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Elmhurst
Elmhurst city (1990 pop. 42,029), Du Page co., NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; settled 1843, inc. 1910. A residential city, it also has three industrial parks. Elmhurst College is there, as is a museum of lapidary art that displays numerous minerals and gemstones. |
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Elmhurst
Elmhurst, Illinois/USA Cottage Hill Renamed in 1869 after the elm trees with the common English hurst from the Old English hyrst ‘wooded hill’. German immigrants arrived in the middle of the 19th century.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Elmhurst." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Elmhurst." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Elmhurst.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Elmhurst." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Elmhurst.html |
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