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Chicago Heights lies on the high land of the Tinley Moraine, with the higher and older Valparaiso Moraine lying just to the south of the city.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Heights has a total area of 10.30 square miles (26.68 km 2), of which 10.28 square miles (26.63 km 2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.13%) is water.
Bluffs is a village in Scott County, Illinois, United States. The population was 715 at the 2010 census. The population was 715 at the 2010 census. It was briefly (1969–1971) the location of the WJJY TV Mast , the tallest structure (1,610 feet tall - 491 m) built to that date in Illinois.
Prospect Heights city, Illinois – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [8] Pop 2010 [5] Pop 2020 [6 ...
Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census. [3]The village sits just a few miles south of Chicago proper. It is bordered by Chicago Heights and Flossmoor to the south, Hazel Crest to the west, East Hazel Crest and Harvey to the north, Glenwood to the east, and South Holland to the northeast.
Thornton Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,865. [1] Incorporated in 1850, it is located immediately south of the city of Chicago. It is the second most populous township in Illinois as of the 2020 census, after Rockford Township (pop. 170,478) in Winnebago County. [1]
Vernon Hills is a suburb north of Chicago, Illinois in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 26,850 at the 2020 census. [2] Vernon Hills serves as a retail hub for its surrounding area (Libertyville, Lake Forest, Mundelein, Long Grove, Lincolnshire and Buffalo Grove).
In 1897, the Glen View Club bought a portion of the Dewes land and built an 18-hole golf course. Around 1899, one member, Albert J. Earling, President of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, started taking his private rail car from his offices downtown to golf at the Glen View Golf Club. He would tell people he was "going to golf."
It is approximately 18 miles southwest of Chicago. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Clarendon Hills has a total area of 1.82 square miles (4.71 km 2 ), of which 1.81 square miles (4.69 km 2 ) (or 99.45%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2 ) (or 0.55%) is water.