Ontarioville is a small neighborhood within the village of

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. It lies just south of U.S. Route 20 (Lake Street), at the intersection of County Farm Road and Ontarioville Road. The Hanover Park

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station is located along the

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tracks that immediately parallel Ontarioville Road.

History

In the early 1870s, brothers Edwin and Luther Bartlett each established stations named "Bartlett" along the Chicago and Pacific Railroad line. Luther's station kept the name Bartlett, but to avoid confusion, Edwin renamed his station "Ontario" in 1873, after a legend that the site was built on an old Indian trail between Lake Ontario and Green Bay, Wisconsin. A post office was established in Ontarioville in 1873. Ontarioville was eventually incorporated into the surrounding village of Hanover Park in 1982.

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{{authority control Neighborhoods in Illinois Hanover Park, Illinois Populated places in Cook County, Illinois Populated places in DuPage County, Illinois Former populated places in Illinois 1873 establishments in Illinois