Rogers Park, Illinois
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Rogers Park, (Chicago, Illinois)
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| Coordinates: 42°0.6′N 87°40.2′W / 42.0100°N 87.6700°WCoordinates: 42°0.6′N 87°40.2′W / 42.0100°N 87.6700°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| City | Chicago |
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| • Total | 1.85 sq mi (4.79 km2) |
| Population (2014) | |
| • Total | 55,053 |
| • Density | 30,000/sq mi (11,000/km2) |
| Demographics 2014 | |
| • White | 40.13% |
| • Black | 26.02% |
| • Hispanic | 24.58% |
| • Asian | 6.4% |
| • Other | 2.87% |
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP Codes | 60626, 60645 |
| Median Household income | $39,482 |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | |
Rogers Park is one of the 77 Chicago community areas on the far north side of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and is also the name of the Chicago neighborhood that constitutes most of the community area. Rogers Park is located nine miles north of the Cook County Courthouse in downtown Chicago. It is bounded by the city of Evanston along Juneway Terrace and Howard Street to the north, Ridge Boulevard to the west, Devon Avenue and the Edgewater neighborhood to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east. The neighborhood just to the west, West Ridge, was part of Rogers Park until the 1890s.
The Rogers Park area was developed on what once was the convergence of two Native American trails, now known as Rogers Avenue and Ridge Boulevard, predating modern metropolitan Chicago. The Pottawatomi and various other regional tribes often settled in Rogers Park from season to season. The name of Indian Boundary Park west of Rogers Park reflects this history as does Pottawattomie Park near Clark Street and Rogers Avenue.
In 1809, the Karthauser Inn was established as stagecoach stop and tavern. One of the original settlers (1836) of the area was Phillip Rogers, who operated a toll gate beside his home at what is now Ridge and Lunt Avenues and often traded and worked with the local tribes.
During the period 1844 to 1850 arriving settlers started farms along a ridge in the western portion of Rogers Park, avoiding the often flooded lowlands to the east. In 1870 Rogers' son-in-law, Patrick I. Touhy, sold 100 acres to land speculators, including John Farwell, Luther Greenleaf, Stephen Lunt, Charles Morse, and George Estes; all of whom contributed names to streets in the area. With an additional purchase of 125 acres in 1873 these speculators together with Touhy formed the Rogers Park Building and Land Company. Also in 1873, the Chicago & Northwestern Railway completed a service line through the area and constructed a station at Greenleaf Ave. The population was 200 and a Post Office was opened in July 1873. Five years later, the voters agree to incorporate as a village under the name of Rogers Park.
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