1827Civil Rights
== History ==
Julius Angelo Carpenter (August 19, 1827 – March 30, 1880) was the founder of Carpentersville, Illinois and its first prominent citizen.
1837Disaster
In 1837, the brothers, en route to the Rock River, made camp along the east bank of the Fox River to wait out the spring floods that made continuing their oxcart journey impossi...
1896Government
The electric interurban railroad came to Carpentersville in 1896.
1904History
It served Carpentersville from 1904 to 1932.
1924Government
It ended up being owned by the Aurora, Elgin and Fox River Electric Company in 1924.
1933Disaster
The final blow came in 1933, when a tornado destroyed the bridge over the Fox River just south of West Dundee.
1952History
In 1952, the Village of Carpentersville proposed a plan for an enclosed shopping center amid residential areas.
1954History
On November 1, 1954, Leonard W.
1955Architecture
Besinger started construction planning on the mall which would become one of the largest shopping center developments in the United States at that time, and in December 1955, gr...
1956Education
In 1956, to reflect this population shift, Dundee Community High School relocated from its former site on Illinois Route 31 to Cleveland Avenue (now Carpentersville Middle School).
1957History
On May 18, 1957, the grand opening of the first 14 stores in the shopping center was held.
1958History
From 1958 to 1969, Carpentersville was home to the Meadowdale International Raceway, a 3.27 miles (5.26 km) long automobile race track located west of Illinois Route 31 which wa...
1959History
In November 1959, Wieboldt's held the grand opening of their 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m2) Meadowdale store.
1960History
On October 25, 1960, President John F.
1963Disaster
On November 19, 1963, a fire destroyed the mall area causing $3,000,000 worth of damages, destroyed 25 stores and the ice rink in the Wintergarden Arcade.
1964Education
In 1964, a second high school, named for Irving Crown, opened on Kings Road on the northern edge of Meadowdale.
1965Culture
However, the ice rink did not return, and in 1965, Carson Pirie Scott was converted into a Clark's discount department store, then again to Cooks in May 1971.
1979History
The shopping center continued on through the 1970s with roughly the same number of tenants, counting 56 stores and services in 1979.
1980Architecture
In October 1980 a competing mall, Spring Hill Mall opened 2.5 mi (4 km) to the west.
1989History
In 1989, the north end of the mall and half of the east end - 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) in total - were demolished, according to mall management "in order to build to suit futur...
1990History
In 1990, there were only 28 tenants.
2015Education
== Notable residents ==
Gia Gunn, drag queen
Kenneth Hawkinson, president of Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Bradie Tennell, winner of the 2015 U.S.
2016Architecture
In 2016, a 183,000 sq ft (17,000 m2) Walmart opened on an out-parcel at the east end of the mall.
2018Sports
Figure Skating Championships and 2018 U.S.
2020History
=== Surrounding areas ===
== Demographics ==
As of the 2020 census there were 37,983 people, 11,004 households, and 8,336 families residing in the village.