Bolingbrook

Also known as Bolingbrook, Illinois, Bolingbrook, IL

village in Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Illinois
Counties: Will , DuPage
Township: DuPage , Wheatland , Plainfield , Lisle , Downers Grove
Incorporated: October 6, 1965
Type: Council–manager
Total: 25.12 sq mi (65.07 km )
Land: 24.92 sq mi (64.54 km )
Water: 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km ) 0.87%
Elevation: 673 ft (205 m)
Estimate 2024: 74,756
Density: 2,966.7/sq mi (1,145.44/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 (CST)
Summer dst: UTC−5 (CDT)
Zip code s: 60439, 60440, and 60490
Area code s: 630/331 and 815/779
Fips code: 17-07133
Website: www .bolingbrook .com

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Bolingbrook
Population: 73922
Area: 62.823396
Elevation: 214
Official website: www.bolingbrook.com
Image: Downtown Bolingbrook.png
Households: 23165

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Commons category: Bolingbrook, Illinois
water as percent of area: 0.8545
per capita income: 35900
date of incorporation: 1965-10-06
postal code: 60490

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Bolingbrook is a village in Will and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago on I-55 and Historic Route 66 (Frontage Road). The village was a new town built on the Gateway Wetlands west of the Des Plaines River in the 1960s. Bolingbrook experienced rapid growth in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually becoming Will County's second-largest town after Joliet. Per the 2020 census, the population was 73,922. As of 2010, it is the 17th-largest incorporated place in Illinois and the state's second-largest village.

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