Illinois Cities

Alsip
Alsip was settled in the 1830s by German and Dutch farmers. The village is named after Frank Alsip, the owner of a brickyard that opened there in 1885. The village began to grow after the Tri-State Tollway was built there after World War 2

Arlington Heights
Arlington Heights is known for Arlington Park Race Track, home of the Arlington Million, a Breeders' Cup qualifying event; also hosted the Breeders' Cup Classic in 2002.

Barrington
Located 35 miles northwest of Chicago, Barrington serves as the geographic center of the 72 sq mile Barrington Community Unit School District 220. There are large areas of wetlands, forest preserves, parks, & horse trails in the country-suburban setting.

Barrington Hills
Rich farmland & abundant water supplies attracted settlers Jesse Miller and William Van Orsdal in 1834. In the early 1840s other farm families arrived, including German, English, & Irish immigrants, & formed a town near present-day Sutton Road & Route 68.

Bartlett
Bartlett is a village located in both Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. A very small parcel on the western border is in Kane County. The population was 36,706 at the 2000 census. A 2002 recount gave the village a population of 37,304.

Bedford Park
Bedford Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 574 at the 2000 census. Bedford Park consists of a small residential area and vast amounts of heavy industry sprawling to the east and a small amount to the west.

Bellwood
Bellwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,535 at the 2000 census. There is a railroad station with commuter service to Chicago.

Bensenville
Bensenville is a village located primarily in DuPage County, Illinois, with a small section near O'Hare International Airport in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 20,703.

Berkeley
Berkeley is a village located in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Incorporated in 1924, the population at the 2000 census was 5,245.

Berwyn
In 1846, the first land in "Berwyn" was deeded to Theodore Doty who built the eight-foot wide Plank Road from Chicago to Ottawa. This thoroughfare became what is now Odgen Avenue in South Berwyn. In 1856, Thomas F. Baldwin purchased 347 acres of land.

Blue Island
Blue Island is so named because it is situated south of a ridge of land that was once an island when the glacial Lake Chicago covered the area thousands of years ago. Early pioneers gave the ridge the name because it looked like an island in a sea.

Bridgeview
The earliest settlement in Bridgeview occurred in the 1830s, when the area was still populated by Native American groups. By the 1870s German settlers began moving into the area for farming purposes.

Broadview
Broadview is a village in Cook County, Illinois 13 miles west of Chicago. The population was 8,264 at the 2000 census.

Brookfield
Settlement of the village dates to 1889 when Samuel Eberly Gross, a Chicago lawyer, began selling building lots platted from farms and woodlands he had acquired along both sides of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad line.

Buffalo Grove
The town was named for Buffalo Creek, which was itself named for bison bones found in the area. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 42,909.

Burbank
The city of Burbank was incorporated on April 4, 1970. The area was previously an unincorporated portion of Stickney Township.

Burnham
Burnham got its name from famous Chicago developer Daniel Burnham. Burnham is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,170 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 60633.

Burr Ridge
Burr Ridge's gently rolling hills were carved by glaciers at the end of the last ice age, and most of the village lies on the Valparaiso Moraine. Flagg Creek, a tributary of the Des Plaines River, runs through town.

Calumet City
Calumet City is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 39,072 at the 2000 census. The ZIP code is 60409.

Calumet Park
Calumet Park (formerly DeYoung) is a town in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 8,516 at the 2000 census. Calumet Park is divided between two congressional districts. The area east of Interstate 57 & south of 123rd Street is in Illinois' 2nd Dist.

Chicago
Chicago (pronounced shi-cah-go, or shi-caw-go) is the largest city in the state of Illinois, the largest in the Midwest and, with a population of nearly 2.9 million people, is the third largest in the United States.

Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 31,373 at the 2005 census.

Chicago Ridge
Chicago Ridge is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,127 at the 2000 census.

Cicero
Al Capone built his criminal empire in Chicago before moving to Cicero to escape the reach of Chicago police. Cicero is named for the town of Cicero, New York, which in turn was named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman orator.

Country Club Hills
Country Club Hills is neighbored by Hazel Crest to the east, Flossmoor and Matteson to the south, Oak Forest to the northwest, Markham to the north, and the Cook County Forest Preserves and Tinley Park to the west.

Countryside
Countryside is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,991 at the 2000 census.

Crestwood
Crestwood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,251 at the 2000 census.

Deer Park
Deer Park is a village in Cook and Lake County. The population was 3,102 at the 2000 census.

