Elmhurst Wedding

Elmhurst is a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County, Illinois in the Elmhurst-Villa Park-Lombard-Oakbrook area. The population was 42,762 at the 2000 census.

European settlers came to the Elmhurst area in 1836. They settled near Salt Creek because of the woods located there. The land was officially named Cottage Hill in 1845 because of the building of a post office. Four years later the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad was given right-of-way through Cottage Hill giving farmers easier access to Chicago. The community changed its name to Elmhurst in 1869.

From 1968-2000, one of the largest Chevrolet dealers in the country, Celozzi-Ettleson Chevrolet, was located at the corner of York and Roosevelt Roads. The Keebler Company's corporate headquarters were in Elmhurst until 2001, when the Kellogg Company purchased the company. The city is home to the headquarters of Sunshine Biscuits and McMaster-Carr Supply Co.

Elmhurst is located at 415332N, 875638W (41.892280, -87.943762)GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.6 km (10.3 mi), all land.