46-574: Lincolnwood (formerly Tessville) is a village in Niles Township , Cook County , Illinois , United States . Per the 2020 census , the population was 13,463. An inner suburb of Chicago , it shares its southern, eastern, and a small section of its western boundary with Chicago, also bordering Skokie to the north and west. Lincolnwood is located at 42°0′19″N 87°44′3″W / 42.00528°N 87.73417°W / 42.00528; -87.73417 (42.005331, -87.734283). According to
92-561: A margin of error ±7,255). Assyrians have been present in the United States since the late 19th century. The first recorded Assyrian in America was Zia Attala. He reportedly immigrated to Philadelphia in 1889 and found work in the hotel industry. Most early Assyrian immigrants, however, were young men sent by Western missionaries for religious training; among them was Yaroo Michael Neesan , an Assyrian from Urmia . Following
138-417: A disproportionate number of crime guns recovered from Chicago's streets." The village's Recreation Department operates several recreation programs: an outdoor pool complex, 9 tennis courts, 11 baseball diamonds, a community center, as well as 13 parks (34 acres in total). In the early 1970s, Lincolnwood's Boys Baseball program produced two Big League World Series champions, (1970 and 1973), runner-up in 1972,
184-779: A facility in Lincolnwood, at the intersection of McCormick and Pratt. NorthShore University HealthSystem is composed of Evanston Hospital, Glenbrook Hospital, Highland Park Hospital, Skokie Hospital etc. Saint Francis Hospital operates a health center in Lincolnwood. Its main hospital and medical center are about 2 1⁄2 miles and about 6 minutes east in Evanston. Other area hospitals that serve Lincolnwood are Skokie Hospital, formerly Rush North Shore in Skokie and Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago. Resurrection Hospital and Evanston Hospital,
230-469: A female householder with no husband present, and 25.43% were non-families. Of all households, 23.81% were made up of individuals, and 16.37% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.34 and the average family size was 2.79. The village's age distribution consisted of 22.0% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 29.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
276-697: A fourth-place finish in the Senior League World Series (1972), and was a Big League World Series participant again in 1974, finishing third. The Skokie Valley Trail runs through the town. As well as the North Shore Channel Trail . Lincolnwood is home to the Lincolnwood Town Center , an indoor mall containing over 100 shops. Neighborhood shopping is available in the village along Lincoln Avenue , Devon Avenue , and Touhy Avenue . Additional shopping
322-1005: A key to the city in the 1980s on behalf of mayor Coleman Young , when the Ba’ath regime was an ally of the United States government . Mostly all new Chaldean Catholic Assyrian immigrants and low-income senior citizens tend to reside in Detroit, in the 7 Mile Road between Woodward Avenue and John R Street. This area was officially named Chaldean Town in 1999. There are eight Chaldean Catholic Churches in Metro Detroit , located in West Bloomfield, Troy (where there are two), Oak Park, Southfield, Warren, Sterling Heights, and Detroit. After World War II , several Assyrian men who had been educated in Iraq by American Jesuits traveled to
368-467: A nine-member Economic Development Commission. Peter Moy served as village trustee from 1995 to 2000, then as village president until 2005. He was the first Asian American to serve any municipality in Illinois as its president. In 2005, Jerry Turry was elected mayor. Before serving as mayor, Turry served as village trustee from 1995 to 2005. In April 2017, Barry Bass was elected mayor, after serving as
414-474: A teaching hospital, are also minutes away and serve Lincolnwood. Bus service in the village is provided by both Pace and CTA . Former: Evanston • Hyde Park • Jefferson • Lake • Lake View • North Chicago • Rogers Park • South Chicago • West Chicago Niles Township, Cook County, Illinois Niles Township is one of the 29 townships in Cook County , Illinois , USA . As of
460-446: A trustee since 2015. In April 2019, Assyrian American activist Atour Sargon was elected as a village trustee. She became the first ethnic Assyrian in the village's history to be elected to the board of trustees. In April 2021, Jesal Patel was elected mayor after serving as Trustee since 2007. In politics, Lincolnwood leans Democratic. In 2012 59.4% of voters voted for Barack Obama, while 41.1% of voters voted for Mitt Romney. In
506-416: A zoning law change to allow the establishment of a public gun range and store in Lincolnwood 1/2 mile from schools and parks. In March 2013, the gun shop decided to sue the village in response to its denial of their shooting range proposal. A primary concern of residents is that the gun shop, one of "A small handful of gun stores, three from Cook County and one from Gary, Indiana, continue to be responsible for
