Ontarioville is a small neighborhood within the village of Hanover Park, Illinois

Hanover Park, Illinois

Hanover Park is a village in Cook and DuPage counties in the U.S. state of Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The population was 38,278 at the 2000 census...

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It lies just south of U.S. Route 20

U.S. Route 20

U.S. Route 20 is an east–west United States highway. As the "0" in its route number implies, US 20 is a coast-to-coast route. Spanning , it is the longest road in the United States, and the route sparsely parallels Interstate 90...

 (Lake Street), at the intersection of County Farm Road and Ontarioville Road. The Hanover Park

Hanover Park (Metra)

Hanover Park is a station on Metra's Milwaukee District/West in Hanover Park, Illinois. The station is away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Hanover Park is in zone F....

 Metra

Metra

Metra is the commuter rail division of the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority. The system serves Chicago and its metropolitan area through 240 stations on 11 different rail lines. Throughout the 21st century, Metra has been the second busiest commuter rail system in the United States by...

 station is located along the Milwaukee District/West Line

Milwaukee District/West Line

The Milwaukee District/West is a commuter rail line provided and operated by Metra in Chicago, Illinois, and its surrounding suburbs...

 tracks that immediately parallel Ontarioville Road.

History

Ontarioville was originally founded by Edwin Bartlett, whose brother Luther established the nearby village of Bartlett

Bartlett, Illinois

Bartlett is a village located in both Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. A small parcel on the western border is in Kane County. The population was 36,706 at the 2000 census. A 2002 recount gave the village a population of 37,304. In 2007 another recount gives the village a population of 41,500...

. It was eventually incorporated into the surrounding village of Hanover Park.