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River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census , the population was 11,717. [ 2 ] Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago .
The River Forest Historic District is a national historic district encompassing much of the village of River Forest, Illinois.The district includes 830 buildings, most of which are houses as the village is almost entirely residential.
River Forest Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. The population was 11,717 at the 2020 census. [ 2 ] River Forest Township is coterminous with the Village of River Forest .
Oak Park and River Forest High School is a public school with its district including both Oak Park and neighboring River Forest, and Fenwick High School is a Catholic college preparatory school run by the Dominicans, affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Both high schools have a long history of high academic standards.
River Forest Public Library exterior. The River Forest Public Library is located at 735 Lathrop Avenue in River Forest, Illinois, a suburban community west of Chicago.It serves a core population of approximately 11,000 residents, and drawing reciprocal patrons from the surrounding area.
Riverside is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population of the village was 9,298 at the 2020 census. [4] It is a suburb of Chicago, located roughly 9 miles (14 km) west of downtown Chicago and 2 miles (3 km) outside city limits.
State law specifies that no two townships in Illinois shall have the same name, [3] and that, if the Illinois Secretary of State compares the township abstracts and finds a duplicate, the county that last adopted the name shall instead adopt a different name at the next county board meeting. [4]
Isabel Roberts House is a 1908 Prairie Style house by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, located at 603 Edgewood Place in River Forest, Illinois It was built for Isabel Roberts and her widowed mother, Mary Roberts. Scholars suggest that the house was originally designed for Joshua Melson, the co-developer of Rock Crest-Rock Glen, in Mason City, Iowa.