Wheaton, Illinois

==Infrastructure==
===Transportation===
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====Rail====
[[File:Wheatontrainstation.jpg|thumb|[[Wheaton (Metra station)|Wheaton train station]], rebuilt in 2000]]
The [[Union Pacific West Line]] runs through downtown Wheaton and has been a staple of Wheaton since its founding. [[Metra]] has two stops along the line in Wheaton, one at [[College Avenue (Metra station)|College Avenue]] serving Wheaton College, and another at [[Wheaton (Metra station)|West Street]] in the heart of downtown Wheaton. It passes under a bridge just west of downtown, and over County Farm Road, just north of the DuPage County Government Complex. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Line Map {{!}} Metra |url=https://ridertools.metrarail.com/maps-schedules/train-lines/UP-W/map |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=ridertools.metrarail.com}}</ref>

Formerly, Wheaton was also served by the [[Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad]]. The CA&E right-of-way now constitutes the [[Illinois Prairie Path]]. Carlton Ave, UP Railroad, West St., and Childs St. are the borders of the site of the CA&E's headquarters and storage and maintenance facilities.

====Bus====
[[Pace (transit)|Pace]] provides bus service on multiple routes connecting Wheaton to Forest Park, Naperville, and other destinations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtachicago.org/uploads/files/general/RTA-System-Map.pdf|title=RTA System Map|access-date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>

====Highways====
*[[Illinois Route 38]], also known as Roosevelt Road.
*[[Illinois Route 56]], also known as Butterfield Road.
*[[Illinois Route 64]], also known as North Ave.

===Health care===
Established in 1972 by the [[Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare|Wheaton Franciscan Sisters]], [[Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital]] is a [[rehabilitation hospital]] located on the west side of Wheaton on [[Illinois Route 38|Roosevelt Road]], one half mile south of the DuPage County Government Center. It has been operated by [[Northwestern Medicine]], since 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Northwestern price tag for Marianjoy: $28 million |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-northwestern-marianjoy-1202-biz-20151201-story.html |website=chicagotribune.com |date=December 2015 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref> Marianjoy is a nonprofit hospital dedicated to the delivery of [[physical medicine and rehabilitation]], with 127 beds.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.marianjoy.org/about-Marianjoy/ |website=Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital |publisher=Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital |access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref>

===Religious institutions===
Wheaton has forty-five [[church (building)|church]]es located within city limits and an additional thirty places of worship in the outlying [[unincorporated area]]s, representing nearly forty religious denominations.<ref name="tully">{{cite web|last1=Tully |first1=Catherine L. |first2=Kristin |last2=Roberts |title=Wheaton Worship |url=http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/wheaton/13/topic.html|work=VillageProfile.com |access-date=22 May 2011|year=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705171626/http://www.villageprofile.com/illinois/wheaton/13/topic.html|archive-date=5 July 2008}}</ref> The Genius Edition of ''[[Trivial Pursuit]]'' states that Wheaton has the "second most churches per capita in America."<ref name="tully"/>

Built in 1926, the national headquarters of the [[Theosophical Society in America]] is located on a {{convert|42|acre|m2|adj=on}} estate on the north side of Wheaton.<ref>{{cite web|title=Programs|url=http://www.theosophical.org/programs|publisher=Theosophical Society in America |access-date=19 August 2010}}</ref>

Wheaton is also the North American headquarters for the [[Sisters of Loreto|Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary]], which moved into its new home in June 1946.<ref>{{cite web|title=Loretto Wheaton's 60th Anniversary|url=http://www.ibvm.us/LorettoWheaton60th.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722230754/http://www.ibvm.us/LorettoWheaton60th.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 July 2011|publisher=Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary|access-date=22 May 2011|date=28 February 2006}}</ref>

On March 18, 2002, St. Michael Catholic Church in downtown Wheaton was destroyed by [[arson]] by a Wheaton resident and parishioner, Adam Palinski, now serving 39 years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gutowski |first=Christy|title= St. Michael Church arsonist gets 39-year sentence|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1227616/St-Michael-Church-arsonist-gets.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615050101/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-1227616/St-Michael-Church-arsonist-gets.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2011|work=Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|access-date=25 July 2010|date=24 December 2003}}</ref> He lost his appeal, but still maintains his innocence. The church has since been rebuilt at a cost of $13 million, and reopened on March 18, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=St. Michael's Building News Index|url=http://stmichaelcommunity.org/Building/Progress/buildingindex.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705032625/http://www.stmichaelcommunity.org/Building/Progress/buildingindex.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2008|work=StMichaelCommunity.org|access-date=25 July 2010}}</ref>