The story
Centex assembled 1,500 acres for homes and a separate industrial park; the village incorporated July 17, 1956 and its 1957 Centex Industrial Park became North America's largest.
Everything that was here
- 1956–present · still open
Elk Grove Village HallOther
Seat of a village that was drawn on paper by a Texas homebuilder in the mid-1950s.
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Nearby history
1856 Farmhouse
399 Biesterfield Road · 271 m away
An 1856 farmhouse that outlived the farm and became the village's museum.
Busse Forest Elk Pasture
N Arlington Heights Road at E Higgins Road (Busse Forest Elk Pasture) · 3.5 km away
A captive elk herd descended from ten Yellowstone animals delivered by train in 1925.
Legoland Discovery Center
601 North Martingale Road · 4.7 km away
The first Legoland Discovery Center in the United States.
Volkening Family Farm
201 South Plum Grove Road · 4.7 km away
A German immigrant homestead from the late 1800s.
Woodfield Mall
5 Woodfield Mall · 5.4 km away
The largest mall in America on opening day, built on 191 acres of prairie farmland by a joint venture of Sears and A. Al
Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant
798 Algonquin Rd · 5.5 km away
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