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#1732771907230552-530: Is "The Towers", located west of the Edens Expressway. Another neighborhood is called the Terraces. As of the 2020 census there were 13,463 people, 4,405 households, and 3,285 families residing in the village. The population density was 5,001.11 inhabitants per square mile (1,930.94/km). There were 4,655 housing units at an average density of 1,729.20 per square mile (667.65/km). The racial makeup of
598-556: Is a high school district containing two high schools with grades nine through twelve: Oakton Community College is the area community college and is one of the top rated community colleges in the Midwest, with a main campus in Des Plaines and a satellite campus in Skokie. Oakton offer associate degrees, certificate programs, non-credit classes, and emeritus classes, as well as vocational programs, technology education, and classes in
644-559: Is just a short drive away at the Westfield Old Orchard , Golf Mill Shopping Center and Village Crossing Center. Lincolnwood is also home to many dining options, one being L. Woods. A scene from Ocean's Twelve was filmed there; the room in which it was filmed was renamed the " Ocean's Twelve room". Evanston Hospital (NorthShore University HealthSystem, affiliated with the University of Chicago Medical Center) has
690-789: Is made up of trustees elected to four year terms. As of 2021, the Lincolnwood Public Library District's Library Director is Josephine Tucci. The library has a substantial Historical Collection that includes materials that address the Village of Lincolnwood's history from the time of the Village of Tessville until the COVID-19 pandemic. The library is also home to a Library of Things, where Lincolnwood residents can check out items not traditionally found in libraries, including bike repair kits, Dungeon & Dragons kits, Rokus, photography equipment, and more. Lincolnwood
736-660: Is part of the Oakton Community College District, which has a campus minutes away in Skokie . Northwestern University in Evanston , Loyola University in Chicago , Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, and North Park University in Chicago are all within 10 miles (16 km) of the village. In September 2012, there was much controversy about the village board's consideration of approving
782-498: Is served by Lincolnwood School District 74 , which has a one-campus setting with three main facilities named after the Lincoln family. Todd Hall serves as the education facility for preschoolers to early grade school students, Rutledge Hall serves elementary school students, and Lincoln Hall serves primarily junior high students. High school students attend Niles West High School in neighboring Skokie, part of District 219. Lincolnwood
828-542: The 2020 census there were 112,407 people, 37,783 households, and 26,820 families residing in the township. The population density was 5,287.75 inhabitants per square mile (2,041.61/km ). There were 41,915 housing units at an average density of 1,971.73 per square mile (761.29/km ). The racial makeup of the township was 54.84% White , 5.56% African American , 0.42% Native American , 28.01% Asian , 0.03% Pacific Islander , 4.01% from other races , and 7.12% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.63% of
874-591: The Iranian Revolution . Many Assyrians arrived during this period and took advantage of the ongoing White flight in Detroit . As a result of the situation, Assyrians gained a monopoly over grocery stores and other small businesses, and in many cases used their finances and newfound wealth to benefit the Assyrian community there and take in Assyrian refugees from Iraq. More Assyrians arrived throughout
920-611: The United States . Assyrians are an indigenous Middle Eastern ethnic group native to Mesopotamia in West Asia who descend from their ancient counterparts , directly originating from the ancient indigenous Mesopotamians of Akkad and Sumer who first developed the independent civilization in northern Mesopotamia that would become Assyria in 2600 BC . Modern Assyrians often culturally self-identify as Syriacs , Chaldeans , or Arameans for religious and tribal identification. The first significant wave of Assyrian immigration to
966-465: The poverty line , including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over. Lincolnwood was established as Tessville in 1911 and has a village form of government with a president (referred to as the Mayor) and six trustees elected at-large. A village manager professionally oversees day-to-day municipal operations. The Lincolnwood Economic Development Commission has been established to ensure
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#17327719072301012-519: The 1970s seeing the highest number of Assyrians coming to the United States. In 1962, the number of Assyrian owned grocery stores was 120, but grew to 278 in 1972. The main cause of this were the 1967 Detroit riots , after which Jewish grocery store owners left the area and left the opportunity open for Assyrians to take over. Often these Jews sold their old stores to Assyrians. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to Chaldean Catholic Churches in Detroit and received
