Roselle, Illinois Roselle, Illinois Village of Roselle Official seal of Roselle, Illinois Location in Du - Page County and the state of Illinois.
Location in Du - Page County and the state of Illinois.
Roselle is a village in Du - Page County and Cook counties in northeastern Illinois, United States.
As of the 2010 census, the village's populace was 22,763. Roselle is a suburb of Chicago and is part of the Chicago urbane area.
The region surrounding the current village of Roselle began to be settled in the early 1830s, as pioneer moved in next to the native Potawatomi citizens .
In 1837, Deacon Elijah Hough and his wife settled in the Bloomingdale area, with his sons Oramel, Rosell and daughter Cornelia.
In 1868, at the age of 48, Rosell Hough returned from a longterm position as an alderman and a businessman in Chicago, and saw that the region had turn into a farming center for corn and flax.
He opened the Illinois Linen Company on the northwest corner off of what is now Roselle Road and Irving Park Road.
It is rumored that because of his position, he spent some cash to alter a territory survey to show that a barns line should run through Roselle, Itasca and Wood Dale freshwater Addison and Bloomingdale.
The train schedule misprinted the name of the town on the rail line, giving Roselle its current name. According to the 2010 census, the village has a total region of 5.48 square miles (14.2 km2), of which 5.41 square miles (14.0 km2) (or 98.72%) is territory and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2) (or 1.28%) is water. Two notable hydrological features are Goose Lake and Spring Creek, a tributary to the East Branch of the Du - Page River.
Roselle is roughly bounded by Nerge Road to the north, unincorporated Medinah to the east, Lake Street to the south and Gary Avenue to the west.
The chief arterial roads of Irving Park Road and Roselle Road run east-west and north-south, in the order given, through the central commercial region of Roselle.
The North Central Du - Page Regional Trail runs through far southeastern portions of Roselle.
Roselle has a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West Line, which provides daily rail service between Elgin and Chicago Union Station.
In the village, the age distribution of the populace shows 25.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 33.5% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 8.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
Route 20), the second is in the center of the village near the historical center of Park Street and Irving Park Road (Illinois Route 19).
Portions of Roselle are served by Keeneyville School District 20, whose Waterbury Elementary school is positioned in Roselle.
Parts of easterly Roselle are served by Medinah School District 11, whose middle school is positioned in the village.
Parts of northern Roselle fall inside Schaumburg School Districts 54 and southern inside Bloomingdale School District 13.
Non-public elementary schools in Roselle include St.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Roselle village, Illinois".
Roselle Historical Foundation (2004).
Roselle Historical Museum (2004).
"Village of Roselle, Illinois Historical Overview".
Village of Roselle official website Municipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois, United States Municipalities and communities of Du - Page County, Illinois, United States
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Roselle, Illinois - Villages in Cook County, Illinois - Villages in Du - Page County, Illinois - Villages in Illinois - Chicago urbane region - Populated places established in 1922 - 1922 establishments in Illinois
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