Chicago Ridge, Illinois
| Chicago Ridge | |
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| Village | |
| Village of Chicago Ridge | |
 Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois. |
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.svg) Location of Illinois in the United States |
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| Coordinates: 41°42′9″N 87°46′43″W / 41.70250°N 87.77861°WCoordinates: 41°42′9″N 87°46′43″W / 41.70250°N 87.77861°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| Township | Worth |
| Incorporated | 1914 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-manager |
| • Mayor | Charles "Chuck" Tokar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.25 sq mi (5.8 km2) |
| • Land | 2.25 sq mi (5.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) 0% |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 14,305 |
| • Density | 6,357.8/sq mi (2,454.8/km2) |
| Up 1.26% from 2000 | |
| Standard of living (2007-11) | |
| • Per capita income | $22,822 |
| • Home value | $180,300 |
| ZIP code(s) | 60414, 60415 |
| Area code(s) | 708 |
| Geocode | 17-14065 |
| Website | chicagoridge |
Chicago Ridge is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,305 at the 2010 census.
Chicago Ridge takes its name from ridges left behind when trainloads of dirt were brought out by the Wabash Railroad during construction of the Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Incorporated on October 17, 1914, the village has an area of approximately 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) and is located in the southwestern portion of Cook County, Illinois, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of downtown Chicago.
The path of Stony Creek arcs through the village. It is not only an old creek but also the remnants of a feeder canal for the Illinois & Michigan Canal that reached from the Little Calumet River westward through the Saganash-kee Slough. Although the work on the feeder canal brought some settlers in the 1840s, German and Dutch farmers arrived after the 1850s.
Settlement increased with the coming of the Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railroad in 1882. Later, the Wabash would be crossed in the middle of Chicago Ridge by the Chicago and Calumet Terminal Railway, which also established rail yards in the village.
In 1898, the Paul E. Berger Company, manufacturers of cash registers and slot machines, located adjacent to the railroad. The Berger Company built housing for its employees, and a settlement emerged around the factory, with a tavern, rooming house, and grocery store. The first post office opened in 1900 in the Berger factory, and in 1902 the Wabash Railroad established a train station.
Both Chicago Ridge and Worth benefited from the activity and economic influences of a racetrack operating on 111th Street. Local residents proudly recall that a member of one of the founding families of the Chicago Ridge area, Fred Herbert, won the Kentucky Derby in 1910. The racetrack was torn down in 1911 and is now the site of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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