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Itasca is a village in DuPage County about 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, close to O'Hare International Airport and major expressways.

Itasca was first settled in 1841 by Dr. Elijah Smith, a Boston physician who came west looking for a place to practice medicine and farm; his government land title, dated March 10, 1843, was signed by President John Tyler.

Itasca's post office was established in 1846 and went by the names Bremen, Pierce, and Sagon before 'Itasca,' borrowed from Lake Itasca in Minnesota, stuck.

Itasca incorporated as a village in 1890, and A. G. Chessman was elected its first village president at a meeting held in his mill.

Itasca was counted at 9,543 people in the 2020 census.

Itasca has about 3,754 households according to Chicago-area planning agency (CMAP) figures drawn from Census Bureau survey data for 2020-2024.

Itasca's Hamilton Lakes business district transformed the village starting in 1979, when the Trammell Crow Company broke ground on 278 acres, opening a 420-room hotel and a ten-story office building in 1981.

Itasca is home to the Itasca Country Club, opened in 1925, and it shares a border with the famed Medinah Country Club, host of Ryder Cups and major championships.

Shirley H. Ketter served as Itasca's first female village president from 1983 to 1997, and Ketter Drive was named in her honor in 1999 for her role in creating the Hamilton Lakes development.

Itasca students attend Lake Park High School in Roselle, a two-campus school in District 108 where freshmen and sophomores use the East Campus and juniors and seniors the West Campus.