1058-505: The 1970s, Assyrians came to the United States in search of greater economic opportunities. After the 1970s, many Assyrians fled for political freedom, especially after the rise of Saddam Hussein and after the Gulf War . Some were drawn by the economic opportunities they had seen successfully affect their family members who had already immigrated. Less stringent immigration laws during the 1960s and 1970s facilitated increasing numbers, with
1104-403: The 2016 presidential election 64.5% of voters voted for Hillary Clinton, while 35.5% of voters voted for Donald Trump. Lincolnwood has a police station staffed by 34 personnel. The Lincolnwood Fire Department is housed in a facility operated by 28 full-timers. The Lincolnwood Fire Department was established through private contract in 1990. (Previously, village fire protection was provided through
1150-544: The 2020 census, its population was 112,407. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Niles Township has a total area of 21.26 square miles (55.06 km ), all land. The township contains nine cemeteries: Beth Jacob, Dewes, Memorial, New Light, Saint Adelbert, Saint Matthews, Saint Pauls Lutheran, Saint Peters Catholic and St Peter United Church of Christ. The Niles Township area contains ten main public school districts. Nine are elementary and middle/junior high school districts, pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. One
1196-427: The 2021 census gazetteer files, Lincolnwood has a total area of 2.69 square miles (6.97 km), all land. The North Shore Channel lies on its eastern border. Lincolnwood shares its southern, southeastern, and southwestern boundary with Chicago; northern and northwestern boundary with Skokie; and its eastern border with Chicago . Although Lincolnwood is small, it is sectioned off into neighborhoods. The most notable
1242-656: The 80s and 90s for similar reasons, with newer residents moving out of Detroit into suburbs such as Royal Oak and Sterling Heights due to the crack epidemic in Detroit, while others began to move to San Diego , establishing a new Assyrian community there. In 2005, the first Assyrian school in the United States, the Assyrian American Christian School, opened in Tarzana , Los Angeles . Assyrian immigration to cities in Michigan began in
1288-798: The Arabs. Mor Cyril Aphrem Karim wrote a letter to the Syriacs in 2000 urging them to register in the census as Syriac with a C , and not Syrian with an N to distinguish the group. He also urged them not to register as the country of origin. The Church was previously known as the Assyrian Orthodox Church in America and Israel-Palestine, which can be seen in the name of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Paramus , New Jersey . Chaldean refers to ethnic Assyrians who are (traditionally) Eastern Catholic , having split from
1334-537: The Assyrian Church in Upper Mesopotamia between the 17th and 19th centuries (see Schism of 1552 ). Chaldean is thus a religious term, not an ethnic term. The majority of Chaldean Catholics come from Iraq's Nineveh Plains region, which is located in Upper Mesopotamia (northern Iraq). The Chaldeans of antiquity lived in southeast Mesopotamia from the 9th century BC and disappeared from history in
1380-532: The City of Chicago.) The Lincolnwood Public Library, established in 1978, is located in the center of the village at Pratt and Lincoln Avenues. Madeline Grant was the main driving force behind founding the library, and served as the first library president and later village president. The library is governed by a board of trustees that meets monthly to make decisions about Lincolnwood Public Library's services, finances, policies, and other business. The board of trustees
1426-1070: The US. There were 34,484 living in Michigan according to the 2000 United States census . The 2022 estimates put this number at 41,020, with the overwhelming majority of the population–95%–residing in the Metro Detroit area counties of Macomb County (23,707), Oakland County (14,535), and Wayne County (665). There were 22,671 living in California according to the 2000 United States census. The 2022 estimates put this number at 24,748. The state's largest Assyrian American population lives in San Diego County (9,165), followed by Los Angeles County (3,642), Santa Clara County (2,919), and Orange County (1,816). The population in Southern California accounts for more than 60% of
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1472-569: The United States was due to the Sayfo genocide in the Assyrian homeland in 1914–1924. The largest Assyrian diaspora is located in Metro Detroit , with a figure of 150,000. High concentrations are also located in Phoenix , San Jose , Modesto , San Diego , Los Angeles , Turlock , and Chicago among others. As of 2022 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, there are 94,532 people in the United States declaring Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriacs ancestry (with
