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Shabbona Lake is a man-made lake created in 1975 by damming the (Big) Indian Creek, a tributary of the Fox River. Its name derives from the Potawatomi leader Shabbona. [2] Seventy miles west of Chicago, off U.S. 30, urban landscape gives way to 1,550 acres (630 ha) of rolling prairie and a 318.8 acres (129.0 ha) man-made fishing lake. [3]
ZIP codes: 60518, 60530, 60550, 60556. FIPS code: 17-037-68835: ... The township contains the Chief Shabbona Forest Preserve and Shabbona Lake State Park. Geography
Shabbona Grove is an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. Shabbona Grove is located on the south edge of Shabbona Lake State Park , 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south-southeast of Shabbona .
Shabbona (/ ˈ ʃ æ ˌ b ʌ n ə /) is a village in DeKalb County, Illinois, United States. The population was 863 at the 2020 census, down from 925 at the 2010 census. The population was 863 at the 2020 census, down from 925 at the 2010 census.
Dearborn was the first Chicago housing project built after World War II, as housing for blacks on part of the Federal Street slum within the "black belt". [3] It was the start of the Chicago Housing Authority's post-war use of high-rise buildings to accommodate more units at a lower overall cost, [6] and when it opened in 1950, the first to have elevators.
ABLA's new physical design includes traditional Chicago-style buildings including single family homes and six-flat structures. In June 2005, the Chicago Park District reopened Fosco Park, a 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m 2) community center which includes an indoor swimming pool, gymnasium, and a new daycare facility. A Jewel/Osco supermarket ...
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.
Kenwood, one of Chicago's 77 community areas, is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city. Its boundaries are 43rd Street, 51st Street, Cottage Grove Avenue, and the lake. Kenwood was originally part of Hyde Park Township, which was annexed to the city of Chicago in 1889. Kenwood was once one of Chicago's most affluent ...