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Just thought I'd add this from the book "Du Page County - A Descriptive and Historical Guide 1831-1939" (Compiled and written by workers of the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Illinois. Re-edited for publication in 1948 by Marion Knoblauch and distributed by Irvin A. Ruby, Elmhurst, Illinois).
This is part of a tour of the county and starts near a tuberculosis sanitorium in Naperville:
"A short distance beyond the sanatorium the road turns into Lisle Township (6,103 pop.), of which Baily Hobson was the first settler, in 1831. As many of its early settlements were made along the east branch of the DuPage River, part of Lisle Township was originally known as East Branch Settlement. After the Goverment survey the entire area of 36 square miles took the name DuPage Township. With the establishment of civil townships throught the county in 1850, a new name was sought, as there was another Town of DuPage across the border in Will County. The name Lisle was decided upon, in honor of Samuel Lisle Smith, brilliant Chicago lawyer and orator."
Don't know if this muddies the water or clears it.
Cheers,
Kay
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