Description: Clow Creek Farm HOA, Naperville
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Clow Creek Farm
Clow Creek Farm was named after the Clow family which settled in Naperville in 1844. Robert Clow left Southern Scotland five years after his wife’s dying wish was made to sell their estate (which was in the family since 1320) and move where land was cheap. She wanted her family of nine children kept together. After spending seven years on rented land in New York they moved to Naperville and purchased 640 acres of prairie land and on adjoining 80 acres in Wheatland Township for $1.25 per acre. William F. Clo
Clow farm was a dairy farm and while the dairy cows left several years ago, the memory will remain in the names of the streets. Holstein, Jersey, Ayershire , and Cloverdale are different types of dairy cows. Buttermilk and Dairyman’s names are related to the dairy business. Alfalfa is a type of grass that dairy cows eat. Wicklow, Meadow Lakes, and Schillinger are carry over from other neighborhoods. Bill Haider is the president of MAF Developments, Inc. and he has a son Joseph William Haider thus the names