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63-607: Adams Memorial Library was the first public library in Wheaton , Illinois ; along with a library in Downers Grove , it was one of the first two libraries in the county. Funds for its completions were donated by John Quincey Adams, a real estate investor and miller. Adams was born in Hopkinton , Massachusetts and moved to Chicago in 1851. He was the fourth cousin, twice removed of President John Quincy Adams . He co-founded

126-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

189-549: A sister city of Karlskoga , Sweden, since 1973. Karlskoga Street in Wheaton is named after the Swedish city. In February 1990, Wheaton also became sister cities with Wheaton Aston , Staffordshire, England. County seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government , or capital city of a county or civil parish . The term is in use in five countries: Canada , China , Hungary , Romania , and

252-612: A Christmas, Wheaton Wedding Walk and Wheaton's Wine & Cultural Arts Festival. Downtown Wheaton is also home to perhaps one of the narrowest stores in the Chicago area. The Little Popcorn Store on Front Street was formerly an alley between two buildings, and features the exposed brick walls of its neighbors. The store has been around since the 1920s and sells candy for as little as 1¢ apiece, and fresh popcorn. Other shopping districts in Wheaton include Danada Square West, and Danada Square East, named after Dan and Ada Rice , located on

315-659: A band of Civil War veterans from Wheaton to conduct what came to be known as the "Midnight Raid" on the Naperville courthouse. As Wheatonites fled back on Wheaton-Naperville Road, Napervillians were able to secure some of the last remaining records, which were then taken to the Cook County Recorder in Chicago for safekeeping. During this time, Naperville was mounting a lawsuit against Wheaton accusing election judges of leaving their posts for lunch during

378-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

441-407: A fireplace. The lecture room is decorated with oak wainscoting. The library room, one of the three southeast rooms, also originally had a fireplace. The second floor was a 500-seat auditorium with a gallery. A room on the southeast of the floor was used as a dressing room, though it was later removed to build a fire escape and kitchen. The staircase leads up to a third floor, which originally overlooked

504-589: A hero from United Airlines Flight 93 , and two other Wheaton alumni who died in the September 11 attacks . The Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology is also located in Wheaton, and is home to the School of Applied Technology and offers technology-oriented education and training for working professionals. Several of the private schools in Wheaton are located near

567-647: A major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of a total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan,

630-567: A median family income of $ 113,517, and a median home price of $ 328,866, based on 2009 figures. According to the City of Wheaton's 2022 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were: Wheaton boasts a vibrant downtown with many restaurants, shops and services. The Downtown Wheaton Association hosts many events throughout the year to promote local businesses, including The French Market, The Chili Cookoff, Vintage Rides, Boo-palooza (Downtown Wheaton Trick-or-Treat), A Dickens of

693-413: A new 57-acre (23 ha) complex at the corner of County Farm Road and Manchester Road. It was built at a cost of $ 52,500,000 and includes a 300,000-square-foot (30,000 m ) judicial building. In 1992, the county sued the architect and contractor for $ 4 million after several employees became ill from the ventilation system. In the end, however, the county received only $ 120,000 for minor repairs and

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756-727: A staple of the city since its founding in the mid-1800s. Metra has two stops along the line in Wheaton, one at College Avenue serving Wheaton College, and another at West Street in the heart of the commercial district . It passes under a bridge just west of downtown, and over County Farm Road, just north of the DuPage County Government Complex. Wheaton was also served by the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad with passenger and freight service from 1902 to 1959. The CA&E right-of-way now constitutes

819-432: A vote of 1,686 to 1,635. At a cost of $ 20,000, the City of Wheaton quickly built a courthouse to house a courtroom , county offices, and a county jail . The building was dedicated on July 4, 1868. However, animosity between the two towns continued, and in 1868, as records were moved from the old Naperville courthouse to the new courthouse in Wheaton, Naperville refused to turn over the remaining county records, prompting

882-412: Is a rehabilitation hospital located in a small unincorporated enclave on the west side of Wheaton on Roosevelt Road . It has been operated by Northwestern Medicine , since 2016. Marianjoy is a nonprofit hospital dedicated to the delivery of physical medicine and rehabilitation , with 127 beds. Wheaton has forty-five churches located within city limits and an additional thirty places of worship in

