| Bolingbrook is a large
village in DuPage, Will, and Cook Counties in the U.S.
state of Illinois. Bolingbrook is a relatively new suburb
of Chicago, having been incorporated in 1965. The first
subdivision in Bolingbrook, known as Westbury, was located
immediately west of Route 53.[citation needed] Shortly
thereafter, a second subdivision, known as Colonial
Villiage was built, located on the far east side of
Route 53. The village continued to grow solidly for
the remainder of the 1960s, reaching a population of
7,000 by 1970.
Much of this growth was as much due
to mass annexation as well as raw population growth;
the population of Bolingbrook by the 1970 census but
with its 1980 land boundary was approximately 25,000,
further reflecting the vigorous annexation that took
place during the 1970s.
During the 1980s, growth in Bolingbrook
and Will County slowed considerably as the focus of
Chicago area growth in that decade largely shifted to
the northern tier of suburbs in Lake and McHenry counties.
By 1990, Bolingbrook's population had only increased
by about 10% from the previous decade, to about 41,000.
The main benefit of this slower growth is that it allowed
the village's infrastructure (especially its school
district) to catch up with its population. An average
neighborhood street in Bolingbrook, IL.
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