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IN THE NEWS :

Hanover Park Celebrates 50 Years

On Aug. 14, 1958, in order to fend off encroaching development from Streamwood, which had incorporated a year earlier, residents on the Cook County side of a small community known as Ontarioville voted to incorporate.

The result was the village of Hanover Park, where horses still outnumbered a population of about 500 people. "Hanover" came from the name of the Cook County township and "Park"was added because there already was a Hanover, IL in far northwest Illinois.

The DuPage County side of the village, still called Ontarioville, would annex to Hanover Park in 1982.

Half a century later, nearly 40,000 residents call the suburb home. Hanover Park's 50th Anniversary Family Festival kicks off today to celebrate the milestone.

"It's an exciting time for Hanover Park," said Village President Rod Craig. "I look at this as a new beginning, a celebration of who we are and what we represent." Read More