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Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
Community Area 25 - Austin

Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude
Longitude		 41°54′N, 87°45.6′W
Neighborhoods
  • Austin
  • Galewood
  • The Island
  • Midway Park
ZIP Code 60644 and parts of 60635, 60639, 60651, 60707
Area 18.54 km² (7.16 mi²)
Population (2000)
Density		 117,527 (up 3.2% from 1990)
6,337.6 /km²
Demographics White
Black
Hispanic
Asian
Other		 4.82%
89.7%
4.12%
0.55%
0.86%
Median income $33,663
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Austin, located on the Far West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is the largest (by population) of the city's 77 officially defined community areas (neighborhoods), followed by Lakeview. Its eastern boundary is Cicero Avenue. Its northernmost border is the Milwaukee District/West Line. Its southernmost border is at Roosevelt Road from Cicero Avenue to Austin Boulevard (east - west), but then North Avenue from Austin Boulevard to Harlem Avenue (east - west). It is situated near the suburbs Berwyn, Cicero and Oak Park. The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... Chicago Community Area 25 - Austin This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Mr. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg V is... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... angp9ej9pem8v9t8n v98nsadrghoiffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffdg 8aenmv-98nub 89-a5nu b9-5nb98nev8emvuangp9ej9pem8v9t8n v98nsadrghoiffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffdg 8aenmv-98nub 89-a5nu b9-5nb98nev8emvuangp9ej9pem8v9t8n v98nsadrghoiffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffdg 8aenmv-98nub 89-a5nu b9-5nb98nev8emvu8aenmv-98nub 89-a5nu b9-5nb98nev8emvuangp9ej9pem8v9t8n v98nsadrghoiffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffdg 8aenmv-98nub 89-a5nu b9-5nb98nev8emvuangp9ej9pem8v9t8n v98nsadrghoiffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffdg 8aenmv-98nub 89-a5nu b9-5nb98nev8emvuangp9ej9pem8v9t8n v98nsadrghoiffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffdg 8aenmv-98nub 89-a5nu b9-5nb98nev8emvuangp9ej9pem8v9t8n v98nsadrghoiffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffdg 8aenmv... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... In probability theory and statistics, a median is a number dividing the higher half of a sample, a population, or a probability distribution from the lower half. ... Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... Lakeview (properly and historically spelled as Lake View) is a neighborhood on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is located along the shore of Lake Michigan and runs approximately from Diversey Parkway on the south to Irving Park Road on the north and from Lake Michigan on the... The Milwaukee District/West (MD-W) is a commuter rail line provided and operated by Metra in Chicago, Illinois and its surrounding suburbs. ... Roosevelt Road, sometimes called 12th Street, is a major east-west thoroughfare in the city of Chicago and its western suburbs. ... Incorporated City in 1902. ... Incorporated Town in 1869. ... Downtown (Oak Park Avenue) Ernest Hemingway Museum Oak Park, Illinois Lake Theater and shops along Lake Street. ...


In 1865, businessman and real estate speculator Henry W. Austin created an elegant 280 acre (1.1 km²) subdivision in Cicero Township. As one of the first suburban areas within Cicero Township, the township built its town hall in Austin in its town square (then called Holden Park) in 1870. In 1898, Austinites, having a majority on Cicero's town council, used political influence to allow the extension of the Lake Street elevated line (now part of the Green Line) into their community. This infuriated residents of other areas within Cicero Township, such as Oak Park and Berwyn, who retaliated the following year by holding a joint election to force Austin's annexation to the City of Chicago. Much to the dismay of local residents, this effort succeeded and Austin became part of Chicago in 1899. Austin maintained a reputation as a genteel, suburban area, largely untouched by the large industrial areas in surrounding neighborhoods. The 1960s saw great change in Austin: many blocks of the neighborhood (including a large area of Columbus Park) were demolished to build the Eisenhower Expressway, and large parts of the neighborhood rapidly resegregated through the practice of "blockbusting." 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... A township in the United States refers to a small geographic area, ranging in size from 6 to 54 square miles (15. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The L[1], variously, if perhaps incorrectly, styled L, El, EL, or L, is the rapid transit system that serves Chicago, Illinois in the United States. ... The Green Line, formerly the Lake-Englewood/Jackson Park line, of the Chicago Transit Authority runs entirely above ground. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Columbus Park, located on the west side of Chicago, Illinois in the Austin neighborhood, is bounded by W. Adams Street, S. Austin Boulevard, S. Central Avenue, and the Eisenhower Expressway, to which it lost nine acres when the expressway was constructed. ... The Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway, formerly called Congress Parkway, is the main Interstate highway west from the Chicago Loop. ... This article needs to be expanded. ...


Austin is one of Chicago's largest community areas by land area. Several distinctive areas within Austin include Midway Park, a historic district of restored 19th-century single-family homes in the core of the original Austin subdivision; Galewood, the northernmost section of Austin along the northern border with Oak Park but south of the Galewood railyards; and The Island, a quarter-section exclave of urban fabric south of Columbus Park. Oak Park is the name of some places in the United States of America: Oak Park, California Oak Park, Georgia Oak Park, Illinois Oak Park, Michigan Oak Park, Minnesota There is also an Oak Park in Australia. ... Sectioning a township. ...


The first Wal-Mart store within Chicago city limits opened in this community area in September 2006. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ...


Education

Chicago Public Schools operates Austin's schools. Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians, is a school district that controls over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois. ...


Austin Community Academy High School [1] will close after spring 2007 [2]. New smaller schools will replace Austin Community Academy High School. One of the small schools, Austin Polytechnical Academy, will open in September 2007.


Other portions of the community area are zoned to Manley H.S., Marshall H.S., and Orr Campus.


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Austin (685 words)
Austin, on Chicago's western border, evolved from a country village to a dense urban neighborhood between 1870 and 1920.
Austin had three important early influences: its founder, Henry Austin (also instrumental in Oak Park's development); transit lines, notably the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad and the Lake Street Elevated; and a rivalry with neighboring Oak Park.
By 1920 Austin was one of Chicago's best-served commuter areas, with street railways to downtown Chicago every half mile, the busiest being the Madison Street “Green Hornet.” The area was also served by the Lake Street “L” rapid transit.
Austin, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (388 words)
Austin, located on the Far West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is the largest (by population) of the city's 77 officially defined community areas (neighborhoods), followed by Lakeview.
Austin maintained a reputation as a genteel, suburban area, largely untouched by the large industrial areas in surrounding neighborhoods.
Austin is one of Chicago's largest community areas by land area.
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