the center at the bottom of each page. The Navigation Panel enables the viewing of the first or last page of the DuPage site or to step thru the site one page at a time. The Navigation Panel (inactive) graphic is shown below.
 
 
 
The DuPage County website changed over to new coordinator and format and updated Wed Dec-07-2022 09:31
Copyright Information
Many thanks to the previous County Coordinator Pat Sabin for her hard work and dedication to the DuPage Couny web site from 1999 - 2016
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