Itasca is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 9,543. Located nearly 25 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, Itasca is close to O’Hare International Airport, major expressways and rail transportation. Itasca is home to a country club, a resort and shares a affix with Medinah’s legendary golf course. The population was 9,725 at the 2020 census. BusinessWeek rated Itasca as the Best Affordable Suburb in the welcome of Illinois.

Itasca was first decided by Elijah Smith in 1841. Smith clever medicine in Boston. In May 1841, at the advice of his colleagues he set out to locate a conventional site for doctoring, farming, and raising a family. He traveled from New York via Detroit and headed toward DuPage County. His parchment government land title out of date March 10, 1843, was signed by John Tyler, President of the United States. The document gave Smith title to the home that is now bounded by the railroad tracks on the south, Maple Street upon the west, Cherry Street on the east, and Division Street on the north.
The proclaim office was traditional in 1846 and took on various names, such as Bremen, Pierce (after Charles Pierce, who ran a trading post), and Sagon. The name Itasca comes from Lake Itasca. In the 1860s the first researcher was built. It was a little wooden structure considering one room. The building was located on a site close the gift First Presbyterian Church.

In 1873 Smith plotted eighty acres of his house into lots. The Chicago and Pacific Railroad was completed from Chicago to Elgin, with stations at Bensenville, Wood Dale (called Lester) and Itasca. Smith gave the right-of-way to back up location of the tracks through the settlement. He donated $400 to help construct a station.

The Chicago and Pacific Railroad became insolvent. In 1880 the road went into the hands of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, a newly formed corporation combining several rail networks.