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By the late 1850s the area had become noted for its truck farms, sending dairy products as well as vegetables to Chicago on the railroad. [8] During the Civil War, Chicago experienced a population boom, and many migrants moved to villages surrounding Chicago such as Dunton. Dunton also saw an influx of German immigration By the 1870s, Dunton's ...
Robbins is a village southwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 4,629 at the 2020 census. [2] It is the second oldest African American incorporated town in the north following Brooklyn, Illinois, and was home to the country’s first black-owned airport, Robbins Airport.
Hoffman Estates is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.It is a suburb of Chicago.Per the 2020 census, the population was 52,530. [3]The village previously served as the headquarters for Sears and is one of the American headquarters for Mori Seiki.
Some time after the 1970s, when the stockyard operations closed and the number of nearby jobs decreased, many people left to move to newer housing and work in the suburbs. The population of the neighborhood gradually reflected a new wave of settlement, predominantly Mexican-American.
Cooked: Survival by Zipcode is a 2018 American documentary film, directed and produced by Judith Helfand. It follows the 1995 Chicago heat wave which resulted in the deaths of 739 people, primarily affecting poor and disadvantaged communities.
Hegewisch (locally pronounced / ˈ h ɛ ɡ ˌ w ɪ ʃ / "heg-wish") is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's far south side.It is bordered by the neighborhoods of Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of Hammond, Indiana to the east.
Belmont Cragin is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas located on the Northwest Side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is designated Community Area 19, and is located 8 miles (13 km) NW of the Loop. Surrounding community areas include: Portage Park, Hermosa, Austin, Montclare, Dunning.
A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Downtown Chicago and 20 miles (32 km) north of O'Hare International Airport. [a] As of the 2020 Census, Buffalo Grove has a population of 43,212. It totals 9.6 square miles (25 km 2) of land, with the top three-quarters in Lake County and the bottom quarter in Cook County.