Fuller Park, Chicago
| Fuller Park | |
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| Community area | |
| Community Area 37 - Fuller Park | |
 Location within the City of Chicago |
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| Coordinates: 41°48.6′N 87°37.6′W / 41.8100°N 87.6267°WCoordinates: 41°48.6′N 87°37.6′W / 41.8100°N 87.6267°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 0.71 sq mi (1.84 km2) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 2,621 |
| • Density | 3,700/sq mi (1,400/km2) |
| Demographics 2010 | |
| • White | 1.63% |
| • Black | 92.18% |
| • Hispanic | 4.59% |
| • Asian | 0.24% |
| • Other | 1.36% |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP Codes | parts of 60609 |
| Median household income | $15,086 |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
Fuller Park, located on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. It is designated Community Area 37.
Fuller Park is named for the small park within the neighborhood, which is in turn named for Melville Weston Fuller, a Chicago attorney who was the Chief Justice of the United States between 1888 and 1910.
Fuller Park is one of Chicago's smallest community areas. It is a narrow two-mile strip of land, bounded by Pershing Road to the north; Garfield Boulevard to the south; the Dan Ryan Expressway and the Rock Island commuter line of Metra to the east; and the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad to the west. Fuller Park lies due south of Guaranteed Rate Field (formerly U.S. Cellular Field), where the Chicago White Sox play. The neighborhood is five miles south of The Loop.
Fuller Park was originally part of the Town of Lake, until that town was annexed by the City of Chicago in 1889.
The neighborhood has always been a poor one. Many Irish Americans, many of whom worked for the railroads or stockyards, lived in Fuller Park before the American Civil War. In 1871, the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad built a railroad roundhouse in the area.
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