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Woodlawn, Amanda Seligman(
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) ...who could afford to, moved out: Woodlawn's population declined from a high of 81,279 in 1960 to...
...Dutch farmers who arrived in the 1850s. The population hovered between 500 and 1,000 until 1890....
...and few commercial attractions to support a population that was 89 percent African American. In...
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Religious Institutions, Virginia Lieson Brereton(
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) ...services or who belonged to portions of the population almost universally despised or feared—drug...
...time schooling and the dispersion of their population to the suburbs, have closed parochial schools...
...the dispersal and mobility of suburban populations has often made institution building difficult and...
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River Grove, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Altogether, this gave River Grove an estimated population of 200, four-fifths of whom were German ....
...church all were erected within the decade. Population rose to 484 in 1920 and by 1930 was at 2,741....
...border, opened in 1964. By 2000 River Grove's population had climbed to 10,668, with many of Irish ,...
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Schererville, IN, Stephen G. McShane(
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) ...Hart. About 25 families constituted the population, the majority German Catholics. Other railroads...
...and the junction's traffic grew. The town's population exceeded 700 persons. Like its neighbors to...
...of the twentieth century. In 1960 the town's population totaled 2,875 persons; in 1970 the census...
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Stickney, IL, Ronald S. Vasile(
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) ...the 1950s. By the late 1930s Stickney's population stood at about 2,000, and the town was known more...
...its taverns than anything else. Stickney's population increased after World War II , reaching 6,239...
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Berkeley, IL, Patricia Krone Rose(
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) ...newcomers, the village of Berkeley incorporated in 1924. The population growth of the early 1900s...
...paled by comparison to the population boom Berkeley experienced after World...
...War II when the village population tripled from 1,882 in 1950 to 5,792 in 1960. At the same time,...
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West Town, Steven Essig(
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) ...Town has long sustained a strikingly diverse population mix. Most of the area east of Wood Street...
...American percentage of the community area population stood at a solid 10 percent during the last two...
...students, and other younger “bohemian” populations drew more affluent residents, particularly in the...
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Wheaton, IL, Thomas O. Kay(
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) ...formally incorporated in 1859, and by 1880 the population approached 1,000. The community became the...
...many new congregations were formed as the population of the community increased rapidly over the...
...12. Additional grammar schools were built as the population increased: Holmes, Whittier, and Lowell,...
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Zion, IL, Wallace Best(
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) ...and low level of employment in Zion City, the population increased steadily throughout the century....
...there had been only a small African American population in Zion City through much of the twentieth...
...blacks made up nearly 30 percent of Zion's population. In 1987 the Illinois chapter of American...
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Buffalo Grove, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Long Island's Levittown, entered the market. Population escalated with large subdivisions such as...
...approximately 30 percent of the village's population. Growth has not been limited to residential...
...had grown from 67 acres at incorporation to approximately 5,000. Population in 2000 stood at 42,909....
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Burbank, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
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) ...improved and streetlights installed. The area's population tripled during this decade, reaching an...
...Six years later, in 1976, the city's population peaked at 29,448. By 1979, nearly all...
...of the city's land was subdivided. Burbank's population declined to 27,902 in 2000. More than half...
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Algerians, Stephen R. Porter(
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) ...Prior to the 1990s, Chicago's small Algerian population comprised mainly students and professionals...
...estimates have placed Chicago's Algerian population at close to 1,000 by the early 2000s. Many men...
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Moroccans, Stephen R. Porter(
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) ...mid-1960s through 1980, Chicago's Moroccan population seldom exceeded 15, with only a handful making...
...greater access to the United States. While the population of Moroccans in Chicago remained smaller...
...as well as with Algerians and Chicago's small population of Tunisians. It has aimed to help new...
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Cicero, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
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) ...miles along Cicero's eastern edge. The town's population of 3,000 dropped 50 percent as a result....
...more than 20,000 people, a number that dwarfed the population of Cicero, which was only 14,557 in...
...1910. Cicero's population more than quadrupled over the next 20 years, with the majority of...
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Countryside, IL, Ronald S. Vasile(
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) ...city hall opened in 1967, and by 1970 the population stood at 2,864. After annexing an area south of...
...real-estate nor corporate taxes. The 2000 population stood at 5,991. A portion of old Route 66 runs...
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Flossmoor, IL, John H. Long(
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) ...district was incorporated in 1969. Flossmoor's population at incorporation was 265, and by 1930 it...
...the 1950s surged 156 percent, to 4,624 in 1960. Population topped 8,400 in 1980 and reached 9,301 by...
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Hanover Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...Sioux City, and beyond. Ontarioville's population was 250 in 1920, but when Lake Street became a...
...encompassed nearly five square miles. From a 1970 population of 11,916, the community nearly tripled...
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Harwood Heights, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...1 percent African American. A large percentage of the population is of Italian and Polish ancestry....
...and remained unincorporated. In 1960 the population of the village totaled 5,688. Harwood Heights...
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Hickory Hills, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...commercial land along Harlem Avenue. The initial population was around 250, and the village enjoyed...
...basic needs like local road repairs. By 1960, the population had grown to 2,707 as part of the great...
...suburban growth of the 1950s. By 1980, the population had reached 13,778, and in 2000 it was 13,926....
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Highland Park, IL, Derek Vaillant(
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) ...By the turn of the century, Highland Park's population was 2,806, and socially, if not economically...
...its suburban neighbors, Highland Park welcomed a sizable Jewish population after World War II . The...
...two growth spurts—in the 1920s, when the population grew by 98 percent to 12,203—and in the 1950s,...
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