Year

Historical Event

• Trumball Kent of Oswego, New York, becomes the first settler in Schaumburg.

• St. Peter's Lutheran Church is founded.

• First post office is opened in Schaumburg.

• Name of the community changes from Sarah's Grove to Schaumburg, in honor of Schaumburg-Lippe, Germany.

• St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church is constructed.

• The first cheese factory is opened.

• Schaumburg Center consists of a school, two stores, a church, a wagon shop, a blacksmith shop, and twelve residences.

• The fire company is organized.

• The first bank is opened.

• Higgins Road and Roselle Roads become the first paved roads in the community.

• Golf Road is paved.

• Northwest Tollway (I-90) is proposed.

• The Village of Schaumburg becomes incorporated on March 7, 1956.  It consists of two square miles and has a population of 130.  
• Louis Redeker is elected the first village president.

• Robert O. Atcher is elected village president.

• Alfred Campanelli begins construction of Weathersfield, Unit 1, the first residential subdivision in the community.

• The Village consists of eight and a half square miles and has a population of 800.

• Martin Conroy becomes the first Village employee.

• The Schaumburg's Women's Club is incorporated.

• Schaumburg Airport is annexed.

• The Schaumburg Boy's Baseball League begins to play.

• The Schaumburg Jaycees is founded.

• Motorola constructs corporate headquarters in Schaumburg.

• International Village becomes the first multiple family residential development in Schaumburg.

• The population of the Village of Schaumburg is 18,730.

• Schaumburg High School opens.

• Schaumburg holds its first annual Septemberfest celebration.

• Schaumburg Municipal Center is completed.

• Raymond R. Kessell is elected Village President.

• John Coste becomes the first Village Manager.

• Schaumburg celebrates its 20th anniversary and has a population of 43,580.

• Olde Schaumburg Center Historic District is created for the area contiguous to the intersection of Schaumburg Road and Roselle Road.

• Herbert J. Aigner is elected Village President.

• The Village consists of 18.3 square miles in area and has a population of 53,305.  
• A comprehensive bikeways program is begun.

• Schaumburg Park District Recreation Center opens.

• Commuter railroad station opens.

• Construction begins on the Schaumburg senior citizen housing project.

• The Village begins broadcasting on Cablenet Channel 63.

• The Northwest Tollway Interchange at Roselle Road opens.

• Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts is completed.