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2. West Lawn, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   West Lawn, one of Chicago 's 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the city. It is considered to be a "melting pot" of sorts, due to its constant change of races moving in and out of the area, as well as the diversity that exists there. It has a small town atmosphere in the big city.

3. Chicago Lawn, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Chicago Lawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the southwest side of the city. Its community neighbors include Gage Park, West Englewood, Ashburn, and West Lawn. It is bounded by Bell Avenue on the east, Central Park Avenue on the west, 59th Street on the north, and 75th Street on the south, and is 13 km (8 ...

4. Garfield Ridge, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   parts of 60629, 60632 and 60638. Garfield Ridge is the 56th of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 10 miles (16 km) from the Loop, it is on the city's far southwest side. As of 2017, the area had 36,396 inhabitants. Named for Garfield Boulevard and a nearby glacial ridge, the area suffered from land of poor quality and was historically used ...

5. Stickney Township, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   FIPS code. 17-031-72689. Website. www.townshipofstickney.org. Stickney Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2020 census, its population was 41,514, [2] with approximately 71% of that total living in the city of Burbank (pop. 29,439). [3] Township offices are located at 5635 W. State Road in Burbank.

6. List of Illinois area codes - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the area codes in the state of Illinois and its numbering plan areas in the North American Numbering Plan.. All NPAs within Illinois. 217/447: Central Illinois, including the region running west from the Illinois-Indiana border through Danville, Effingham, Champaign–Urbana, Decatur, Springfield, Quincy until Illinois' western border with Missouri and Iowa.

7. Clearing, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The Clearing area quickly became a part of Chicago in 1915 when the growing population needed services provided by the city. It is bordered on the west by Harlem Avenue, on the east by railroad tracks just east of Cicero Ave., to the north by 59th street, and to the south by 65th street. The southern portion of Midway Airport is in Clearing.

8. History of Walmart - Wikipedia

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   The history of Walmart, an American discount department store chain, began in 1950 when businessman Sam Walton purchased a store from Luther E. Harrison in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and opened Walton's 5 & 10. [1] The Walmart chain proper was founded in 1962 with a single store in Rogers, expanding inside Oklahoma by 1968 and throughout the rest ...

9. 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 ...