Skokie (CTA Station)
Skokie may refer to * Skokie, Illinois, a village in Cook County, Illinois **'' National Socialist Party of America v. Village of Skokie'' ** ''Skokie'' (film), a movie about the NSPA Controversy in Skokie * Skokie (rocket), a parachute test rocket used by the U.S. Air Force *Skokie Lagoons Skokie Lagoons is a nature preserve in Glencoe, Illinois, Glencoe and Winnetka, Illinois, owned and managed by the Cook County Forest Preserves, Forest Preserve District of Cook County. The park is bordered by Illinois Route 68, Dundee Road to t ...

Skokie, Illinois
Skokie (; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, neighboring the City of Chicago's northern border. Its population, according to the 2020 census, was 67,824. Skokie lies approximately north of Chicago's downtown Loop. Its name comes from a Potawatomi word for "marsh." For many years, Skokie promoted itself as "The World's Largest Village." Skokie's streets, like that of many suburbs, are largely a continuation of the Chicago street grid, and the village is served by the Chicago Transit Authority, further cementing its connection to the city. Skokie was originally a German-Luxembourger farming community, but was later settled by a sizeable Jewish population, especially after World War II. At its peak in the mid-1960s, 58% of the population was Jewish, the largest proportion of any Chicago suburb. Skokie still has many Jewish residents (now about 30% of the population) and over a dozen synagogues. It is home to the Illinois Holocaust Muse ...
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