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

↑ Callary, Edward (2009). Place Names of Illinois. University of Illinois.
↑ Village of Bartlett (2006). "Bartlett, Illinois: Bartlett History". Retrieved 2006-12-13.

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‡ Glen Ellyn Glendale Heights Hanover Park‡ Hinsdale‡ Itasca Lemont‡ Lisle Lombard Oak Brook‡ Roselle‡ Schaumburg‡ Villa Park Wayne‡ Westmont Willow Springs‡ Willowbrook Winfield Woodridge‡

Townships	Addison Bloomingdale Downers Grove Lisle Milton Naperville Wayne Winfield York

Unincorporated communities	Belmont Cloverdale Eola Flowerfield Fullersburg Keeneyville Lakewood Mammoth Springs Medinah Munger North Glen Ellyn Ontarioville Palisades South Addison South Elmhurst Swift York Center

Ghost towns	Tedens 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

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