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Illinois's 6th Congressional District
Illinois's 6th congressional district covers parts of Cook and DuPage counties. It has been represented by Democrat Sean Casten since 2019. Composition By county Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people * Chicago – 2,665,039 * Orland Park – 58,703 * Oak Lawn – 58,362 * Tinley Park – 55,971 * Wheaton – 53,970 * Downers Grove – 50,247 * Elmhurst 45,786 * Lombard – 44,476 * Addison – 35,702 * Burbank – 29,439 * Glen Ellyn – 28,846 * Westmont – 24,429 * Lisle – 24,223 * Villa Park – 22,263 * Darien – 22,011 * Evergreen Park – 19,943 * Alsip – 19,063 * Palos Hills – 18,530 * Hinsdale – 17,395 * Bridgeview – 17,027 * La Grange – 16,321 * Hickory Hills – 14,505 * Chicago Ridge – 14,433 * Midlothian – 14,325 * Western Springs – 13,629 * Justice – 12,600 * Palos Heights – 12,068 * Summit – 11,161 * Burr Ridge – 11,192 * Worth – 10,970 * Crestwood – 10,826 2,500 to 10,000 people * Willow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Illinois's 6th Congressional District (since 2023)
Illinois's 6th congressional district covers parts of Cook County, Illinois, Cook and DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage counties. It has been represented by Democratic Party (United States), Democrat Sean Casten since 2019. Composition By county Cities and CDPs with 10,000 or more people * Chicago – 2,665,039 * Orland Park, Illinois, Orland Park – 58,703 * Oak Lawn, Illinois, Oak Lawn – 58,362 * Tinley Park, Illinois, Tinley Park – 55,971 * Wheaton, Illinois, Wheaton – 53,970 * Downers Grove, Illinois, Downers Grove – 50,247 * Elmhurst, Illinois, Elmhurst 45,786 * Lombard, Illinois, Lombard – 44,476 * Addison, Illinois, Addison – 35,702 * Burbank, Illinois, Burbank – 29,439 * Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Glen Ellyn – 28,846 * Westmont, Illinois, Westmont – 24,429 * Lisle, Illinois, Lisle – 24,223 * Villa Park, Illinois, Villa Park – 22,263 * Darien, Illinois, Darien – 22,011 * Evergreen Park, Illinois, Evergreen Park – 19,943 * Alsip, Illinois, Alsip � ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisle, Illinois
Lisle ( ) is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 22,390 at the 2010 census, and in 2019 the population was recorded to be 23,270. It is a south-western suburb of Chicago in the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. It is also the headquarters of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region III. History In 1830, Bailey Hobson, a Quaker, was the first settler in what would become DuPage County, Illinois, as well as Lisle Township. The town of Lisle was settled in 1832, by brothers James C. Hatch and Luther A. Hatch after the close of the Black Hawk War. The two brothers acquired land near what is now U.S. Route 34, Ogden Avenue and began a small farming community named "DuPage" or "East DuPage" because, of its proximity to the east branch of the DuPage River. In 1831, DuPage County was founded. To the west of the Lisle settlement, on the west branch of the DuPage river, brothers Joseph and John Naper founded Naper's Sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justice, Illinois
Justice is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, established in 1911. Per the 2020 census, the population was 12,600. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Justice has a total area of , of which (or 98.44%) is land and (or 1.56%) is water. A major road running through the town is Archer Avenue (Illinois Route 171); in addition, Justice lies close to Interstate 55 (also called the Stevenson Expressway, after Adlai Stevenson) and Interstate 294 just east of La Grange Road ( U.S. Route 45). Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 12,600 people, 4,644 households, and 3,119 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 5,160 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 62.45% White, 20.35% African American, 0.71% Native American, 1.80% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 5.69% from other races, and 8.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16.48% of the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Springs, Illinois
Western Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 13,629. Named for local mineral springs on the southwest side of town, Western Springs originally consisted of flat prairie land with a swamp on its western border. It is located along the BNSF Railway (formerly the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) between Chicago and Aurora, Illinois, Aurora, encompassing roughly the area between Willow Springs Road (Gilbert Avenue), Ogden Avenue, Interstate 294, and West Plainfield Road. History Around the turn of the 18th century, nomadic Potawatomi Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans settled in the Western Springs area. Whether they built a village is unclear, but evidence of temporary campsites has been found near Flagg Creek in Forest Hills. The natives were gone by the end of 1835, but Potawatomi artifacts may still be found buried in the Springdale neighborh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midlothian, Illinois
Midlothian () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwestern suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the population was 14,325. History Like many southwest suburbs of Chicago in the 1800s and early 1900s, the area now known as the Village of Midlothian consisted of a few area farmers being surrounded by large and small endeavors alike as the industrial age began its exponential expansion process in the Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois, Bremen Township in Cook County, Illinois community. By 1854, the sprawling landscape comprising the township of Bremen had a trail of railroad track carrying both passengers and commodities between Chicago and Joliet on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad. It had been a somewhat brutal battle for the Illinois Central Railroad over the decades, with Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln working hard to establish the presence of the Illinois Central Railroad on a State level ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Ridge, Illinois
