Oak Brook, Illinois Oak Brook, Illinois Village of Oak Brook On the grounds of the Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook Oak Brook is an well-to-do village in Du - Page County with a small portion in Cook County in Illinois.
The populace was 7,883 at the 2010 census. A suburb of Chicago, Oak Brook serves as home to the command posts of a several notable companies and organizations including Mc - Donald's (now moving to Chicago), Ace Hardware, Blistex, Federal Signal, Center - Point Properties, Sanford L.P., Tree - House Foods, and Lions Clubs International.
Further information: Butler School (Oak Brook, Illinois) Oak Brook was originally known as Fullersburg, titled after Ben Fuller, an early settler. Oak Brook was incorporated as a village in 1958, due in large part to the accomplishments of Paul Butler, a prominent civic prestige and landowner whose father had first moved to the vicinity in 1898 and opened a dairy farm shortly after that.
Prior to incorporation, the name Oak Brook was used by small-town inhabitants to distinguish their improve from neighboring Hinsdale and Elmhurst, going back to the beginning of the Oak Brook Civic Association almost two decades earlier. The initial boundaries were lesser than the present extent of the village, but a considerable amount of territory was took in soon after the beginning of the village, including the territory that is now the site of the Oakbrook Center shopping mall, which opened in 1962.
Paul Butler's interest in sport was reflected in the Oak Brook Sports Core, which features polo fields, a golf course (which was at one time the venue for the Western Open), swimming and tennis facilities, and other recreational facilities not generally found in a village of this size. The Oak Brook Historical Society was established in 1975 to serve as a improve promote for the historic preservation of the village and to be a resource for research and preservation of its history.
Their current goal is to restore the Old Butler School, which will serve the improve as the Oak Brook Heritage Center, directed by the Oak Brook Historical Society.
The Heritage Center will furnish multigenerational programming, exhibits of the tradition and history of Oak Brook, a research library, and small group meeting space.
Oak Brook is positioned at 41 50 24 N 87 57 11 W (41.84018, 87.953079). According to the 2010 census, Oak Brook has a total region of 8.279 square miles (21.44 km2), of which 7.95 square miles (20.59 km2) (or 96.03%) is territory and 0.329 square miles (0.85 km2) (or 3.97%) is water. Oak Brook is positioned about 19 miles (31 km) west of the Chicago Loop (downtown Chicago) and is served by a network of primary federal, state, and county roads, including the Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 294), the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway (Interstate 88), and the Eisenhower Expressway (Interstate 290).
Although Oak Brook is not directly served by any CTA or Metra trains, the commercial corridor along 22nd Street is served by a several Pace bus routes, and train stations in neighboring villages offer commuter train access to downtown Chicago.
Most of Oak Brook consists of residentiary subdivisions, with the exception of the Oakbrook Center shopping mall and other retail and office properties along 22nd Street and the Interstate 88 corridor in the northern part of the village.
As of the census of 2010, there were 7,883 citizens , 2,939 homeholds, and 2,363 families residing in the village.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 17.8% under the age of 18, 5.7% from 18 to 24, 13.8% from 25 to 44, 33.6% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
In 2011, 23.2% of Oak Brook's inhabitants were Asian, making it the Chicago suburb with the second highest percentage of Asians. Village Government: president, village clerk, six trustees, and village manager Oak Brook has its own school district, District 53, which includes Brook Forest Elementary School (grades K-5) and Butler Junior High School (grades 6 8).
Students that live inside the precinct attend Hinsdale Central High School, District 86.
However, some inhabitants of the village are inside other Du - Page county school districts and attend schools in Elmhurst, Downers Grove or Villa Park.
Brook Forest Elementary School (Butler District 53) Hinsdale Community Consolidated School District No.
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While many Oak Brook inhabitants commute to jobs scattered throughout the Chicago urbane area, Oak Brook is also the home of many corporate offices.
The world command posts of Mc - Donald's Corporation is in Oak Brook.
Mc - Donald's moved into the Oak Brook facility from an office inside the Chicago Loop in 1971. Other corporations include Ace Hardware, Blistex, Crowe Horwath, Tree - House Foods, Federal Signal, Sanford, Center - Point Properties, Dantech Information Technology, and Follett Higher Education Group. Global non-profit organizations such as Lions Clubs International, Zonta International and Institute in Basic Life Principles are also based in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Taj Tarsha, acclaimed thespian and auteur, listed in Out Magazine's 50 Greatest Thespian/Auteurs Issue. His most notable work, To Play A Play was penned while Tarsha resided in Oak Brook.
Frank Thomas, first baseman with a several Major League Baseball teams; lived in Oak Brook (1996 2003) In the medical drama series ER, John Carter's parents are said to live in Oak Brook, referencing it as a rich area.
The show filmed a funeral scene in Oak Brook's Bronswood cemetery in its 267th episode, "Twenty-One Guns". In a prominent ad campaign by Hanes, Michael Jordan is asked by an irreverent yet likable "everyman" to join him at a conference in Oak Brook, Illinois, explaining to Jordan that, "...it would mean a lot to the citizens of Oak Brook." a b c d e "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Oak Brook village, Illinois".
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"History of Du - Page County : Oak Brook".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Selected Economic Characteristics: 2007-2011 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (DP03): Oak Brook village, Illinois".
"Village of Oak Brook CAFR" (PDF).
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