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Multicentered Chicago, Henry C. Binford(
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) ...two million immigrants nearly equaled the total population of Chicago by 1910, had more citizens of...
...Catholics (then and now a large segment of the population), but to some extent for Lutherans and...
...of black newcomers to Chicago and boosted the population of the South Side community to well over...
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Irving Park, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...buildings as potential landmarks. Irving Park's population grew from 49,489 in 1980 to 58,643 in...
...2000. During those two decades the Hispanic population increased from 9 percent to 43 percent, and...
...and Indians predominated among Asians, who constituted 8 percent of the population in 2000....
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Round Lake Beach, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...his development attractive. As the area's population increased, demands for municipal services grew....
...the end of April 1937. Round Lake Beach's population ballooned as returning World War II servicemen...
...veterans. By the early 1960s, Round Lake Beach's population surpassed that of neighboring Round Lake...
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Ashburn, Sherry Meyer(
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) ...of a Tax Increment Financing District along Columbus Avenue. The 2000 census population was 39,584....
...1894 the early Dutch , Swedish , and Irish population had built only 30 homes; 11 years later just...
...camp for the Signal Corps, and Ashburn's population rose to 1,363. Afterward it had U.S. Post Office...
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West Lawn, Douglas Knox(
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) ...Street through West Lawn to Clearing, the population grew to 2,544 by 1920. The area east of Pulaski...
...and Italian , with a small Lithuanian immigrant population. Residents were factory, clerical, and...
...development followed the growth in population. The Roman Catholic parish of St. Nicholas of...
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Will County, Sarah S. Marcus(
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) ...fur supply. While the fur trade waned, the population expanded. In 1826, Jesse Walker established...
...subsistence. Responding to their expanding population and to the inconvenience of day-long trips to...
...Between 1920 and 1930, the African American population in Will County more than doubled, and nearly...
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Chatham, Wallace Best(
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) ...most solidly middle-class African American populations in the city, and is home to several of the...
...for European immigrants settling in Chatham. Population growth and residential expansion in Chatham...
...dramatic increases in both property values and the population of Chatham. As new residents of mostly...
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Englewood, Clinton E. Stockwell(
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) ...density and economic segregation. By 1920 the population soared to 86,619 and Englewood's shopping...
...were 40 years old, and the expanding Black Belt population from the east resulted in rapid turnover....
...1940 blacks constituted just 2 percent of the population, but this increased to 11 percent in 1950,...
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Auburn Gresham, Eileen M. McMahon(
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) ...Twenty-one percent of Auburn Gresham's population were of Irish stock in the 1930s. German...
...neighborhood convenient. Between 1920 and 1930 the population of Auburn Gresham nearly tripled, from...
...Approximately 44 percent of Auburn Gresham's population were Roman Catholics , concentrated into...
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Dunning, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...in the eastern portion. At its peak in 1970 population reached 43,856 but fell to 36,957 by 1990....
...resource center at Narragansett and Montrose. By 2000 the population had grown again, to 42,164....
...as Dunning. Outside the state facility, the population had grown to only 1,305 by 1909. In 1916 the...
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Lake Forest, IL, Michael H. Ebner(
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) ...its centrality in their community. The population of 877 in 1880 advanced to 1,203 in 1890; it...
...as the nation's first planned shopping center. Population reached 6,554 by 1930, with much of the...
...completed in 1931, connected it to other population centers. Local services and facilities required...
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Riverdale, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...of African Americans looking for better housing and schools. Riverdale's population was 15,055 in...
...2000, with a black population of 87 percent....
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South Lawndale, Christopher R. Reed(
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) ...appreciable increase in South Lawndale's Hispanic population, from 47 percent in 1980 and 4 percent...
...in 1970. As the Hispanic population expanded, ethnic white neighborhoods disappeared as those...
...last several decades, 40 percent of the total population has been under 20 years of age. With this...
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Calumet Heights, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...experienced a surge in residential building, and population more than doubled, to 7,343 by 1930....
...The large foreign-born population included many Poles , Italians , Irish , and Yugoslavians . The...
...Avenue and 87th Street. The community's population grew to 9,349 in 1950, and surged to 19,352 in...
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Evergreen Park, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
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) ...of the village's income. Evergreen Park's population peaked in the 1970s at almost 26,000, dropping...
...established in 1910. Although the village's population was only 705 in 1920, a 30-year growth spurt...
...Park. Between 1945 and 1953, the village's population more than tripled. In 1951, the Drury Lane...
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Grayslake, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...a spur to suburban expansion. The village population more than doubled in the 1990s, rising to...
...the needs of area farmers; the village population numbered only 736 in 1920. As improved road...
...to establish a suburban lifestyle. By 1950 the population had risen to 1,970. In the late twentieth...
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Griffith, IN, Jennifer Mrozowski(
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) ...a small foundry, a glove factory, and a population of 523 in 1910. In 1913 developer Ernest de St....
...expanded greatly around that time, and the population grew to 1,176 in 1930. Keen's foundry became a...
...and Hammond in northwest Indiana. By 1960, the population reached 9,483 and it soared to a peak of...
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Lincolnwood, IL, Laura Milsk(
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) ...served residents' religious needs. Significant population growth in Lincolnwood occurred with the...
...30 acres of barren land in the area. Population slowly increased, and the first commercial...
...was established in 1873. The agrarian population grew after the establishment of a Chicago & North...
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Maywood, IL, Jean Louise Guarino(
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) ...demographic shifts, as Maywood's African American population increased from 3 percent in 1930 to 82...
...Hispanics constitute 10 and 11 percent of the population, respectively, and live in the village's...
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Mount Greenwood, Clinton E. Stockwell(
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) ...and increased racial hostility. By 2000 the population had declined to 18,820, of whom 94 percent...
...Dutch Protestants . The Dutch and German populations were later joined by other European immigrant...
...its first spurt of residential growth, with population increasing from 3,310 to 12,331. These young...
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