Chicago Ridge is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 14,433. It is a suburb of Chicago. History Chicago Ridge takes its name from ridges left behind when trainloads of dirt were brought out by the Wabash Railroad during construction of the Columbian Exposition of 1893. Incorporated on October 17, 1914, the village has an area of approximately and is located in the southwestern portion of Cook County, Illinois, about southwest of downtown Chicago.. Accessed February 17, 2008. The path of Stony Creek arcs through the village. It is not only an old creek but also the remnants of a feeder canal for the Illinois & Michigan Canal that reached from the Little Calumet River westward through the Saganash-kee Slough. Although the work on the feeder canal brought some settlers in the 1840s, German and Dutch farmers arrived after the 1850s. Settlement increased with the coming of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad in 1882. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hickory Hills, Illinois
Hickory Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Located principally in Palos Township, it is a suburb of Chicago. The population in 2020 was 14,505. History The Hickory Hills Country Club was founded in 1917 in the area of the present-day city, with an 18-hole golf course designed by Scottish-American golfer James Foulis. The club exists to the present day. The village of Hickory Hills was incorporated in September 1951 from the territory between 91st to 95th streets, and between 80th to 88th avenue. The village at the time of incorporation had around 450 residents. Voters approved a change from village to city form of government in October 1966. In 1961, the Poor Clares nuns, a branch of the Franciscan order, acquired 20 acres of land at 89th street and Keane avenue with which to establish a new monastery. However, the monastery closed in 1992 due to dwindling numbers. The order returned to Chicago in 1999, moving to a new monastery in nearby Palos Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Grange, Illinois
La Grange ( ; often spelled LaGrange) is a village (United States)#Illinois, village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. The population was 16,321 at the 2020 census. History The area around La Grange was first settled in the 1830s, when Chicago residents moved out to the west due to the rapid population increase in the city in the decade since its incorporation. The first settler, Robert Leitch, came to the area in 1830, seven years before the City of Chicago was incorporated. La Grange's location, at approximately from the Chicago Loop, is not considered far from the city by today's standards, but in that time the residents enjoyed the peace of rural life without much communication with urban residents. The village was officially incorporated on June 11, 1879. It was founded by Franklin Dwight Cossitt, who was born in Granby, Connecticut, and raised in Tennessee, and moved to Chicago in 1862 where he built a successful wholesale grocery busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridgeview, Illinois
Bridgeview is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately southwest of the Chicago Loop. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the village population was 17,027. History The earliest European settlement in Bridgeview occurred in the 1830s, when the area was still populated by Native American groups. By the 1870s German and Italian settlers began moving into the area for farming purposes. Dutch migrated to the area by the 1920s, at which time farming began to decline; real estate and industry began to develop the area considerably. After Lake Michigan water became available to the area, the population grew significantly. The Bridgeview Community Club was founded in 1938 and became the center of local activities. The first Palestinians arrived in the 1890s and by 2024, an area between Midway International Airport and a SeatGeek Stadium, SeatGeek soccer stadium was home to "wiktionary:Little_Palestine, Little Palestine", the largest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinsdale, Illinois
Hinsdale is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Cook County, Illinois, Cook County. It is one of the wealthiest communities in Illinois. Hinsdale is a western suburb of Chicago with a population of 17,395 in the 2020 census. Geography Hinsdale is located west of Chicago and is bordered by Oak Brook, Illinois, Oak Brook to the north, and Burr Ridge, Illinois, Burr Ridge and Willowbrook, DuPage County, Illinois, Willowbrook to the south, Western Springs, Illinois, Western Springs to the east, Clarendon Hills, Illinois, Clarendon Hills and Westmont, Illinois, Westmont to the west. The eastern boundary of Hinsdale is Interstate 294 and the western boundary is Illinois Route 83, Route 83. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Hinsdale has a total area of , of which (or 99.18%) is land and (or 0.82%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, there were 17,395 people, 5,809 households, and 4,817 famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palos Hills, Illinois
Palos Hills is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a southwest suburb of Chicago. The city was established in 1958 and had reached a population of 18,530 in the 2020 census. It is named after Palos de la Frontera, Spain, from which Christopher Columbus set sail to North America. Moraine Valley Community College as and Amos Alonzo Stagg High School are its main schools. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Palos Hills has a total area of , of which (or 98.97%) is land and (or 1.03%) is water. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 18,530 people, 7,247 households, and 4,209 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 7,697 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 81.70% White, 5.77% African American, 0.18% Native American, 2.17% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 3.39% from other races, and 6.77% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.19% of the po ... [...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 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
