Norwood Park is a middle-class neighborhood on the far Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is home to many of the city's fire fighters, police officers, and other blue collar workers. Norwood Park is known especially for its abundance of green: lawns, parks, churchyards, and trees are its visual hallmarks. It is also among the most ethnically homogeneous - and Republican - of all Chicago communities. The neighborhoods of Chicago lay within Chicagos seventy-seven community areas. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... This article is about the modern United States Republican Party. ...

The Norwood Park area is also infamous as the former home of serial killer John Wayne Gacy, who hid the bodies of 28 young men under his house before being arrested in 1978. John Wayne Gacys 1968 mugshot after being arrested on charges of sodomy John Wayne Gacy, Jr. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

Every Memorial Day (May 29) there is a parade that runs threw Norwood Park. The parade has been a local tradition for more than a century. The tradition started in 1922. The parade usually features different kinds of flots and unique cars.

Norwood Park (Chicago, Illinois)

Community Area 10 - Norwood Park Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°58.8′N 87°48.0′W
Neighborhoods	Big Oaks Norwood Park Old Norwood Oriole Park Union Ridge
ZIP Code	parts of 60631, 60646, 60656
Area	11.11 km² (4.29 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	37,669 (down 0.13% from 1990) 3,390.2 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	88.4% 0.88% 6.40% 3.23% 1.13%
Median income	$53,402
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

The city Chicago, Illinois, is divided into seventy-seven community areas. ... Chicago Community Area 10 - Norwood Park This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter φ, gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the Equator. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ, describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... The neighborhoods of Chicago lay within Chicagos seventy-seven community areas. ... Big Oaks is a subdivision of Norwood Park, a community in the Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois. ... Old Norwood is a neighborhood in the Norwood Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. ... Oriole Park is a neighborhood in the Norwood Park community area of Chicago, Illinois. ... Union Ridge is a neighborhood in the Norwood Park community area, on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, bounded by Bryn Mawr, Foster, Nagle, and Harlem Avenues. ... 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 Imperial unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (5,280 feet, 1,760 yards, 1,609. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This article is about the year. ... Demographics is a shorthand term for population characteristics. Demographics include race, age, income, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... In probability theory and statistics, the median is a number that separates 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. ...

External links

• Chicago landmarks
  • Noble-Seymour-Crippen House
  • Wingert House
• Chicago Park District
  • Norwood Park
  • Oriole Park

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