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People from Blue Island, Illinois (40 P) Pages in category "Blue Island, Illinois" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located approximately 16 miles (26 km) south of Chicago's Loop. [3] Blue Island is adjacent to the city of Chicago and shares its northern boundary with that city's Morgan Park neighborhood. The population was 22,558 at the 2020 United States Census.
Beverly is the 72nd of Chicago's 77 community areas.Located 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop, it is on the city's far south side.Beverly is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge, along with the nearby community areas of Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood, and Washington Heights, and the City of Blue Island.
Pages in category "People from Blue Island, Illinois" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Lincoln Cemetery is a historically African American cemetery in Blue Island, Illinois, United States. The cemetery is about 112 acres (45 ha) with over 16,000 interments. The cemetery is about 112 acres (45 ha) with over 16,000 interments.
The bodies of 12-year-old Norma Sedgwick, 10-year-old Dewilla Noakes, and 8-year-old Cordelia Noakes were found under a blanket in the woods along Pennsylvania Route 233, Centerville Road on 24 November 1934. All three are believed to have been suffocated to death earlier that month by Elmo Noakes, the father of Dewilla and Cordelia and the ...
Blue Island Avenue is a street in the city of Chicago, Illinois that once led to a ridge of land that early pioneers gave the name "Blue Island" because at a distance it looked like an island in the prairie. The blue color was attributed to atmospheric scattering or to blue flowers growing on the ridge. [1]
Map of Morgan Park, IL, as laid out by Thomas F. Nichols for the Blue Island Land and Building Company, 1870 [4] Comparing this with a modern map will show how the far northern ends of West Crescent and East Crescent (today Oakley and Bell Avenues, respectively) were vacated between Remington and Monticello Avenues (today 107th and 108th Places, respectively) to create Crescent Park.