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Washington Park, Wallace Best(
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) ...racial transition and its predominately black population. St. Anselm Church, built in 1909 by Irish...
...of the Chicago Land Clearance Commission, the population of the community has declined, down from...
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West Elsdon, Douglas Knox(
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) ...were settling in the area in greater numbers. Population grew from 855 in 1920 to 2,861 in 1930. The...
...parish in 1927 to serve the growing Catholic population. An elementary school was established with...
...other community goals. West Elsdon grew from a population of 3,255 in 1940 to its peak of 14,215 in...
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Cook County Hospital, John Raffensperger(
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) ...infested with rats and roaches. As city population increased in the 1870s, the hospital became more...
...rapidly increasing African American population turned to Cook County and Provident Hospital in the...
...face of widespread exclusion. The hospital population became almost entirely black until the recent...
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East Garfield Park, Amanda Seligman(
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) ...and schools ( Marshall) served the small population. Unreliable transportation service further...
...apartment buildings were erected to house the population working in local industry. East Garfield...
...Garfield Park lost more than two-thirds of its population to out-migration, from a high of 70,091 in...
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Jails and Prisons, Jess Maghan(
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) ...state penitentiaries except in counties with populations over a million. The method of inflicting...
...the growth of gang influence in the inmate population and jail operations. In 1967, a county civil...
...to incarceration also reduced the prison population. Now officially defined and readily recognized...
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Consumer Credit, Lendol Calder(
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) ...declined. But in the 1970s the share of the population operating outside the mainstream financial...
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Villa Park, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...Park was a mature suburb, maintaining a population of 22,075. While still desirable, Villa Park's...
...Villa Park had nearly tripled its initial population of 300; in 1930, over 6,000 residents called...
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Wheeling, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...off Wheeling Road just south of Dundee. The population in 2000 was at 34,496 21 percent of whom were...
...a hardware store, and a school spurred population growth in the 1840s. Napoleon Periolat started a...
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Cary, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...land to a housing developer in the 1950s. The population of Cary grew steadily from 943 in 1950 to...
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Glenview, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...part of Glenview Park District. By 1950 the population was 6,142. In 1967 the University of Illinois...
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Antioch, IL, Douglas Knox(
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) ...in several new subdivisions. The village population as of the 2000 census was 8,788, with 21,879 in...
...Buttrick built a sawmill on the creek in 1839. Population reached 300 by 1852. Some of the early...
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Lake Barrington, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...character of its member villages. While the population growth from 300 in 1970 to 4,757 by the end...
...By the early 1970s, a compromise concerning population densities allowed for the completion of Lake...
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Demography, Walter Nugent(
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) ...as a Modern World City The modern rise of population in world history began around 1750, and Chicago...
...though never again that fast. Chicago's population peaked at 3,621,092 in the census of 1950 and has...
...Chicago's History Growth (or decline) of populations can come from only two sources: the net balance...
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Plainfield, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...to suburbia also contributed to the village's population. On August 28, 1990, a devastating tornado...
...Plainfield High School. Between 1990 and 2000, Plainfield's population, soared from 4,557 to 13,038....
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Richmond, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...materialized, the community is now a mecca for antique collectors. Its population in 2000 was 1,091....
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Ringwood, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...identity to an expanding Johnsburg , residents voted to incorporate. The population in 2000 was 471....
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Round Lake Park, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...to help meet the need for improved roads and sanitary facilities. Its 2000 population was 6,308....
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South Elgin, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...Rapid growth as a bedroom community to Elgin brought the community's population to 16,100 in 2000....
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Spring Grove, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...and agricultural areas and hosts a noted annualstorytelling festival. Population in 2000 was 3,880....
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Trout Valley, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...lots opposed to Cary 's development plans voted to incorporate in 1996. Population was 599 in 2000....
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