Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois; it was voted the second-best place to live in the United States by Money magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,857. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, behind Chicago, neighboring Aurora, Rockford, and Joliet. Approximately 100,000 Napervillians live in DuPage County, while about 45,000 reside in Will County. Once a qua...
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Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois; it was voted the second-best place to live in the United States by Money magazine in 2006. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 141,857. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, behind Chicago, neighboring Aurora, Rockford, and Joliet. Approximately 100,000 Napervillians live in DuPage County, while about 45,000 reside in Will County. Once a quaint farming town, Naperville has evolved into an affluent city with numerous corporate headquarters located in the city. In a 2010 study, Naperville was named as the wealthiest city in the Midwest and eleventh in the nation with a population over 75,000.
In July 1831, Joseph Naper arrived at the west bank of the DuPage River with his family and friends to found what would be known as Naper's Settlement. Among those original settlers were Naper's wife Almeda Landon, his brother John with wife Betsy Goff, his sister Amy with husband John Murray,...
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