Chicago Avenue is a major east–west street in Chicago , Illinois that runs at 800 north from 385 east to 5968 west in the Chicago street address system from which point it enters the suburbs and goes into several different suburban address systems. It originates at the shores of Lake Michigan and Lake Shore Drive ( U.S. Route 41 ) in the Gold Coast neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago in Cook County , Illinois , United States, and runs west to 17th Avenue, where it terminates a few feet north of Lake Street in Melrose Park , IL. This is a distance of approximately 12.2 miles (19.6 km).
20-638: Chicago Avenue has two lanes west of Austin Avenue , and the Chicago city limits, and roughly four lanes east of Austin Avenue. Like most streets in Chicago, the number and width of lanes varies block by block. Chicago Avenue runs just to the north of Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park. It then runs through Maywood and over the Des Plaines River before entering River Forest . Chicago Avenue
40-469: A female householder with no husband present, and 33.65% were non-families. 27.94% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.33% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.86 and the average family size was 3.04. The village's age distribution consisted of 20.8% under the age of 18, 11.2% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
60-530: A total area of 2.72 square miles (7.04 km ), all land. Neighboring villages are Broadview to the south, Forest Park and River Forest to the east, Melrose Park to the north, and Bellwood to the west. As of the 2020 census there were 23,512 people, 7,634 households, and 5,065 families residing in the village. The population density was 8,653.66 inhabitants per square mile (3,341.20/km ). There were 8,444 housing units at an average density of 3,107.84 per square mile (1,199.94/km ). The racial makeup of
80-538: Is also served by Melrose Park station , located on the border of Maywood and Melrose Park on the west side of town. Pace Bus serves Maywood with lines and stops throughout the Village. The Illinois Prairie Path is a multi-use nature trail for non-motorized public use: it stretches for approximately 61 miles in Cook, DuPage and Kane counties in northeastern Illinois. It was the first U.S. rail-to-trail conversion in
100-428: Is largely residential through River Forest and Oak Park, with a few small commercial strip malls and developments. At Austin Avenue, Chicago Avenue becomes part of the addressing system for Chicago as 800 North, or 8 blocks (one mile) north of Madison Street . Chicago Avenue runs through the largely impoverished Austin and Humboldt Park neighborhoods. In the late 1940s and early 1950s at Chicago and Clark Streets, it
120-543: Is nicknamed "The Great Dane", after Jens Jensen , founder of the Midwest's prairie ecology movement a century ago. The tree is located within old growth woods just behind Proviso East high school. With settlement underway, the village was founded on October 22, 1881, by Colonel William T. Nichols . He named it after his late daughter, May, and the groves. Many century-old homes survive here in relatively unaltered condition. Maywood boasts 17 homes and properties listed on
140-501: Is the area community college. The Village of Maywood is served by the Metra commuter railroad Union Pacific West Line . Trains go east to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far west as Elburn , Illinois . Travel time from Maywood station to Ogilvie is 22 to 27 minutes. There are 13 inbound trains on weekdays, five on Saturdays and four on Sundays. Maywood station is in the heart of Maywood's business district . Maywood
160-577: The Chicago metropolitan area . It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census . There was limited European-American settlement in the Maywood area before a railroad was built after the American Civil War , which stimulated the rise of Chicago. At least one house in what became Maywood is known to have been used as a station on
180-475: The National Register of Historic Places . At one time two airports operated in Maywood. Loyola University Medical Center was developed on the site of one former airport, at the southwest corner of First Avenue and Roosevelt Road. It was the airfield used by Charles Lindbergh during his days as an airmail pilot. Checkerboard Field was located at the southeastern corner of that intersection and
200-559: The Underground Railroad , to aid refugee African-American slaves in escaping to freedom in the North. Some settled in the free state of Illinois; others went on to Canada, which had abolished slavery, seeking further distance from slavecatchers. The site of the former house has been nationally commemorated. The plaque is located at today's Lake Street and the Des Plaines River bridge. This early West Side suburb of Chicago
220-762: The poverty line , including 16.9% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over. Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89 operates elementary and middle schools. Proviso Township High Schools District 209 operates high schools, with Proviso East High School being located in Maywood. Emerson Elementary School is an elementary school in Maywood. Enrollment as of 2006 was 476 students. The school teaches grades kindergarten through fifth grade. Other elementary schools in Maywood include Garfield, Lincoln, Washington Dual Language Academy and Irving Middle School. Maywood residents may apply to Proviso Math & Science Academy in Forest Park . Triton College
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#1732781028050240-605: The Japanese and died in April 1942 on the Bataan Death March . Of the 122 men of Company B, only 41 survived the war to return to Maywood. Their sacrifice has been honored with an annual Bataan Day Parade. Given such losses, Ian Smith, who headed the history department at Proviso East High School , said that "World War II hit the town of Maywood really hard." According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Maywood has
260-517: The base for the 33rd Tank Company, Illinois National Guard . The Armory was located on Madison Street, two blocks east of First Avenue. It was organized on May 3, 1929, with the purpose of training men for combat. On November 25, 1940, 122 men of the 33rd Tank Company were inducted into active service to become Company B of the famous 192nd Tank Battalion , which fought in the Philippine islands. Many of these American soldiers were taken prisoner by
280-458: The future town. By 2010, the last of these 148-year-old trees had succumbed to the emerald ash borer . The oldest documented ash tree in northeast Illinois is in Maywood and is dated at 250 years old. It is being protected from the borers with horticultural treatment. The danger is expected to pass locally by year 2020, as it already has in Canton, Michigan , where borers were first seen. The ash
300-747: The nation in the 1960s, adapting a former right-of-way for the old Chicago Aurora & Elgin electric railroad. In Maywood, the path runs between North and South Maywood Drive on the west side of town and along the Adams Street right-of way. Interstate 290 , the Eisenhower Expressway , bisects (north and south) the town as it goes from Chicago west to join Interstate 294 , the Tri-State Tollway, in Hillside . Maywood
320-407: The village was 61.05% African American , 7.35% White , 1.49% Native American , 0.57% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 20.05% from other races , and 9.45% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 34.03% of the population. There were 7,634 households, out of which 32.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.68% were married couples living together, 24.09% had
340-415: Was 37.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.0 males. The median income for a household in the village was $ 56,623, and the median income for a family was $ 64,212. Males had a median income of $ 33,250 versus $ 30,324 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 23,725. About 9.6% of families and 11.7% of the population were below
360-410: Was a private field. The land has been converted to a forest preserve meadow. There was some apparent consolidation of the fields in later years. Later, an automobile board racetrack was located here, along with a viewing grandstand. Barney Oldfield raced on the track. The Hines Veterans Hospital constructed one of its buildings on the foundation of the former grandstand. Maywood was established as
380-593: Was developed along the oldest railway line that led away from the city. It attracted real estate developers because of its open grass prairie and scattered groves of ancient trees. In 1868, Vermont businessmen established the Maywood Company. In 1870 it organized the platting of streets, and began construction on the north side of the Chicago Great Western railroad tracks. The company planted 20,000 eight-year-old, nursery-grown trees to enhance
400-570: Was home to the first Puerto Rican immigrants to Chicago. They called the area:"La Clark." East of about Kedzie Avenue , Chicago Avenue runs through the West Town and Near North Side areas. Chicago Avenue is primarily served by the 66 Chicago between Fairbanks Court and Austin Avenue. The following CTA Lines have stations at Chicago Avenue: Maywood, Illinois Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois , United States, in
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