• Roxana Park and Rec in Roxana goes back to May 1934, when a village ordinance created a Recreation Board to plan activities and playgrounds — 18 years before the Park District itself existed.

• The Park District was incorporated in 1952, and the swimming pool followed in 1957. Next to the pool back then was a recreation area with trampolines, miniature golf, and donkey cart rides.

• In 1959 the district got a house from Shell Oil and moved it onto the park property. Community groups met there for years, and Park Director Lyle Dona actually lived in the house in the park. Today, current Park Director Debbie Ferry resides in the house.

• When that house got too small, the Rox-Arena was built in 1969.

• Burbank Park was bought from the school district in 1993, and was the site of the annual Roxana Homecoming Festival held each May until it was discontinued.

• The current pool house was built in 2002 to mark the Park District’s 50th anniversary.

• The district maintains 32 acres of park space, and it’s been an IPARKS member for 35 years — it was the spotlight member in their Spring 2026 newsletter.

• The disc golf course is 9 holes, 2,145 yards.

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Roxana Community Park District · Rox Arena, 2 Park Drive, Roxana, IL 62084 · (618) 254-7485