Culture / Entertainment
Showplace Twelve located within one mile of Augusta Village, is the place to see the lates blockbuster movies. Also, for more of a theatrical venue Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center is available for local play perfomances;

Shopping
Fox Valley mall is just a few minutes way in Aurora, great for all shopping needs. Also, the Weber Road corridor is great for shopping.

Recreation
Bolingbrook Golf Club boasts an 18-hole championship golf course designed by acclaimed course architect Arthur Hills, a state of the art practice center and a glorious 3-story clubhouse; Boughton Ridge Golf Course is a smaller golf course with 9 holes located in neighboring Romeoville; Bolingbrook Park District offers great activities for all ages ranging from classes to sports; Also available are Youth Activity Centers for kids.

Transportation
Bolingbrook is centrally located in the heart of the midwest, providing unparalleled accessibility in any direction with easy access to I-55 and I-355. Also, the metra train is available for commuting downtown Chicago from Aurora at the Route 59 train station.

Medical Facilities
Bolingbrook Medical Center is located approximately 6 minutes from Augusta Village. Also, close by is Edwards Hospital in Naperville.

Worship
St. Francis of Assisi; St. Dominic Church; Crossroads of Faith United Methodist Church; Divine Shepard Lutheran Church; First Baptist Church; First Presbyterian Church; and numerous more if needed

Schools

District: Valley View 365 U Valley View Community Unit School District 365U is a public system serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students.
	Bolingbrook High School	High School	630-759-6400
	Brooks Middle School	Middle School	630-759-6340
	Pioneer Elementary	Elementary	630-771-2420
	The mission of the Poineer Elementary School community is to celebrate the exploration of new frontiers in lifelong learning while maximizing the development of each childs intellectual, physical, social and emotional potential in our ever changing world.

	AT&T	Cable	866-594-1234
	ComEd	Electricity	800-334-7661
	Northern Illinois Gas	Gas	630-729-4300
	Ameritech	Telephone	800-244-4444
	Bolingbrook Service Company	Water	630-226-8800

The modern Village of Bolingbrook got its start in the first half of the 1960s when the first builder laid out the first housing tract in the farm fields just north of old U.S. 66 and beside Illinois Route 53.

Those first families, as they moved in, had never heard or seen the name “Bolingbrook”. Where they were moving was known as “Westbury” they thought, which, as it turned out, was just the first west side unit of what was “Bolingbrook Subdivision”, as recorded by Dover Construction Company at the county.

The young families, for the most part, were lured out to model homes by advertisements that featured a handsome and distinguished British butler named Mr. Dover. They come via the Stevenson Expressway, as the new and improved Rout 66 had been renamed. It was the long umbilical cord that stretched out from the city of Chicago to the far west farmlands. The first model homes went up on Rocklyn Court, off Route 53, just north of the current Pheasant Hill shopping center.

Homes were priced at $10,000 with as little as $200 down. The first homes ready for families to move into were on Avondale Court, just west of Route 53 and north of Briarcliff Road. Lesson #1 learned the hard way through teary eyes: everything you see in the model home isn’t in your finished house, necessarily. In the case of Dover homes that meant no carpeting or even floor tile in some area unless you paid extra. And there certainly were no trees or lawns. And not always paved streets.

Dover Construction Company also designed two other areas to follow Westbury, the two subsequent areas both east of Route 53, but still centered around the Dover-built Briarcliff Road. While Westbury had the first homes, the east side’s Colonial Village became the site of the first churches, parks, fire station and, eventually, Village Hall and jail.

The three original home tracts - sold from 1961 to 1965 under the names of Westbury, Colonial Village and King’s Park were all part of the original “Bolingbrook Subdivision”.

It was these homes, and the families in them that officially formed the Village of Bolingbrook in 1965 with incorporation.

…as reported in The Met, 8/23/90

The Village of Bolingbrook is served by six different public school districts. Most of Bolingbrook students are in the Valley View 365-U District. As the Village grew, however, its boundaries pushed into the Woodridge Elementary and Downers Grove High School districts, which serve the far northeast corner of the Village that is in DuPage County. Another far north neighborhood west of Rt. 53 and north of Royce Road is in the Naperville 203 District. West of Naperville Road, some newer neighborhoods are in the Indian Prairie District 204, while some others are in the Plainfield 202 District which serves the far southwest side of Bolingbrook. Click on the district names above for more details about each and the names of the individual schools within each district that Bolingbrook youngsters might attend.

Bolingbrook, Illinois is a 20.5 square mile area located with easy access to I-55, I-355, Route 53, and Route 126. This central location offers a variety of shopping, dining, and entertainment options. One of the most notable area amenities is the Bolingbrook Golf Club located on the southwest side of the village. It boasts a 76,000 square foot clubhouse and hosts various corporate outings, weddings, banquets, and even celebrity tournaments on its Arthur Hills and Steve Forrest designed championship golf course. The Bolingbrook Golf Club is definitely a main attraction! Bolingbrook is a relatively new suburb of Chicago, having been incorporated in 1965. It grew solidly for the remainder of the 1960s, reaching a population of 7,000 by 1970. The 1970s were the first period of rapid growth in Bolingbrook, during which its population quintupled to reach over 37,000 by 1980. Much of this growth was as much due to mass annexation as well as raw population growth; the population of Bolingbrook by the 1970 census but with its 1980 land boundary was approximately 25,000, further reflecting the vigorous annexation that took place during the 1970s.

Bolingbrook Real Estate

As of the census of 2000, there were 56,321 people, 17,416 households, and 14,246 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,060.2/km² (2,746.5/mi²). There were 17,884 housing units at an average density of 336.7/km² (872.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the village was 64.51% White, 20.41% African American, 0.23% Native American, 6.38% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 5.65% from other races, and 2.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 13.09% of the population.

There were 17,416 households out of which 48.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.5% were married couples living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 18.2% were non-families. 14.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22 and the average family size was 3.56.

In the village the population was spread out with 32.3% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 35.2% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 4.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.0 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $67,852, and the median income for a family was $71,527. Males had a median income of $46,915 versus $33,665 for females. The per capita income for the village was $23,468. About 2.9% of families and 4.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.1% of those under age 18 and 6.8% of those age 65 or over.