Galewood, Chicago
| Austin | |
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| Community area | |
| Community Area 25 – Austin | |
 Location within the city of Chicago |
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| Coordinates: 41°54′N 87°45.6′W / 41.900°N 87.7600°WCoordinates: 41°54′N 87°45.6′W / 41.900°N 87.7600°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
| Neighborhoods | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.16 sq mi (18.54 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 98,514 |
| • Density | 14,000/sq mi (5,300/km2) |
| Demographics 2010 | |
| • White | 4.43% |
| • Black | 85.1% |
| • Hispanic | 8.85% |
| • Asian | 0.58% |
| • Other | 1.03% |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Zip codes | 60644 and parts of 60635, 60639, 60651, 60707 |
| Area code(s) | 773, Cook Central,Daylight Time |
| Median household income | $32,358 |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
Austin, located on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is the largest (by population) of the city's 77 officially defined community areas, followed by Lake View. Austin had a population of 98,514 in 2010. Austin is 85.1% Black.
Austin's eastern boundary is the Belt Railway located just east of Cicero Avenue. Its northernmost border is the Milwaukee District/West Line. Its southernmost border is at Roosevelt Road from the Belt Railway west to Austin Boulevard. The northernmost portion, north of North Avenue, extends west to Harlem Avenue, abutting Elmwood Park. Other suburbs bordering Austin are Cicero and Oak Park. Also nearby is Berwyn.
Austin is also 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 railcards.
Despite the massive scale change, the nineteenth-century village residential core is still visible in the Midway Park area north of Central and Lake, a designated National Register historic district (1985). This neighborhood boasts stately neoclassical and Queen Anne–style homes, many designed by architect Frederick Schock, as well as several structures by Frank Lloyd Wright and his students.
Austin's far Northwestern edge is Galewood. Its borders are south at North Avenue, west at Harlem Avenue, east to Austin Avenue, and goes north to the Milwaukee District/West Line. It is historically an Italian neighborhood where residents of Taylor Street and Grand and Ogden moved to.
One of Austin's neighborhoods is North Austin, its boundaries starts north at Milwaukee District/West Line and Armitage Avenue, Western boundaries are Austin Avenue or Austin Boulervard south of North Avenue, Eastern boundaries to Cicero Avenue, and Southern boundaries to Division Street.
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