945-491: Is also home to the historic Grand Theater , built in 1925. In recent years, the theater and volunteers undertook a restoration to its original state, complete with a lighted dome ceiling dotted with stars, and a newly painted floor. It celebrated its grand reopening on May 11, 2002, and on August 25, 2005, the theater was placed on the National Register of Historic Places . There was a sense of growing pessimism that

1008-467: Is capped with a decorative urn. The north facade features a turreted stair tower on the east side. It also has a double doorway, the main entrance, and a bay window on the west side of the first floor. The entrance is arched with a Bedford stone egg-and-dart voussoir . An inner arch is ornamented with a leaf design. The south facade has a bay window that looks out onto a small courtyard. The interior features oak floors and plaster ceilings. The first floor

1071-483: Is characterized by rough-hewn stone blocks, emphasized horizontal lines, wide rounded arches, and intricate ornamentation. The work is nearly identical to a library that Frost designed in Morgan Park, Chicago the previous year. Each facade has a tall stone gable with pinnacles on either side near the base. Gable eaves have dentil moldings carved into a leaf motif. Each gable has an arched window. The north gable

1134-422: Is dominated by a main hall with an oak staircase on the west wall. The main reading room is on the northwest corner, the ladies' reading room is on the southwest, a lecture hall is on the northeast, and three rooms are on the southeast. The main hall features marble wainscoting . The main reading room has a carved panel ceiling and a fireplace; this room features the north bay window. The ladies reading room also has

1197-409: Is frequently ranked as one of the top ten libraries in the nation compared to other libraries serving similarly sized populations. In 2006, a three-story addition was added, followed by significant renovations which were completed in 2007, to bring the square footage up from 74,000 to 124,000. The annual public library budget in 2018 was $ 4.084 million. As of 2019 , the total circulation was 1,013,326,

1260-409: Is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in the county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of

1323-553: Is located both in Illinois's 3rd congressional district , which is held by Democrat Delia Ramirez , and Illinois's 6th congressional district , which is held by Democrat Sean Casten . Wheaton College is located just east of downtown Wheaton. Sometimes referred to as "The Harvard of Evangelical schools", Wheaton College is known for being an interdenominational destination school for devout Christian students seeking an elite liberal arts education. Wheaton's campus features

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1386-550: The 2020 census , there were 53,970 people, 19,218 households, and 13,122 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,699.17 inhabitants per square mile (1,814.36/km ). There were 20,885 housing units at an average density of 1,818.46 units per square mile (702.11 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 79.01% White , 4.27% African American , 0.16% Native American , 7.50% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 2.24% from other races , and 6.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.49% of

1449-530: The Billy Graham Center , named for the college's most famous alumnus, which contains a museum dedicated to both the history of American evangelism and the international ministry of Billy Graham . It features conceptual exhibits intended to convey Christian ideas. Wheaton College is also home to the Todd M. Beamer Student Center, which was dedicated on October 1, 2004, to the memory of Todd Beamer ,

1512-477: The Chicago Board of Trade and became a prominent Chicago citizen. Adams moved to Wheaton following the death of his wife, Marilla Phipps Adams, for whom the library was named. Charles Sumner Frost , who had recently designed the Chicago and North Western railroad station in Wheaton, was selected as the architect . It was one of Frost's first commission after he split with partner Henry Ives Cobb . Ground

1575-645: The Illinois Prairie Path , one of the first rail trails . Carlton Avenue, UP Railroad, West Street, and Childs Street are the borders of the former site of the CA&;E's headquarters and storage and maintenance facilities. Pace provides bus service on multiple routes connecting Wheaton to Forest Park, Naperville, and other destinations. Established in 1972 by the Wheaton Franciscan Sisters , Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital

1638-610: The Illinois state legislature authorized an election to be held to decide the question of whether the DuPage county seat should remain in Naperville or be moved to the more centrally located Wheaton, which was on the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad . Naperville won the election by a vote of 1,542 to 762. Hostility between the two towns continued for the next decade and another election was held in 1867, in which Wheaton narrowly won by

