Gostyn ( ) is a community within the village of
Downers Grove
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in
DuPage County
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,
Illinois
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, United States. It is located along Fairview Avenue near
Westmont. According to an 1889 directory, the community was predominantly of
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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descent, with 575 residents. It was one of the first
eastern Europe
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an communities in Illinois. It takes its name from the city of
Gostyń
Gostyń (german: Gostyn, 1941-45: ''Gostingen'') is a town in western Poland, seat of the Gostyń County and Gmina Gostyń in the Greater Poland Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 in Leszno Voivodship). According to 30 June 2004 data its population ...
,
Poland
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.
The community is still very well-known. There are several single family homes in the area, as well as several apartment complexes and businesses, which bear the suffix "of Gostyn". Although the community never incorporated and is technically part of Downers Grove, there is a small downtown section located along Fairview Avenue, near the junction of the
BNSF Railroad Line and the
Fairview Avenue Station. Among the businesses there are: two gas stations, a law firm, a guitar shop, an insurance office, a nail salon, a
7-Eleven convenience store, a pizzeria, and a laundromat. The local church, Saint Mary of Gostyn, built in 1891, also bears the town's name.
References
Populated places in DuPage County, Illinois
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