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River Forest, Illinois. Website. www.vrf.us. 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.
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 .
Added to NRHP. August 26, 1977. 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. The oldest structure in the district is the 1831 Bickerdike and Noble sawmill ...
Barrington is a village in Cook County and Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,722 at the 2020 census. [3] A northwest suburb of Chicago, the area features wetlands, forest preserves, parks, and horse trails in a country-suburban setting. Barrington is part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Louisville, New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway: St. Louis and O'Fallon Railway: SLOF C&EI: 1896 1954 Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad: St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad: MP/ SSW: 1920 1948 Alton and Southern Railroad: St. Louis and Ohio River Railroad: IC: 1901 1903 Illinois Central Railroad: St. Louis and Peoria Railroad: IC: 1889 1896
The railroad line was built for the Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric interurban railroad in 1896, and it transported passengers up and down the Fox River until 1935. [4] In 1935, passenger service along the line was abandoned, and almost all of the line was torn up, with the exception of 3.5 mile of track in South Elgin, IL.
69000055 [3] Added to NRHP. September 15, 1969. 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.
River Forest is a Metra commuter railroad station in River Forest, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, on the Union Pacific West Line. Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn, Illinois. Travel time to Ogilvie is 20 to 24 minutes. As of 2018, River Forest is the 107th busiest of the 236 non ...