Wheaton, IL is a village in the state of Illinois located about 25 miles west of Chicago’s ‘loop’. As of the 2010 census 53,500 people lived within the city limits.
Wheaton was founded in a time period between 1831 and 1837 following the Indian Removal Act. The Wheaton brothers arrived from Connecticut, and in 1837, Warren claimed 640 acres of land in the center of town. His brother later claimed 300 acres of land just west of Warren’s. In 1848, they gave the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad three miles of right-of-way, upon which railroad officials named the depot Wheaton. The village was later incorporated as a city on April 24, 1890.
Today, Wheaton is home to over 30 schools, over 52 parks, and several noteable people (including Jim Belushi , actor;
John Belushi, actor; Wes Craven , horror film director; Bob Woodward, author and reporter with The Washington Post; and Milt Pappas, pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Atlanta Braves, and Chicago Cubs.
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