Roselle is a suburb of Chicago and is a village located in both DuPage County and Cook in Illinois.

Roselle was first incorporated in 1922 as a bedroom community, with its train stop attracting residents commuting to Chicago or nearby suburbs for their jobs.

The area surrounding the current village of Roselle began to be settled in the early 1830s, as settlers moved in next to the native Potawatomi people.

In 1837, Deacon Elijah Hough and his wife settled in the Bloomingdale area, with his sons Oramel, Rosell [sic] and daughter Cornelia.

In 1868, at the age of 48, Rosell Hough returned from a career as an alderman and a businessman in Chicago, and saw that the area had become a farming center for corn and flax.

It is rumored that because of his position, he spent some money to alter a land survey to show that a railroad line should run through Roselle, Itasca and Wood Dale instead of Addison and Bloomingdale.

[6] Two notable hydrological features are Goose Lake and Spring Creek, a tributary to the East Branch of the DuPage River.

Roselle is roughly bounded by Nerge Road to the north, unincorporated Medinah to the east, Lake Street to the south and Gary Avenue to the west.

In 2005, a new downtown business development opened along the Soo Line Railroad tracks just north of the town center (Main Street Station).

Plans are currently underway for the redevelopment of the Downtown District in addition to Main Street Station.