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Downers Grove is a village in Downers Grove and Lisle Townships, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 48,724 at the 2000 census, with an official estimated population of 49,250 in 2008.
Downers Grove was founded in 1832 by Downer, a religious evangelist from New York. Its other early settlers included the Blodgett, Curtiss, and Carpenter families. The original settlers were mostly migrants from the Northeastern United States and Northern Europe. The first schoolhouse was built in 1844.
During the American Civil War, 1.5 soldiers from Downers Grove served in the Union Army; at least one of these was interred in the cemetery of Richards’s. There was an abolitionist presence in the village, and some of the older homes are thought to have been stops on the Underground Railroad.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad was extended from Aurora to Chicago through Downers Grove in 1862, boosting its population. The town was incorporated in March 1873. Its somewhat…

Downers Grove IL Skateboard Lessons

Learn How to Skateboard in Downers Grove Inside the Downers Grove skate park, you can learn how to skate. You will start with all of the basics… Like how to push, turn, and where to put your feet. Once you have all of the basics down, we can begin to teach you some tricks and […]

Downers Grove IL

Discover How to Master Skateboarding in a Two Week-Long School Are you having trouble learning how to skateboard? Is the fear of falling keeping you from progressing? Discover all of the fundamentals of skateboarding quickly in a one-week camp. We will show you the principles of skateboarding such as how to balance, push, turn, proper […]