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Romeoville began as the village of Romeo, first settled on September 14, 1835, on Isle a la Cache, a small island in the Des Plaines River.

Residents voted to incorporate on January 19, 1895, and changed the village's name from Romeo to Romeoville.

Romeoville and nearby Joliet became known as 'Stone City' for their prosperous limestone quarries — the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, unveiled in 1888, is constructed entirely of Romeoville limestone.

Romeoville is home to the main campus of Lewis University, established in the 1930s on the outskirts of town, where the Fitzpatrick House, built in 1842, still stands on the grounds.

As late as 1950 Romeoville had only about 46 homes and 147 residents; the Hampton Park subdivision, begun in 1957 on more than 600 acres of wetlands, launched its transformation into a suburb.

Romeoville was one of the fastest-growing communities in Illinois during the 1990s and 2000s, gaining more than 25,000 new residents in two decades.

The 2020 census counted 39,863 people in Romeoville, living in 13,022 households.

Romeoville hosts the National Weather Service forecast office responsible for the Chicago area.

The CITGO Lemont Refinery, built in 1922 across the river from the village, was the site of the 1984 Romeoville petroleum refinery disaster and remains one of the area's largest employers.

Romeoville sits along Historic U.S. Route 66 (now Illinois Route 53), about 26 miles southwest of Chicago between Bolingbrook and Joliet, near Interstates 55 and 355.