Country Club Hills is a city in
Cook County, Illinois
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, United States. It is a suburb and south of
Chicago
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. The population was 16,775 at the
2020 census.
History
10,000 years ago, during a glacial period, this area was a shoreline, with a complex of moraines in the south and west parts in that same area, before modern times.
Country Club Hills was historically known as Copper's Grove, a German Farmer-based place, throughout the 1800s. It was used for growing crops, and a lot more at that time.
In the 1950s, Copper's Grove started to transition into present-day Country Club Hills, where farms started to move away, and started to get more populated. As a result, Country Club Hills became a incorporated city in 1958. The first town hall was located on a farmhouse on the southeastern corner of present day
Cicero Ave. and 183rd St. That building relocated to currently the Police Department building on 175th St in 1975.
The city has been developing rapidly since then, especially in 2006, where the city used a $16 million
municipal bond
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to build a $5 million
amphitheatre
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on the City Campus, a $2 million fire station, an upgraded community park, and various infrastructure improvement projects.
Geography
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Country Club Hills has a total area of , of which (or 99.66%) is land and (or 0.34%) is water.
Country Club Hills is neighbored by
Hazel Crest
Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,382 at the 2020 census.
History
Hazel Crest was first settled in 1870 in a farming community known as South Harvey. An enterprising newspaper editor named ...
to the east,
Flossmoor
Flossmoor () is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,704 at the 2020 census. Flossmoor is approximately 25 miles south of the Chicago Loop.
Geography
Flossmoor is located at (41.541684, -87.684970).
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Places
* Matteson, Illinois
* Matteson, Wisconsin
* Matteson Township, Michigan
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* Matteson (surname)
* Matteson (Metra), railway station in Illinois, United States
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to the south,
Oak Forest to the northwest,
Markham Markham may refer to:
It may also refer to brand of of clothing which originates from South Africa which saw it's establishment in 1873.
Biology
* Markham's storm-petrel (''Oceanodroma markhami''), a seabird species found in Chile and Colombia
* ...
to the north, and the
Cook County Forest Preserves
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and
Tinley Park
Tinley Park (formerly Bremen) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. The village is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 55,971. It is one of the fastest growing suburbs ...
to the west.
Demographics
As of the
2020 census there were 16,775 people, 5,695 households, and 3,802 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 6,164 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 86.46%
African American
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, 6.30%
White
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, 0.79%
Asian
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, 0.27%
Native American, 0.01%
Pacific Islander
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, 2.21% from
other races
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, and 3.95% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
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of any race were 5.04% of the population.
There were 5,695 households, out of which 49.62% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.96% were married couples living together, 21.79% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.24% were non-families. 29.06% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.31% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.59 and the average family size was 2.88.
The city's age distribution consisted of 22.0% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $70,306, and the median income for a family was $85,357. Males had a median income of $51,563 versus $42,955 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the city was $30,318. About 11.2% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 12.7% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''
Arts and culture
In 2006, Country Club Hills became the location of
Chicago metropolitan area
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's largest
Wal-Mart Supercenter
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at over . The development was an anchor to the first phase of the Gatling Square Mile, Cook County's largest parcel of undeveloped land at about .
Country Club Hills is part of the Grande Prairie Public Library District. The
Grande Prairie Public Library
The Grande Prairie Public Library serves the communities of Hazel Crest, Illinois, and Country Club Hills, Illinois. It is located at 3479 W. 183rd Street in Hazel Crest, in the south suburbs of Chicago. The library is a member of the Metropolitan ...
is located in nearby
Hazel Crest
Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,382 at the 2020 census.
History
Hazel Crest was first settled in 1870 in a farming community known as South Harvey. An enterprising newspaper editor named ...
.
Government
Country Club Hills is divided between two congressional districts. Nearly all of the city is in
Illinois's 2nd congressional district
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, but some small areas along the city's western edge – primarily between 179th and 183rd Streets west of Lavergne Avenue – are in the
1st district.
Education
Since 1967, Country Club Hills has been home to
Bremen Community High School District 228
Bremen High School District 228 is a public four year high school district covering about in Bremen Township. It serves the communities of Midlothian, Posen, Tinley Park, Markham, Hazel Crest, Country Club Hills, and Oak Forest in southern Co ...
's
Hillcrest High School, located at 175th and Pulaski (Crawford). The school has been on an academic watch list for 6 years, and is currently in a "restructuring plan" to increase school academics.
Notable people
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Danny Clark, linebacker for the
New York Giants
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Marquice Cole
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, defensive back for the
New York Jets
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Herb Coleman, American player of gridiron football
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Dee Dee Davis
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Koko Taylor
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, blues singer
See also
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List of U.S. communities with African-American majority populations in 2000
References
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Cities in Illinois
Chicago metropolitan area
Cities in Cook County, Illinois
Populated places established in 1958
1958 establishments in Illinois
Majority-minority cities and towns in Cook County, Illinois