Wheaton, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Municipality
Location overview
Wheaton is a city in DuPage County in northeastern Illinois, west of Chicago. It became a village in 1859 and incorporated as a city in 1890. The DuPage County seat moved from Naperville to Wheaton in 1867, and the county government complex stands on the city’s west side. Railroad development helped shape the community, whose historic landmarks include Wheaton College and the former county courthouse. Its residential neighborhoods and downtown form part of Chicago’s western suburbs.