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Lisle

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Lisle
/leel/ for 1-3; /luyl/ for 4, n.
3. former name of Lille.
4. a town in NE Illinois. 13,625.

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      village, DuPage county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. A suburb of Chicago, it is located about 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown. The village was founded in 1832 by James and Luther Hatch, settlers from New Hampshire, and named for a town in New York. In the 1860s Lisle became a station along the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company). Primarily residential, its economy was based largely on agriculture, with some dairying and brick manufacture. The village is now a centre for high-technology industries (computer software, electronics, and telecommunications) and corporate headquarters. Immediately north is Morton Arboretum, an outdoor park with more than 3,600 varieties of systematically arranged trees, shrubs, and vines. The arboretum, which covers some 1,700 acres (700 hectares), was established in 1922 by Joy Morton (1855–1934), whose father, Julius Sterling Morton (Morton, J. Sterling), inaugurated Arbor Day. Lisle is the seat of St. Procopius Abbey (founded 1885 by Bohemian Benedictines (Benedictine)) and Benedictine University (1887; relocated to Lisle in 1901). Each July Lisle hosts a popular balloon festival. Historical attractions include the Depot Museum, which preserves the village's history, and Beaubien Tavern, originally built in the 1830s. Inc. 1956. Pop. (1990) 19,512; (2000) 21,182.

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