A suburb located 24 miles (39 km) due west of downtown Chicago, the village has a population of 28,846 as of the 2020 Census.

[2] Glen Ellyn, like the neighboring town to the east, Lombard, had its genesis in an 1833 claim by two brothers from the Finger Lakes region of New York, Morgan and Ralph Babcock.

The two claimed property in a large stand of timber near present-day St. Charles Road and the East Branch of the DuPage River.

The brothers also arranged for a claim for their New York neighbor Deacon Winslow Churchill, who arrived in 1834 along with some of his adult children and their families.

The nascent settlement became known as Babcock's Grove, and it included property currently part of both Glen Ellyn and Lombard.

By the 1840s the intersection was called Fish's Corners and held a general store, blacksmith's forge, shops selling or repairing wagons and harnesses, and a Baptist church.

Stacy's Tavern, now a historical monument, stands at what is now the intersection of Geneva Road and Main Street.

[7] The large Lake Glen Ellyn Hotel opened in 1892, the same year much of the business district was destroyed by fire.

The Glen Ellyn station is located at 551 Crescent Blvd, near the heart of the downtown business district.

The station is located 22.4 miles (36.0 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the eastern terminus of the West Line.

[15] Glen Ellyn is served by Pace bus routes 714, 715, and 301 passing through the village on Roosevelt Road.

The Park District launches other events like Taste of Glen Ellyn which is a great way to kick off the summer in town and surrounding areas.

[18] The Spring Avenue Recreation Center often referred as "SARC" services as one of the main facilities in the Glen Ellyn Park District.

[19] The formerly Main Street School is also one of the main registration facilities in the Glen Ellyn Park District, it counts with surrounding park as a playground, large open play area, athletic fields, one official-sized baseball field, two dance studios, an indoor gymnasium and multi purpose rooms.

It counts with an outdoor, zero depth features as sloping, beach style entry as a well as the sand play area perfect for non-swimming children.