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  2. List of Chicago placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Archibald Clybourn, the first police constable of Chicago Columbus Drive: Christopher Columbus [14] Constance Avenue: Konstanz, Germany Cook County: The county in which Chicago is situated was named after Daniel Pope Cook, who served as the second U.S. Representative from Illinois and the first Attorney General of the State of Illinois Cottage ...

  3. West Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census . It was formerly named Junction and later Turner Junction, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) in 1855.

  4. 7th District Police Station - Wikipedia

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    The Romanesque style station is architecturally significant as an example of pre-1945 police stations in Chicago. It was designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin Pierce Burnham. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The Chicago Police Department vacated the station in 1998.

  5. List of heads of the Chicago Police Department - Wikipedia

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    ^A Orsemus Morrison's tenure predates the incorporation of Chicago as a city. While no mayor was serving at the time he was High Constable, John H. Kinzie was Town President ^B The position of "General Superintendent of Police" ceased to be the head of the Chicago Police Department prior to the end of O'Connor's tenure, which was December 29, 1964

  6. Vintage Chicago Tribune: From 1800s to now, history of ... - AOL

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    Hey Chicago — do you know how long laws governing abortion have been on the books in Illinois? Since Abraham Lincoln was a teenager. But, how did we get from a statute outlawing the sale of ...

  7. West Chicago Township, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    West Chicago Township was a township in Cook County, Illinois that was part of the City of Chicago. It comprised that part of pre-1889 Chicago west of the Chicago River . When various townships to its north and west were annexed to Chicago in 1889, they were maintained as townships and not incorporated into West Township.

  8. Category:People from West Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "People from West Chicago, Illinois" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.

  9. Appeals court keep Illinois' gun ban in place as case proceeds

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    (The Center Square) – Illinois’ gun and magazine ban will stay in effect pending the outcome in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, the appeals court ruled Thursday. Illinois banned the ...