Newton Station Renamed “Danby”

Glen Ellyn Historical Events

1851

Newton Station Renamed “Danby”


Newton Station was renamed Danby by the new postmaster who had come from Danby, Vermont when he learned that there was another town in Illinois named Newton Station.

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