2. / Columbia Encyclopedia
  3. / Places
  4. / United States, Canada, and Greenland
  5. / U.S. Political Geography
  6. / Romeoville

Romeoville

Romeoville, village (1990 pop. 14,074), Will co., NE Ill., on the Des Plaines River, with access to the Illinois and Mississippi Canal and the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal; inc. 1901. A suburb of the greater Chicago area, it has oil refineries, a power-generating facility, and a plant making medical supplies.

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2024, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.

See more Encyclopedia articles on: U.S. Political Geography

sandbbox logo
©2022 Sandbox Networks Inc. All rights reserved. Sandbox Learning is part of Sandbox & Co., a digital learning company.