Wheaton

(hwēt′'n, wēt′-)

city in NE Ill., near Chicago: pop. 55,000

Origin: after W. L. Wheaton, early settler

See Wheaton in American Heritage Dictionary 4

A city of northeast Illinois west of Chicago. Settled in the 1830s, it is mainly residential. Population: 54,600.
An unincorporated community of central Maryland, a residential suburb of Washington, D.C. Population: 57,600.

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