Markham, Illinois
| Markham, Illinois | |
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| City | |
| Nickname(s): Prairie Capital of the Prairie State | |
| Motto: Unity for the Community | |
 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°35′51″N 87°41′30″W / 41.59750°N 87.69167°WCoordinates: 41°35′51″N 87°41′30″W / 41.59750°N 87.69167°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| Townships | Bremen, Thornton |
| Incorporated | 1925 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | David Webb, Jr. |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5.31 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| • Land | 5.31 sq mi (13.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) 0% |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 12,508 |
| • Density | 2,355.6/sq mi (909.5/km2) |
| Down 0.89% from 2000 | |
| Standard of living (2007-2011) | |
| • Per capita income | $19,318 |
| • Median home value | $120,300 |
| ZIP code(s) | 60428 |
| Area code(s) | 708 |
| Geocode | 47007 |
| Website | www |
Markham is a suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12,508 at the 2010 census.
Markham is located at 41°35′51″N 87°41′30″W / 41.59750°N 87.69167°W (41.597467, -87.691570).
According to the 2010 census, Markham has a total area of 5.31 square miles (13.75 km2), all land.
It is claimed this area was beach 10,000 years ago. After countless ages of geologic swamps, marshes and sloughs, the prairies dominated the landscape with groves of trees, flowers, and wildlife in abundance.
Markham, southwest of the southern tip of Lake Michigan, had been a crossroad for early pioneers. In 1816 a treaty was made with the Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomi tribes which ceded a corridor of land located between a point north of the Chicago River and the mouth of the Calumet River to the settlers. The southern boundary, one of two Indian Treaty Boundary Lines, was surveyed along a line from the Kankakee River to Lake Michigan. The line still appears on government maps and now includes a short portion of Interstate 57 near the US 6 interchange northwest of Markham.
The village of Markham was incorporated in 1925 with a population under 300. The village was named for Charles H. Markham, president of the Illinois Central Railroad 1911-1918, 1919-1926. In the mid-1930s, the Croissant Park subdivision was built and increased the population from 349 to 1,388. After World War II, Markham's population doubled to 2,753 residents by 1950. The village developed into a bedroom community as residents sought homes, not industry. An airport developed at 165th Street and Kedzie Avenue was the nearest field outside of Chicago. The airport site was located near what is now the Cook County Sixth Circuit Courthouse. On August 24, 1967, Markham was incorporated as a city.
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