1701-614: The Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary , which moved into its new home in June 1946. On March 18, 2002, St. Michael Catholic Church in downtown Wheaton was destroyed by arson by a Wheaton resident and parishioner, Adam Palinski, now serving 39 years in prison. He lost his appeal, but still maintains his innocence. The church has since been rebuilt at a cost of $ 13 million, and reopened on March 18, 2006. Wheaton has been

1764-564: The Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of the United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government

1827-797: The Roosevelt Road and Geneva Road corridors. Wheaton is home to the DuPage County Fairgrounds. Organized in 1954, the DuPage County Fair Association hosts the annual DuPage County Fair in late July. The fair annually attracts major entertainers, such as Ashlee Simpson , Plain White T's (2007), Travis Tritt , Jesse McCartney , Jars of Clay , Corbin Bleu (2008), The Academy Is... , The Original Wailers (2009), and Danny Gokey (2010). Wheaton

1890-466: The United States . An equivalent term, shire town , is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions, such as Venezuela . In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia

1953-510: The 2020 census, Wheaton's population was 53,970, making it the 27th-most populous municipality in the state. The city dates its founding to the period between 1831 and 1837, following the Indian Removal Act , when Erastus Gary laid claim to 790 acres (320 ha) of land near present-day Warrenville . The Wheaton brothers arrived from Connecticut, and in 1837, Warren L. Wheaton laid claim to 640 acres (260 ha) of land in

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2016-633: The Adams Memorial building in 1965 and transferred ownership to the county. It re-opened as the DuPage County Historical Museum in 1967. On June 4, 1981, it was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places . The museum seeks to "educate the general public through the collection, preservation, interpretation, and exhibition of materials which document

2079-517: The Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when the Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of the imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it

2142-667: The School Board receiving the fifth consecutive Governance Award in 2020, from the Illinois Association of School Boards. A few families in the northeast corner of Wheaton reside in Glen Ellyn School District 41, and one elementary school that is located in the southeastern part of Wheaton, Briar Glen Elementary School, is part of Community Consolidated School District 89 . The Union Pacific West Line runs through downtown Wheaton and has been

2205-947: The United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated, is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

2268-643: The auditorium. In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, DuPage County Historical Museum was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the American Institute of Architects Illinois component (AIA Illinois). Wheaton, Illinois Wheaton is a city in and the county seat of DuPage County, Illinois , United States. It is located in Milton and Winfield Townships , approximately 25 miles (40 km) west of Chicago . As of

2331-459: The building, intending to reopen it soon. Since then he has been repairing the property and leading the effort to remove temporary structures within the theater. He has worked closely with an architect and the city staff as the effort progresses. According to the Daily Herald newspaper, it will take an estimated $ 5 million to get the theater up and running again. The Wheaton Public Library

2394-416: The center of town. Jesse Wheaton later made claim to 300 acres (120 ha) of land just west of Warren's. It was not long before other settlers from New England joined them in the community. In 1848, they gave the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad three miles (4.8 km) of right-of-way , upon which railroad officials named the depot Wheaton. In 1850, ten blocks of land were platted and anyone who

2457-440: The city was $ 105,764, and the median income for a family was $ 129,579. Males had a median income of $ 73,771 versus $ 40,560 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 51,688. About 3.3% of families and 5.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over. In August 2010, the city was listed among the "Top 25 Highest Earning Towns" on CNN Money , citing

2520-418: The county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where the county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in

2583-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

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2646-410: The decade since, the downtown has seen a renaissance of sorts, with the creation of several significant condominium and business developments. One of the most recognizable landmarks of the city is Wheaton Center, a 758-unit apartment complex on 14 acres (5.7 ha) in downtown Wheaton. The six building complex includes two twenty-story high-rise buildings built in 1975. In 1887, Wheaton prohibited

2709-535: The history of DuPage County and its relationship to Illinois and the nation, and to provide local history services for historical organizations and for scholarly endeavors." The building is found at the southeast corner of Wesley and Main Streets in Wheaton. It stands two stories tall and was built with coursed limestone and Bedford stone trimmings in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The style

2772-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

2835-445: The jury sided with the defendants, finding that the alleged problems were caused, primarily, by the county's negligent operation and maintenance of the ventilation system. Wheaton has rapidly expanded since the 1950s, although population growth has slowed since the early 1990s, as the city has become increasingly landlocked. Downtown lost much business after the county courthouse facility moved two miles (3.2 km) west in 1990, but in

