Located in the southwestern suburb of the state of Illinois and a city in Will and DuPage counties. Bolingbrook is a new suburb of the city of Chicago which was incorporated in 1965. The first settlement in the area where the present-day Bolingbrook stands were established in 1831, however, the informal farming villages remained unincorporated for over 130 years. The modern-day city has traced its roots in the housing boom during the 1950s. Much of Bolingbrook’s growth was due to the mass annexation as well as the raw population growth which is a reflection of the vigorous annexation that took place.