Carol Stream, Illinois Carol Stream Village of Carol Stream Stark Farm Historic Farmhouse in Carol Stream Stark Farm Historic Farmhouse in Carol Stream Carol Stream is a village in Du - Page County, Illinois, United States.
Incorporated on January 5, 1959, and titled after the developer's daughter, Carol Stream had a populace of 39,711 as of the 2010 U.S.
In 2011 CNN's Money Magazine ranked Carol Stream 49th on its list of 100 best places to live in the United States.
A common misconception is that the municipality of Carol Stream was titled for a small-town minor waterway.
In fact, Carol Stream is one of the several communities in America which took its name from the first and last names of a living person: Carol Stream, the daughter of its founder Jay Stream.
A Naperville clerk reportedly advised Stream to "build your own town", and in 1957, Stream began buying unincorporated farmland outside Wheaton.
Carol Stream was titled Jacqueline Stream, but her parents changed her name to Carol when her due date fell near Christmas.
One of the town's two middle schools, Jay Stream Middle School is titled after the founder, Jay Stream, who died on January 22, 2006.
1959: The village of Carol Stream is established by Jay Stream, who envisions strong corporate expansion in the area.
1962: The Carol Stream Public Library opens at 397 Blackhawk Drive.
1966: The Carol Stream News (a paper) is founded.
1966: Nina Jo Schmale of Carol Stream is one of the 8 student nurses killed by Richard Speck.
1972: The Carol Stream Fire Protection District is formed 1976: As part of the United States Bicentennial celebrations, Carol Stream opens Gretna Station Museum with a July 4 dedication.
1984: The Carol Stream Association of Business and Industry is formed.
1987: Ross Ferraro is propel Mayor of Carol Stream.
Mark Bodane Appointed Fire Chief of the Carol Stream Fire District.
1992: The Carol Stream Post Office opens a county-wide refining center at Schmale and Fullerton.
Most of the unincorporated areas around Carol Stream assume the ZIP code of the new postal service, causing some consternation among those who are used to having an address associated with Wheaton.
1992: The Carol Stream Chamber of Commerce is incorporated.
2006: Founder of Carol Stream, Jay Stream, dies January 22 Mark Bodane retires as Fire Chief of Carol Stream Fire District.
2009: Carol Stream jubilates its 50th anniversary.
2011: Carol Stream ranked #49 on CNN Money Magazine's top places to live in the US and #1 in the state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, Carol Stream has a total region of 9.416 square miles (24.39 km2), of which 9.09 square miles (23.54 km2) (or 96.54%) is territory and 0.326 square miles (0.84 km2) (or 3.46%) is water. The Christian publishers Tyndale House and Christianity Today International are based in Carol Stream.
Carol Stream is administered by a body known as the Legislative Board, which is composed of seven propel officials: a mayor and six trustees. Frank Saverno is the current mayor; his term of office runs from May 1, 2011 to April 30, 2015. The village clerk is also an propel position.
Operated by the Carol Stream Park District, Red Hawk Park is positioned at St.
Most students in Carol Stream attend school in the Consolidated School District 93, a K 8 district.
The District 93 schools in Carol Stream are: Carol Stream School, Cloverdale School, Elsie Johnson School, Heritage Lakes, Western Trails, Roy De - Shane, Stratford Middle School and Jay Stream Middle School.
They are served by Glenbard Township High School District 87 (the third-largest school precinct in Illinois), which includes Glenbard North, positioned in Carol Stream.
Part of the village is served by a unit school district, the Elgin Area School District U46.
Spring Trail Elementary in Carol Stream serves in-district students for grades K-6.
Evergreen Elementary School is positioned in Carol Stream while Benjamin Middle School is close-by in unincorporated West Chicago.
Carol Stream has six primary roads running through the village.
The most meaningful of these is North Avenue, which runs mostly close to the center of Carol Stream and serves the majority of its industrialized areas.
Schmale Road serves a small commercial region on the southeastern side of Carol Stream.
A feeder line from the close-by Illinois Central Railroad serves the chief industrial complex for Carol Stream.
The old Gretna Railway Station had been retitled Carol Stream in 1962, the station manager of four years at the time, Frank S.
Shilling, said he never found out why the station was titled Gretna. The initial building was preserved and moved to the Carol Stream Park District, where it serves as a exhibition and a home for the Carol Stream Historical Society.
"Village of Carol Stream" (PDF).
"Meet Carol Stream She's fine, and so's her namesake village".
"Best Places to Live 2011 Top 100: Town details: Carol Stream, IL from MONEY Magazine".
Village of Carol Stream CAFR Archived January 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
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