Hanover Park

Sister cities

• Valparaíso
• Cape Coast

History

Ontarioville was initially the name assigned to the village of Hanover Park, a municipality situated on the border of Cook and DuPage Counties. Back in 1836, a stagecoach service transported residents along Lake Trail (also known as Grant Highway and later renamed Lake Street) all the way to Galena. By 1872, the Chicago & Pacific Railroad (later known as the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul) installed railway tracks on land donated by Edwin Bartlett, who contributed over seven acres for the establishment of a depot. Edwin and Luther Bartlett each established stations named "Bartlett" along the Chicago and Pacific Railroad line. Luther's station kept the name Bartlett, but to avoid confusion, Edwin renamed his station "Ontario" in 1873, after a legend that the site was built on an old Indian trail between Lake Ontario and Green Bay, Wisconsin. A post office was established in Ontarioville in 1873. Ontarioville was eventually incorporated into the surrounding village of Hanover Park in 1982.

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hanover Park has a total area of , of which (or 98.42%) is land and (or 1.58%) is water. The Ontarioville neighbourhood lies just south of U.S. Route 20 (Lake Street), at the intersection of County Farm Road and Ontarioville Road. Metra's Hanover Park station is located along the Milwaukee District West Line tracks that immediately parallel Ontarioville Road.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  51,347
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  46,638
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  39,078
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  38,820
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  37,380
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  36,776
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  34,865
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  34,548

Largest nearby schools

• Lake Park High School
  High · Roselle · 2,560 students · 15.1:1 ratio
• Glenbard West High School
  High · Glen Ellyn · 2,324 students · 17.7:1 ratio
• Glenbard North High School
  High · Carol Stream · 2,162 students · 15.6:1 ratio
• Bartlett High School
  High · Bartlett · 2,122 students · 15.5:1 ratio
• West Chicago Comm High School
  High · West Chicago · 2,076 students · 15:1 ratio
• Addison Trail High School
  High · Addison · 1,927 students · 16.1:1 ratio
• Wheaton North High School
  High · Wheaton · 1,871 students · 14.2:1 ratio
• Fenton High School
  High · Bensenville · 1,448 students · 14.9:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2026-07-08
  21 km ENE of Kenilworth, Illinois
• M 3.1 — 2024-07-15
  2 km WNW of Somonauk, Illinois
• M 2.9 — 2015-03-25
  3 km WNW of Lake in the Hills, Illinois
• M 3.2 — 2013-11-04
  1 km SSW of Lyons, Illinois
• M 2.6 — 2013-06-10
  4 km NNE of Virgil, Illinois
• M 3.8 — 2010-02-10
  2 km NW of Lily Lake, Illinois