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History · Plum Valley

Half of Plum Valley’s homes were built after 1978

Most of Plum Valley was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1978.

0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Plum Valley’s past

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A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Plum Valley are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
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The story so far

Plum Valley, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Plum Valley yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Plum Valley is a suburban unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Will County, Illinois, United States. It is in the northeast corner of the county, bordered to the north by Cook County and to the east by Lake County, Indiana. To the south is unincorporated Willow Brook Estates. Plum Creek flows from southwest to northeast through the center of the CDP. Plum Valley was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. As of the 2020 census, Plum Valley had a population of 632.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Plum Valley

Nobody well known was born in Plum Valley itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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John StosselAmerican consumer reporter, investigative journ… · b. 1947
Craig HodgesAmerican basketball player-coach · b. 1960
Don BaconAmerican politician · b. 1963
Paris BarclayAmerican television director and producer · b. 1956
Jermaine LoveAmerican basketball player · b. 1989
Jerry ColangeloAmerican basketball player, coach, executive · b. 1939
Stories next door

History across the town line

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →