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Darien, IL - History
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Welcome to the Darien Home page. The Darien Home page provides as much information as possible on Darien. Knowing Darien’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Darien’s Home page, you will also find Darien’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Darien has a population of 21843. 50.2% of Darien’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.8 are female. 55.4% of Darien is married and 82% own their own home. The Average Home price is $336,280, and the average rent is $1,472. Household median income in Darien is $100,771, and the individual median income is $44,103. Darien’s Ethnic is the following: White(77%), Asian(13.1%), Hispanic(7.2%), Multiple(4.2%), Black(3.9%), Other(1.7%).
The first people to settle in Darien came from New England via the Erie Canal and Great Lakes. Among the first to arrive was the Andres Neiman, the Rapones, and the Capra family. They settled along an old stagecoach line in 1835. Andres served as Justice of the Peace, Town Clerk, and Assessor Mr. Capra was the Dog Catcher, and County Commissioner.
He also established the Capra Inn, near what is currently the intersection of Lemont Road and I-55; the inn served the 15 stagecoaches that traveled the stagecoach line, and included a tavern and a post office. Andres named the area "Cass".Andres and Father Beggs along with Louis Capra Sr. built the First Cass Church, which was a log cabin.
The church was also used as a school house.Elisha and Eliza Smart settled in Cass in 1838 with their ten children. Elisha joined the Gold Rush and went to California, returning seven years later a very rich man. He bought more land and donated it for the construction of a new Cass Church in 1870. His brother, William Smart, donated land for the creation of Cass Cemetery. John and Hannah Oldfield came to Cass in 1850.
Mr. Oldfield raised cattle and increased his land holdings to 2,000 acres (8.1 km2).In 1881, a man named Franklin Blanchard opened a cheese factory. The factory was eventually moved or closed; a McDonald's restaurant now occupies the factory's original location.Martin B. Madden arrived with his parents in the Cass area in 1869 from England.
In 1878 he married the youngest daughter of Elisha and Eliza Smart at her parents' house in Cass. In 1903, Mr. Madden built a home to look like the White House in Washington D.C. he called it Castle Eden. Today Castle Eden is part of the Aylesford Retreat Center of the Carmelite Fathers.A group of German Lutherans from Europe came to the area near 67th and Clarendon Hills Road in 1859.
They built the first St. John Lutheran Church and laid out the cemetery behind the church. Today the cemetery is still located at 67th and Clarendon Hills Road. In 1899, a new church was built on the northeast corner of Cass and 75th Street. The Church was located where the Taco Bell and Buona Beef Restaurant now stand.
In 1969, the second church was torn down and the present St. John's Lutheran Church was built by Louis Capra Jr., west of Cass Ave and north of 75th Street.A school was built on the northwest corner of Cass and 75th street in 1860. It was the first Lace School. It burned down in 1924, and was replaced with the present building.
It is now a museum which is open on the first Sunday of each month from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.By 1890, the Village of Lace was established. The important location at that time was the triangle bordered by Cass Avenue, Plainfield Road and 75th Street. It was called "The Point". The Point included the Town Hall, General Store, the Capra Blacksmith Shop and the office of Dr.
Roe. A Post Office had been established by the Rapones at The Point in 1884.The future city of Darien was originally part of the Lace and Cass communities. Residents of the Marion Hills, Brookhaven, Farmingdale and Hinsbrook subdivisions wanted to incorporate as a single city; this finally happened in 1969.
When the incorporation committee reached an impasse on an acceptable name for the new city, acting mayor Sam Kelly suggested the name "Darien". He had visited Darien, Connecticut, and found it to be a very pleasant and attractive community. Today, Darien is known as "A Nice Place to Live", in honor of the city's founding year 1969.
Darien in Illinois is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable; Darien in Connecticut is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable.Around 11pm on June 20, 2021, a large, violent EF3 tornado tore through several neighborhoods of Woodridge, and then into Darien. The tornado first formed in southern Naperville, causing 6 injuries, and 2 in critical condition.
After the tornado crossed IL 53, it entered Woodridge, on top of 83rd St. The tornado at this point was nearing peak width, at or near 1/4 to 1/2 mile wide. The tornado then crossed I-355, and reached peak strength not too long later. The tornado reached a peak size of 0.25 - 0.5 miles wide with a debris ball around 2 miles wide.
The tornado at this point was starting to enter Darien, causing even more damage there. The tornado crossed I-55 near the IL 83 interchange not too long later. At around 11:35pm, the tornado roped out in the southwest Chicago suburb of Willow Springs. It is unknown if the tornado continued east, not picking up any more damage, but damage surveyors are certain that the tornado roped out around here.
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