[4][5] In 1833, William Smith Wilson, his wife Rebecca, and his brother-in-law Daniel Pearce moved to the area now known as Oswego.

[7] After the sale of the land, Lewis Brinsmaid Judson and Levi F. Arnold from New York laid out the village and named it "Hudson".

[6] Major community developments began when Caterpillar Inc. and Western Electric built industrial plants near Oswego in the mid-1950s.

[12] The next major development arrived in the mid-1980s during the suburban homebuilding boom, which allowed houses and buildings to populate the village.

The rapid growth of the village allowed its limits to expand west of the Fox River into today's boundaries.

[6] Oswego is known to some Chicago-area residents for the town dragstrip on State Route 34, which was open from 1955 until 1979, where muscle cars were raced by drivers from all over the Midwest.

It is bordered to the north by Boulder Hill and Montgomery, to the east by Aurora, and to the west by Yorkville, the Kendall county seat.

This project included significant infrastructure and streetscape improvements, such as the installation of brick pavers, sidewalks, landscaping, and decorative streetlights and benches.

Hudson Crossing Park, located along the Fox River, opened in October 2004 where many children and families enjoy the scenery.

The Waubonsee Creek Promenade, which stretches from Main Street to the new park, is the final phase of the downtown enhancements.

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