Bolingbrook, Illinois
Bolingbrook, Illinois | |
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Downtown Bolingbrook at The Promenade | |
| Nickname: The Brook | |
| Motto: A place to grow | |
Location of Bolingbrook in Will and DuPage Counties, Illinois | |
| Coordinates: 41°41′55″N 88°5′19″W / 41.69861°N 88.08861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| Counties | Will, DuPage |
| Township | DuPage, Wheatland, Plainfield, Lisle, Downers Grove |
| Incorporated | October 6, 1965 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council–manager |
| • Mayor | Mary Alexander-Basta |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.12 sq mi (65.07 km2) |
| • Land | 24.92 sq mi (64.54 km2) |
| • Water | 0.21 sq mi (0.54 km2) 0.87% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 73,922 |
| • Density | 2,966.73/sq mi (1,145.44/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code(s) | 60439, 60440, and 60490 |
| Area code(s) | 630/331 and 815/779 |
| Geocode | 17-07133 |
| FIPS code | 17-07133 |
| Website | www |
Bolingbrook is a village in Will and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago on I-55 and Historic Route 66 (Frontage Road). The village was a new town built on the Gateway Wetlands west of the Des Plaines River in the 1960s. Bolingbrook experienced rapid growth in the 1980s and 1990s, eventually becoming Will county's second-largest town after Joliet. Per the 2020 census, the population was 73,922. As of 2010, it is the 17th-largest incorporated place in Illinois and the state's second-largest village.