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Article: Villa Park still going on strong
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- August 28, 1988
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Affordable, convenient Villa Park is a bedroom community with
mostly single-family homes. Little land is left for development in
the Du Page County suburb of 22,500 people, and new housing is
scarce.
Villa Park got its start in 1914 when the subdivisions of Villa
and Ardmore Park decided to incorporate into one village. The
original population was 300.
The town grew as developers brought prospective buyers to the
community via the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Ry., which ran through the
village. Also spurring the town's growth was completion of the only
factory in the United States for the beverage mix Ovaltine. The
plant remained in operation until 1983.
Once known for its stately ...