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Alsip-Hazelgreen-Oaklawn School District 126
Alsip, Hazelgreen, Oak Lawn School District 126 is a school district headquartered in Alsip, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The district headquarters, the Powers Wassberg Lehman Administrative Center, are within Prairie Junior High School. The district serves all or portions of Alsip and Oak Lawn. " Alsip, Hazelgreen, Oak Lawn School District 126. Retrieved on January 20, 2017. Schools * Prairie Junior High School * Elementary schools: ** Hazelgreen Elementary School ** Lane Elementary School ** Stony Creek Elementary SchoolReferences External links *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsip, Illinois
Alsip is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,063 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. Alsip was settled in the 1830s by German and Dutch farmers. The village is named after Frank Alsip, the owner of a brickyard that opened there in 1885. The village began to grow after the Tri-State Tollway was built there in 1959. Geography Alsip is located at (41.670433, -87.732199). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Alsip has a total area of , of which (or 98.49%) is land and (or 1.51%) is water. Alsip is bordered to the west by the villages of Worth and Palos Heights. To the south is Crestwood. Oak Lawn lies to the north. Merrionette Park, Blue Island, and Robbins lie to the east (north-south, respectively). The Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago lies to the north and east. Most of the town lies to the north of the Cal-Sag Channel. However, Chippewa Ridge subdivision, which was built upon the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Metropolitan Area
The Chicago metropolitan area, also colloquially referred to as Chicagoland, is a metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States. Encompassing 10,286 sq mi (28,120 km2), the metropolitan area includes the city of Chicago, its suburbs and hinterland, spanning 14 counties in northeast Illinois, northwest Indiana, and southeast Wisconsin. The MSA had a 2020 census population of 9,618,502 and the combined statistical area which spans up to 19 counties had a population of nearly 10 million people. The Chicago area is the fourth largest metropolitan area in North America (after the metro areas of Mexico City, New York City, and Los Angeles), the third-largest metropolitan area in the United States, the largest within the entire Midwest, and the largest in the Great Lakes megalopolis. Its urban area is one of the forty largest in the world. According to the 2020 Census, the metropolitan's population is approaching the 10 million mark. The metropolitan area has seen a substant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oak Lawn, Illinois
Oak Lawn is a Village (Illinois), village in Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 58,362 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Oak Lawn is a suburb of Chicago, located southwest of the city. It shares borders with the city in two areas but is surrounded mostly by other suburbs. History Founding In August 1835, James B. Campbell purchased the land stretching between Cicero Avenue and Central Avenue from 95th Street (Chicago), 95th Street to 103rd Street. It is unclear what Campbell's intentions with the area were, but by 1840, he had lost a court battle with the Illinois State Bank and his land was sold in a public auction. John Simpson, a prominent figure in early Oak Lawn history, bought the northern half of the property in 1842. By 1859, the recently incorporated government of Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois, Worth Township paid for the construction of Black Oak Grove Road, an early name for 95th Street. Black Oak Grove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
