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Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre (489-hectare) park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, [1] [2] to near Ardmore Avenue (5800 N) on the north, just north of the DuSable Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue. [3]
Because the area was considered remote, a smallpox hospital and the city cemetery were located in Lincoln Park until the 1860s. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1837, Chicago was incorporated as a city, and North Avenue (to the south of today's Lincoln Park neighborhood) was established as the city's northern boundary.
Lincoln Park is the largest urban park located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was known historically as Lincoln Square . From 1862 to 1865, it was the site of the largest hospital in Washington, DC: Lincoln Hospital .
Lincoln Park is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 38,144 at the 2010 census , down from 40,008 at the 2000 census . [ 5 ] With a population density of 6,476.1/sq mi (2,500.4/km 2 ) at the 2010 census, Lincoln Park is the second most-densely populated municipality in the state after Hamtramck .
Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a 35-acre (14 ha) ... the 1893 World's Fair Viking ship was located at the zoo. [20]
The Ulysses S. Grant Monument is a presidential memorial in Chicago, honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant.Located in Lincoln Park, the statue was commissioned shortly after the president's death in 1885 and was completed in 1891.
Lincoln Park contains the easternmost point in Morris County, which is located along the Pompton River.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 6.91 square miles (17.91 km 2), including 6.40 square miles (16.57 km 2) of land and 0.52 square miles (1.34 km 2) of water (7.47%).
The park contains a large lake (Lincoln Park Lake, originally East Lake), a recreation center, a senior center, a playground, picnic tables, skatepark and ball fields.The park is located at the intersection of Valley Boulevard and Mission Road and is served by Metro lines 76, 78, 79, and 378.