Deerfield
Originally populated by the Potawatomi Native Americans, the area was settled by Jacob B. Cadwell in 1835 and named Cadwell's Corner. A shopping center located on the site of Cadwell's farm at Waukegan Road and Lake Cook Road still bears that name.

Des Plaines
Des Plaines (pronounced IPA [dɛsˈpleɪnz]) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It has adopted the official nickname of "City of Destiny."

Dixmoor
Dixmoor (formerly Specialville) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 3,934 at the 2000 census. Dixmoor is adjacent to Harvey, Illinois, and keeps Harvey's east-west numbering system.

Dolton
Dolton is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2000 census. Dolton is located just west of the expressway Interstate 94 and immediately south of the city limits of Chicago. Its most common ZIP code is 60419.

East Dundee
Near the end of the Black Hawk War the Potowattomie Indians, a branch of the Algonquin's sold what is now Dundee to Illinois in 1835 and by 1840 almost all of this land had been settled. The first settlers actually arrived in the fall of 1834.

East Hazel Crest
East Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 1,607.

Elgin
The Black Hawk Indian War of 1832 led to the expulsion of the Native Americans who had settlements and burial mounds in the area, and set the stage for the founding of Elgin.

Elk Grove Village
Unlike its neighboring communities, Elk Grove Village developed relatively late because it lacks direct access to a railroad. Although it was settled by farmers and its land was used for timber and hunting, the village was not incorporated until 1956.

Elmwood Park
Elmwood Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,405 at the 2000 census. The community has long maintained a large Italian-American population, with a more recent influx of Polish-American and Hispanic residents.

Evanston
Evanston was created out of the larger geographic unit called "Grosse Pointe Territory" in the 1830s. After being chosen as the home for Northwestern University, the city was incorporated in 1863, & named after John Evans, the University's founder.

Evergreen Park
Evergreen Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 20,821 at the 2000 census. Evergreen Park is located at 41°43′12″N, 87°42′9″W (41.719933, -87.702499)

Flossmoor
Flossmoor is a wealthy village in south suburban Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,301 at the 2000 census.

Ford Heights
The village adopted its current name in 1987. Prior to that point, it was known as East Chicago Heights.

Forest Park
Forest Park (formerly Harlem) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,688 at the 2000 census. The Forest Park train stop on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway.

Forest View
Forest View is a blue-collar village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 778 at the 2000 census. It is close to Chicago and has a large Slavic population. The village, however, is primarily industrial.

Frankfort
First inhabited by Native Americans, including the Pottawatomie, Sac and Fox tribes, Frankfort was used as a conduit between the Des Plaines and St. Joseph Rivers. Originally, the area was part of the Virginia Territory before the French treaty.

Franklin Park
Cook County, 13 miles W of the Loop. Franklin Park has more than met the expectations of Lesser Franklin, who settled in the area in the 1890s. He envisioned an industrial center that would blend with residential neighborhoods.

Glencoe
In 1835 several pioneers, including Anson and Lisa Taylor, set up businesses on the land originally inhabited by Potawatomi. They profited from a commercial pier and an inn that served the stagecoach traffic on the Green Bay Road.

Glenview
The Glen. In 1995, the base was closed as part of a military restructuring. The land was deeded back to Glenview by the U.S. Department of Defense. A reuse plan was completed by the Village of Glenview in 1995 and updated into a master plan by Skidmore.

Glenwood
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 9,000 people, 3,373 households, and 2,472 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,291.8/km² (3,350.1/mi²). There were 3,461 housing units at an average density of 496.8/km² (1,288.3/mi²).

Golf
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 451 people, 156 households, and 133 families residing in the village. The population density was 395.8/km² (1,014.5/mi²). There were 158 housing units at an average density of 138.6/km² (355.4/mi²).

Hanover Park
Hanover Park is a village located in both Cook County and DuPage County, Illinois. The population was 38,278 at the 2000 census. Ontarioville is an area neighborhood within the village.

Harvey
Harvey was founded in 1891 by Christian leader Turlington W. Harvey, a close associate of Dwight Moody (founder of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago).

Harwood Heights
Harwood Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,297 at the 2000 census. Harwood Heights is located at [show location on an interactive map] 41°57′58″N, 87°48′20″W.

Hazel Crest
Hazel Crest was first settled in 1870 in a farming community known as South Harvey. An enterprising newspaper editor named William McClintock moved here from Ohio in 1890, buying 80 acres from farmer Fred Puhrman.

Hickory Hills
Hickory Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,926 at the 2000 census.

