1818  ~  Illinois becomes the 21st state. No white settlers in DuPage County
1839  ~  Organization of DuPage County after it breaks away from Cook County.
1852  ~  St. Stephen's Catholic mission church is organized
1853  ~  Fair Oaks Road and Army Trail Road is known as Wayne Center with a broom factory, a blacksmith shop, a store/post office and a country church (previously known as Gimletville and Orangeville)
1930  ~  Electricity arrives at the Kuhn farm home on Kuhn Road
1957  ~  Carol, daughter of Jay Stream, is seriously injured in a car accident and in a four-month coma.
1958  ~  "Carol Stream Estates" offers affordable housing around $15,300.
1959  ~  Carol Stream Woman's Club founded
1959  ~  Village Incorporated. First Village board meeting on February 12th.
1961  ~  Carol Stream Jaycees organized
1961  ~  St. Luke's Catholic Church opens its doors
1962  ~  The Carol Stream Public Library opens at 397 Blackhawk Drive.
1964  ~  Central DuPage Hospital opens in nearby Winfield.
1965  ~  Carl Bornholt and Elsie Johnson are first recipients of the Citizen of the Year awards.
1966  ~  The Carol Stream News brings local news to residents
1966  ~  Nina Jo Schmale of Carol Stream is one of the 8 student nurses killed by Richard Speck.
1972  ~  The Carol Stream Fire Protection District is formed
1975  ~  Janice Gerzevske is first woman elected Village President.
1975  ~  Jay Stream School dedicated on El Paso
1976  ~  Fire Station #2 opens at Schmale and St. Charles Road.
1976  ~  Gretna Station Museum opens in a July 4th dedication
1978  ~  Michael Collins Pool is converted from an outdoor pool to an indoor pool
1980  ~  Greg Bielawski joins the Village as Village Manager
1981  ~  Stratford Square Mall opens in nearby Bloomingdale on what was part of the Tews farm
1984  ~  The Carol Stream Association of Business and Industry is formed.
1987  ~  St. Andrew United Methodist church has serious fire
1990  ~  Mark Bodane hired as Fire Chief
1992  ~  The Carol Stream Post Office opens a regional processing center at Schmale and Fullerton.
1995  ~  Fire Station #3 opens on Lies Road west of County Farm Road.
1998  ~  The Town Center is dedicated, later to be known as the Ross Ferraro Town Center
2006  ~  Founder of Carol Stream, Jay Stream, dies January 22
2007  ~  First shop, Gossip Salon,  in Fountains at Town Center, opens Feb. 20
2007  ~  Frank Saverino, Sr. elected Mayor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Some of the above information taken from "Build Your Own Town...The Carol Stream Story" by Jean Moore.