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Oak Park village, 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 [25] Pop 2010 [22] Pop 2020 [23] % 2000 ...
Oakland is a city in Coles County, Illinois, United States. The population was 739 at the 2020 census. The population was 739 at the 2020 census. Oakland is the nearest community to Walnut Point State Park .
The Oakland Theatre, which operated from 1907 until 1973, located at 3947 South Drexel Avenue, [11] in the heart of Oakland became the Black P. Stone street gangs' headquarters in 1976. The headquarters, which was named "The Fort" and "Grand El Rukn Temple" was a constant target for police raids, until eventually being taken after a raid by the ...
Oak Park Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois and its boundaries are coterminous with the village of Oak Park. [2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,583. [ 3 ]
The Hyde Park community area is to the south of Kenwood and the southern half of Kenwood (south of 47th Street) is sometimes referred to as Hyde Park-Kenwood. [ 3 ] In the 1890s, the Kenwood Astrophysical Observatory , established by astronomer George Ellery Hale , was located in Kenwood close to the new (at that time) University of Chicago .
East Oakland Township is one of twelve townships in Coles County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,229 and it contained 628 housing units. [ 1 ] The township changed its name from Oakland Township on May 7, 1860.
R. Eugene Pincham (1925–2008), attorney, civil rights activist, and Judge of the Illinois Appellate Court. He was a resident of Chatham. [22] [23] Welton Taylor (1919–2012), microbiologist, inventor and civil rights activist. He and his wife were the first Black couple to move to Chatham. [24]
South Deering, located on Chicago's far South Side, is the largest of the 77 official community areas of that city. Primarily an industrial area, a small residential neighborhood exists in the northeast corner and Lake Calumet takes up a large portion of the area. 80% of the community area is zoned as industrial, natural wetlands, or parks.