Hillside
One notable landmark in Hillside is the Mount Carmel Cemetery. On the grounds of the cemetery are the graves of a number of organized crime figures, such as Al Capone. A number of Bishops and Archbishops of the Archdiocese of Chicago are buried there.

Hinsdale
It has a rolling, wooded topography, with a quaint downtown that contains boutique shops and restaurants, and is a 20-minute train ride to downtown Chicago on the BNSF Railway Line.

Hodgkins
The first visitors to present-day Hodgkins, explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, paddled down the Des Plaines River in 1673, passing through the area, making their camp in present-day Summit.

Hoffman Estates
In 1954, a local farmer sold his 160-acre farm to Sam and Jack Hoffman, owners of the Father and Son Construction Company, for a subdivision in Cook County. The land, now known as Parcel A, was located east of Roselle Road between Golf and Higgins Roads.

Hometown
Hometown is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,467 at the 2000 census.

Homewood
The village of Homewood is located in the south suburbs of Chicago. Although some of the southern suburbs have fallen victim to urban poverty and blight, due to gentrification in Chicago, Homewood and its neighboring community of Flossmoor.

Indian Head Park
The first Democratic Convention of Cook County was held in the area in 1835. At that time, Indian Head Park was closer to the center of the county, as Cook County then encompassed all of present day Du Page and parts of Will and Lake counties.

Inverness
Inverness is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 6,749 at the 2000 census.

Justice
Justice is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,193 at the 2000 census.

Kenilworth
Joseph Sears purchased 223.6 acres in one of the last undeveloped areas near Chicago's lakeshore for $150,300 in 1889. Seven years later, the population had reached 300 residents, fulfilling the legal requirement for incorporation. As of the 2000 census.

La Grange
The name La Grange is French for "The Barn." Incorporated on June 11, 1879, the Village of La Grange was the dream of Franklin Dwight Cossitt, born in Granby, Connecticut and raised in Tennessee, who moved to Chicago in 1862.

La Grange Park
La Grange Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village, which is a suburb of Chicago, population was 13,295.

Lansing
Lansing was incorporated in 1893. The first family to settle in Lansing was that of August Hildebrandt. Henry, George, and John Lansing settled the area in 1846.

Lemont
The village of Lemont began during the planning and construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal (I&M Canal), in the mid 1800s. The location of Lemont is just west of the originally planned location of a town on the I&M Canal to be called "Athens".

Lincolnwood
Lincolnwood is an ethnically diverse, two-and-a-half-square-mile suburb. Potawatomi originally settled the wooded area, but vacated the land after the Indian Boundary Treaty of 1816.

Lynwood
Lynwood was founded in 1959. The Village is surrounded by Lansing to the north, Glenwood to the West, Sauk Village to the south, and Munster and Dyer, Indiana to the east. The Indiana state line borders the entire eastern edge of Lynwood.

Lyons
Incorporated in 1888, Lyons is steeped in earlier historical roots. In 1673 French Explorer Louis Joliet and Jesuit missionary Father Pierre Marquette left Green Bay, Wisconsin by canoe in search of a western passage to the Pacific.

Markham
It is claimed this area was beach 10,000 years ago. After countless ages of geologic swamps, marshes and sloughs, the prairies dominated the landscape with groves of trees, flowers, and wildlife in abundance.

Matteson
Matteson is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,928 at the 2000 census.

Maywood
Maywood is a village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It was founded on April 6, 1869[1] and organized October 22, 1881.[2] The population was 26,987 at the 2000 census. Its current zip code is 60153.

McCook
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 254 people, 119 households, and 69 families residing in the village. The population density was 97.6 people per square mile (37.7/km²). There were 125 housing units at an average density of 48.0/sq mi (18.6/km²).

Melrose Park
Melrose Park has long been home to a large Italian-American population, though it also contains many Mexican-Americans. It also is the home of Kiddieland Amusement Park, Maywood Park Racetrack, the Tafolla family, the Betancourt family.

Merrionette Park
The top three ancentries reported in Merrionette Park as of the 2000 census were Irish (34.5%), German (23.8%) and Polish (17.2%)

Midlothian
Until the turn of the century, the area now known as the Village of Midlothian - named for an ancient borough in Scotland - was little more than a milk stop along the Rock Island Railroad serving a few area farmers.

Morton Grove
In 1981, Morton Grove became the first town in America to prohibit the possession of handguns. Victor Quilici, a local lawyer, sued the city (Quilici v. Morton Grove).

