| Winfield is an
incorporated village in DuPage County, Illinois, United
States. The population was 8,718 at the 2000 census,
and estimated to be 9,844 in 2005. Winfield is home
to Central DuPage Hospital, one of the largest hospitals
in the Chicago suburbs. Winfield has a station on the
Union Pacific train line which provides regular commuter
rail service to Chicago. The Village of Winfield is
served by three school districts: West Chicago Elementary
School District 33 (K-8, serving the north side of Winfield),
Winfield Elementary School District 34 (K-8, serving
the south side of Winfield), and Community Unit School
District 200 (K-12, Wheaton-Warrenville, serving the
east side of Winfield).
Winfield has no public high school;
students from districts 33 and 34 attend West Chicago
Community High School and students from CUSD 200 attend
Wheaton North. It has two junior high schools, St. John's
Catholic (K-8, private), and Winfield Public School.
Winfield is home to one of the
oldest taverns in the Chicago suburbs, John's Buffet,
founded 1921 by Polish immigrant John Karwoski, grandfather
of the current owner, John Karwoski III. |
