The Village of Tinley Park was incorporated in 1892 as Bremen, and the area was settled primarily by emigrants from the Eastern United States, Germany, Ireland, England, Scotland and Canada. As the country's railroad empire was growing, Bremen was located on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad lines. This influenced the Village's rapid expansion, and in 1890 the name Bremen was changed to Tinley Park, in honor of the Village's first railroad station agent, Samuel Tinley Sr.
