Du Page (due PAGE), county (336 sq mi/870 sq km; 1990 pop. 781,666), NE Ill., in Chicago suburban area; Wheaton, bounds Des Plaines R. on SE; 41°51'N 88°05'W. Agr. being replaced by rapid urban growth; remnant agr. (grain). Residential communities. Diversified mfg.; RR shops; limestone quarries; nurseries. Drained by Du Page R. Formed 1839. Argonne Natl. Lab. in S; Fermi Natl. Acceleration Lab. in W. Part of Chicago’s “Collan counties.”
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Wheaton, bounds Des Plaines R. on SE; 41°51'N 88°05'W. Agr. being replaced by rapid urban growth; remnant agr. (grain). Residential communities. Diversified mfg.; RR shops; limestone quarries; nurseries. Drained by Du Page R. Formed 1839. Argonne Natl. Lab. in S; Fermi Natl. Acceleration Lab. in W. Part of Chicago’s “Collan counties.”
