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  2. Evanston, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Evanston, Illinois. Evanston (/ ˈɛvənstən / EV-ən-stən) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is 12 miles (19 km) north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wilmette to the north, and Lake Michigan to the east ...

  3. List of Illinois area codes - Wikipedia

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    773: Chicago, covers most of the geographical area of Chicago except the downtown Chicago Loop, which is in area code 312. 815/779: Northern Illinois outside of the immediate Chicago area including Joliet, Kankakee, LaSalle, DeKalb, and Rockford. Area code 815 was overlaid with area code 779 in 2007. 847/224: North and northwest suburbs of ...

  4. Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Area and Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicago along with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km 2), the metropolitan area ...

  5. Northwestern University - Wikipedia

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    Northwestern University (NU) is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois. The university has its main campus along the shores of Lake Michigan in the Chicago metropolitan area.

  6. Evanston Lakeshore Historic District - Wikipedia

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    September 29, 1980. The Evanston Lakeshore Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As Chicago expanded in the late nineteenth century, its residential development surged past its ...

  7. North Shore (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    North Shore (Chicago) Map of northeastern Illinois showing the North Shore and surrounding areas. The North Shore consists of many affluent suburbs north of Chicago, Illinois, bordering the shores of Lake Michigan. These communities fall within suburban Cook County and Lake County. The North Shore's membership is often a topic of debate, and it ...

  8. Evanston Township, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    74,486. Time zone. UTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST) Evanston Township was a civil township in Cook County, Illinois, United States from 1857 until 2014, when it was dissolved. At the time it was dissolved, its boundaries were coterminous with the city of Evanston, and the population at the 2010 census was 74,486. [1]

  9. Evanston Ridge Historic District - Wikipedia

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    March 3, 1983. The Evanston Ridge Historic District is a residential historic district in Evanston, Illinois. The district is situated along a glacial ridge that was the site of the first white settlement in Evanston in the 1830s. As the development of Evanston accelerated in the mid-nineteenth century, the ridge became a desirable location for ...