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Oakbrook Terrace is a small city in DuPage County, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago in York Township.

It is the smallest municipality in DuPage County in both land area, at about 1.3 square miles, and population.

The community was originally named Utopia, a name suggested by a local postmaster, and the settlement that grew up around the crossroads of Butterfield and Summit Roads was known by that name from 1881.

After neighboring Oak Brook annexed the site of a planned shopping center the community had hoped to claim, a disappointed Utopia changed its name to Oakbrook Terrace in November 1959, around the time of its incorporation.

The 2020 census counted 2,751 residents in Oakbrook Terrace, and Census Bureau survey estimates put the city at roughly 1,330 households.

The city's skyline is dominated by the Oakbrook Terrace Tower, an octagonal 31-story office building designed by architect Helmut Jahn and built in 1987; it is the tallest building in DuPage County.

Next to the tower sits Drury Lane, a large theatre and conference center with a 971-seat theater and a 2,000-seat banquet hall, alongside Hilton hotels.

Despite its tiny residential population, Oakbrook Terrace is a major corporate address, home to the headquarters of Ferrara Candy Company and The Joint Commission, among other firms along its Butterfield Road corridor.

Elementary students in Oakbrook Terrace attend Salt Creek School District 48 schools, including Stella May Swartz Elementary in the city itself.

High school students from Oakbrook Terrace attend Willowbrook High School in neighboring Villa Park, part of DuPage High School District 88.