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History of Naperville, Illinois:
Naperville Was Founded In 1831 By Joseph Naper. It Briefly Served As The DuPage County Seat, Before Nearby Wheaton, Illinois. A Predominantly Rural Community For Most Of Its Existence, Naperville Experienced A Population Explosion In The 1980s And 1990s Following The Construction Of The East-West (now Known As The Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway) And North-South Tollways. In The Past Two Decades, It Has Nearly Quadrupled In Size As Chicagoland's Urban Sprawl Brought Corporations, Jobs, And Wealth To The Area. Employers Contributing To This Population Explosion Include Bell Labs And Western Electric (both Now Owned By Lucent Technologies), Amoco Labs (now Owned By BP), Nalco Chemical, NiCor, And More Recently By Edward Hospital. Also, Fermilab And Argonne National Laboratory Are Nearby. Excellent Schools (including Two K-12 School Districts, North Central College, And Satellite Campuses For Northern Illinois University, Robert Morris College And DePaul University), A 30-minute Commute To The Chicago Loop Via An Express Train, And A Notably Picturesque Downtown Centered On The Riverwalk (a Promenade Along The West Branch Of The DuPage River) Have Made It One Of The Most Desirable Suburbs Of Chicago. In Tandem With Neighboring Aurora, It Is Often Cited As The Archetypal "edge City."
By 2005, A DuPage River Trail Will Be Opened For Pedestrians And Bicyclists, Stretching From Knoch Knolls Park (south Of The DuPage/Will County Line) To The Riverwalk In Downtown Naperville.
On April 26, 1946, Naperville Was The Site Of One Of The Worst Train Accidents In Chicagoland History. Two Chicago, Burlington And Quincy Railroad Trains, The Advance Flyer And The Exposition Flyer, Collided 'head To Tail' On A Single Track. The Accident Killed 45 And Injured More Than 100.
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