Eola is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

in Naperville Township,

DuPage County DuPage County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois, and one of the collar counties of the Chicago metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 932,877, making it Illinois' second-most populous county. Its county seat ...

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, United States. Although unincorporated, it has a post office, and has been given the zip code 60519. Eola is located near the western border of DuPage County, just north of

Metra Metra is the commuter rail system in the Chicago metropolitan area serving the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs via the Union Pacific Railroad, BNSF Railway, and other railroads. The system operates 242 stations on 11 rail lines. ...

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, and is surrounded by the city limits of

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. The community is the site of a BNSF Railway

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. Metra's BNSF Railway Line passes through the community but no longer stops there. A potential station would open on the STAR Line to transfer with the BNSF Line. In 2010, the population for Eola's zip code was 108. Eola is believed to be an acronym for End of Line Aurora.

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