Mount Prospect
The area that would become the first 160 acres (650,000 m²) of the future village was purchased in 1848 as farmland by Friedrich Busse. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many people began to move from the city to this area.

Niles
A notable landmark and point of pride among Niles' residents is the Leaning Tower of Niles, a smaller-scale replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This landmark is seen in the opening Chicago-area montage of the film Wayne's World.

Norridge
The first names of Norridge were "Goat Village", due to a local residents goat farm, and "Swamp" due to lack of streets and swamp-like conditions. Norridge started out as an 80-acre subdivision.

North Riverside
North Riverside is divided between three congressional districts. The area east of the Des Plaines River is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district; the area west of 1st Avenue is in the 7th district; the area between 1st Avenue and the river.

Northbrook
Director John Hughes has used his hometown of Northbrook in several of his films. Many parts of Ferris Bueller's Day Off were filmed at Glenbrook North in the Fall of 1985 with students serving as extras.

Northfield
Northfield has a school called Middlefork (K–3) and a school called Sunset Ridge School (4–8). It shares its ZIP code (60093) with Winnetka. The high school is renowned New Trier High School.

Northlake
The Centerpoint Preserve is a thirty two acre preserve that was doanated to the City of Northlake by Centerpoint Properties. Located in the heart of Northlake, Centerpoint Preserve has become the center of activity for the city.

Oak Forest
The area currently known as Oak Forest was originally called Cooper's Grove in the 1800s. Cooper's Grove was then bounded by Kenton, Cicero, Kilpatrick, Lamon, Lavergne and LeClaire Avenues.

Oak Lawn
Oak Lawn is known for its community hospital, which serves the residents of Chicago & its suburbs. Christ Community Hospital (now known as Advocate Christ Medical Center) was built in Oak Lawn in 1960 and has expanded with the development of Hope Hospital

Oak Park
Frank Lloyd Wright spent the first 20 years of his 70-year career in Oak Park, building numerous homes in the community, including his own. He lived and worked in the area between 1889 and 1909.

Olympia Fields
Investors in the 1910's sought land in what is now Olympia Fields for a golf course catering to Chicago's elite. Among these investors was Charles Beach, who envisioned a residential community to surround the golf course.

Orland Hills
In January 2007, a $9.75 million winning lottery ticket was sold at a local gas station in Orland Hills.

Orland Park
Orland is home to Carl Sandburg High School (9-12), and various middle and elememtary schools, including St. Michael School (K-8), Centennial Elementary (K-3), Center Elementary (K-3), Park Elementary (K-3), Prairie Elementary (K-3).

Palatine
Palatine has one of the more diverse populations in the Chicago metropolitan area in regards to ethnicity and income. Over one hundred languages are spoken in Palatine.

Palos Heights
In 1965 a group of scholars met in Palos Heights to discuss the need for a contemporary translation of the Holy Bible. The necessity of the project was agreed upon, and shortly thereafter, the New International Version was initiated in Palos Heights.

Palos Hills
Palos Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 17,665 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Moraine Valley Community College as well as Amos Alonzo Stagg High School.

Palos Park
Most of Palos Park is in Illinois' 13th congressional district; a small area, principally that part of the village north of Cal Sag Road, is in the 3rd district.

Park Forest
Park Forest is a village located south of Chicago in Cook County and Will County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 23,462.

Park Ridge
Park Ridge is served by elementary & middle school District 64; high school District 207 including Maine South High School, & Maine East High School. Maine South serves Park Ridge while Maine East mostly serves Des Plaines and Niles.

Phoenix
As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 2,157 people, 789 households, and 542 families residing in the village. The population density was 4,785.5 people per square mile (1,850.7/km²).

Posen
The top four non-Hispanic, non-African American ancentries reported in Posen as of the 2000 census were Polish (25.7%), German (22.2%), Irish (17.4%) and Italian (7.8%).

Prospect Heights
There is a local "Gentleman's Club" is a brothel\"escort" service. Situated at "Palwaukee Center", this brothel operates in the open nearby to local apartment buildings. Their business cards are labeled "XXX Private Lessons".

Richton Park
The Richton Park Library District was conceived when Village trustees investigated the need for and interest in library service for the residents of Richton Park. The village officials observed strong public demand for a library.

River Forest
River Forest is an affluent suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University. The village is closely tied to the well-known neighboring community.

Rolling Meadows
Rolling Meadows is the hometown of TV and film star Gary Cole and Figure Skater Timothy Goebel. The population was 24,604 at the 2000 census.

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