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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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Homewood, IL, John H. Long(
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) ...that operated from 1856 into the 1880s. The population in 1900 was 352. In the twentieth century,...
...electrifying its commuter service. Homewood's population grew from 713 in 1910 to 1,389 in 1920 and...
...pushed the total to 13,371 in 1960. Total population hit 18,871 in 1970 and since then has steadied...
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Single Room Occupancy Hotels, Robert A. Slayton(
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) ...literally, a place to flop. Prior to 1920, the population that lived in these places was varied. At...
...because of any social deviancy. Until recently this population was almost entirely male; it was also...
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Kensington, Janice L. Reiff(
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) ...lived there, servicing the railroads and the population of farmers in the vicinity. Despite the...
...south into Kensington's. Its Italian and Polish populations linked it socially to Pullman's ethnic...
...to close in the 1960s and 1970s, Kensington's population also began to change. Mexicans and African...
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Lisle, IL, Patricia K. Kummer(
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) ...nickname “Arboretum Village. ” Lisle's population grew slowly until the 1950s. In 1956, residents...
...a residential site for Chicago's commuting population. Major Chicago builders developed subdivisions...
...Woods. Between 1970 and 1980, the village's population increased from 5,329 to 13,625; by 2000,...
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Merrionette Park, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...streetlights, and organized social activities. Population increases, however, multiplied the demand...
...even with a new trailer park and new housing in the late 1940s, the 1950 population stood at 1,101....
...By 1970, the population was 2,303, declining to 1,999 in 2000. As the village developed, its small...
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Mount Prospect, IL, David MacLaren(
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) ...Prospect experienced business expansion and population growth that increased the number of residents...
...store. The village's post– World War II population growth was similar to neighboring communities...
...middle-class Chicagoans. During the 1950s, the population increased 370 percent to 18,906, prompting...
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Mundelein, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...derailed his dream, and Mundelein's population grew to only 1,328 by 1940. As suburbanization swept...
...1950 to over 12,000 in 1962. Even with such a population base, the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee...
...operating in January 1963. Still, Mundelein's population continued to rise, from 17,053 in 1980 to...
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Orland Park, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...From such beginnings, Orland Park grew in population from 366 in 1900 to 51,077 in 2000. While...
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Posen, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...plots and small farms. Its homogeneous population (98 percent Polish ) reflects the enterprise of a...
...residential growth was slow in the 1920s. From a population of 343 in 1910, Posen grew to 4,730 in...
...its present size in terms of land area and population during the 1950s and has seen the development...
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Charters, Municipal, Maureen A. Flanagan(
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) ...Chicago's earliest charters reflected its small population, restricted geographic area, and limited...
...fought the act, arguing that the city's sizeable population, growing industrial base, and expanding...
...constitution gives municipalities with a population over 25,000 broader home rule powers, although...
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