2898-430: The next 94 years until the county's rapid growth prompted the building of a brand new complex. The old courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , and was formerly used by National Louis University until National Louis moved to Lisle in 2004. It is currently being developed into luxury condominiums . On November 2, 1990, the courthouse moved to a building about two miles (3.2 km) west in

2961-409: The north side of Illinois Route 56 (Butterfield Road), on the west and east side of Naperville Road. Just east of Danada Square East is Rice Lake Square, another open air shopping center. Just north of Danada Square East, along Naperville Road, is Town Square Wheaton, which was built in 1992, and is a mixed-use lifestyle center featuring clothing boutiques and restaurants. Other shopping areas include

3024-551: The number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized the term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after

3087-689: The number of items in the collection was 262,745, and the number of visitors was 525,711. The previous public library was converted into the DuPage County Historical Museum , between 1965 and 1967. In May 2016, the library opened Café on the Park, a small restaurant located just inside the Wheaton Public Library's park-side (west) entrance. In the United States House of Representatives , Wheaton

3150-608: The outlying unincorporated areas , representing nearly forty religious denominations. The Genius Edition of Trivial Pursuit states that Wheaton has the "second most churches per capita in America." Built in 1926, the national headquarters of the Theosophical Society in America is located on a 42-acre (17 ha) estate on the north side of Wheaton. Wheaton is also the North American headquarters for

3213-399: The population. There were 19,218 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.66% were married couples living together, 6.35% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.72% were non-families. 26.51% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.01% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

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3276-410: The sale of alcoholic beverages , a ban which lasted until 1985 and applied to all supermarkets , convenience stores , restaurants , and other establishments. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Wheaton has a total area of 11.49 square miles (29.76 km ), of which 11.32 square miles (29.32 km ) (or 98.55%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km ) (or 1.45%) is water. As of

3339-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

3402-723: The term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are the administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under

3465-552: The theater would ever be restored, due to lack of progress and funds. However, there was cause for hope when on January 23, 2010, when many cast members of the off-Broadway show Jersey Boys raised approximately $ 50,000 for restoration. On July 10, 2010, the Grand Theater Corp. surrendered the deed to the building, to Suburban Bank and Trust Co, due in part to being delinquent on a $ 800,000 loan, carried by Suburban Bank and Trust Co. On November 30, 2012, Jim Atten bought

3528-462: The town center; in addition, St. Francis High School is on the far west side of town. Wheaton Academy moved to West Chicago in 1945, and Wheaton Christian Grammar School moved to a new campus in Winfield in 2010, while still retaining its name. Most of Wheaton is part of Community Unit School District 200 . The Wheaton public school system is regularly listed among the finest in Illinois, with

3591-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

3654-624: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

3717-530: The vote when duplicate ballot stuffing allegedly occurred. As the courts deliberated the fate of the county seat, the records were destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Shortly thereafter, Wheaton was officially proclaimed the county seat. As demand for space increased, the courthouse was rebuilt in 1887 at a cost of $ 69,390, modeled after the courthouse in Aledo . This structure was used for

3780-402: Was 3.22 and the average family size was 2.61. The city's age distribution consisted of 22.8% under the age of 18, 11.4% from 18 to 24, 24.7% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.6 males. The median income for a household in

3843-576: Was broken on October 2, 1890 and Adams dedicated the museum on October 28, 1891. The library classified books with the Dewey Decimal system , becoming one of the first in Illinois to use this system. Adams Memorial was the main library in the region until a new library was constructed in 1965. The endowment from Adams completely supported the facility until 1923, when Wheaton provided additional funds. The initial book purchase by Adams exceeded 2,700 books. The DuPage County Historical Society purchased

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3906-583: Was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of a county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of the later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been

3969-464: Was willing to build immediately was granted free land. In 1853, the lots were surveyed and a formal plat for the community was filed with the county. The community was then incorporated as a village on February 24, 1859, with Warren serving as its first President. The village was later incorporated as a city on April 24, 1890, when the first mayor of the city was selected, Judge Elbert Gary , son of Erastus Gary and founder of Gary, Indiana . In 1857,

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