1518-753: The United States. They were to teach Arabic to U.S. officers at the Army Language School who were going to be stationed in the Middle East. The men started the San Diego-area Chaldean Catholic community. Yasmeen S. Hanoosh, author of The Politics of Minority Chaldeans Between Iraq and America , wrote that the Chaldean Catholic Church in San Diego "continued to grow in relative isolation from
1564-486: The continued enhancement of the local economy and improved tax base. Mayor Henry Proesel was elected in 1931 and ended his 46 years in office in 1977, a record mostly unmatched by any other mayor in American history. Succeeding him was John Porcelli, who served two terms. Porcelli was followed by Frank Chulay, who also served two terms. Lincolnwood's first woman mayor, Madeline Grant, succeeded Chulay, and in 1995 created
1610-604: The earlier term Assyrian , and historically meant Assyrian (see name of Syria ) and not Arab or Aramean . In addition, the Syrian Arab Republic is home to many ethnicities, including Arabs, Assyrians, Armenians , Kurds , and Turkmens , and is thus not an exclusively Arab nation. The Syriac Orthodox Church was previously known as the Syrian Orthodox Church until a Holy Synod in 2000 voted to change it to Syriac, thus distinguishing from
1656-512: The early 20th century. The cities in the state include, but are not limited to, Detroit , Southfield , Sterling Heights , Oak Park , Troy , West Bloomfield , Walled Lake , Rochester Hills , Farmington Hills , Ferndale , Warren , Bloomfield Hills , and Ann Arbor . More and more Assyrians, as they establish themselves financially, quickly move out of Detroit and into the other locations, including San Diego and cities in Arizona . Before
1702-407: The family-chain-migration based communities in and around Michigan." According to the 2022 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates , 94,532 people in the United States are of Assyrian/ Chaldean /Syriac ancestry (with a margin of error ±7,255). The Census Bureau list all three groups as one option on forms. Michigan, California, and Illinois account for 80% of the Assyrian population living in
1748-399: The population. There were 37,783 households, out of which 30.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.13% were married couples living together, 9.37% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 29.02% were non-families. 26.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
1794-490: The second and third highest populations. The federal government of the United States took the word Syrian to mean Arabs from the Syrian Arab Republic and not as one of the terms to identify the ethnically distinct Assyrians, although the terms Syrian and Syriac are strongly accepted by mainstream majority academic opinion to be etymologically, historically, geographically, and ethnically derivative of
1840-719: The state's total Assyrian population estimate. A little over 16% of the state's population (4,097) resides in the Central Valley and San Francisco Bay Area , places known for several Eastern Assyrian , Chaldean Catholic , and Syriac Orthodox churches . These include: There were 15,685 Assyrians living in Illinois according to the 2000 United States census. As of the 2022 estimate, that number has held steady at 15,694, with over 89% of that population residing in Cook County (14,035), 22% in Chicago specifically (3,581). DuPage County (241) and Lake County (213) have
1886-653: The township was $ 77,832, and the median income for a family was $ 98,617. Males had a median income of $ 52,011 versus $ 39,421 for females. The per capita income for the township was $ 39,449. About 7.0% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over. Former: Evanston • Hyde Park • Jefferson • Lake • Lake View • North Chicago • Rogers Park • South Chicago • West Chicago Assyrian American Assyrian Americans ( Syriac : ܣܘܼܖ̈ܵܝܹܐ ܐܲܡܪ̈ܝܼܟܵܝܹܐ ) refers to individuals of ethnic Assyrian ancestry born or residing within
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1932-554: The turn of the century, Assyrian immigration to America mostly came to a halt due to the Immigration Act of 1924 , which effectively cut off any legal immigration to the United States for Assyrians and other non-Western European groups. The second large wave of immigration occurred in the 1960s and 70s, mainly from northern Iraq due to conflicts and persecution by the Ba'athist government of Iraq. Others arrived from Iran following
1978-405: The village was 58.30% White , 31.09% Asian , 1.94% African American , 0.35% Native American , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 2.59% from other races , and 5.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.38% of the population. There were 4,405 households, out of which 26.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.02% were married couples living together, 6.63% had
2024-498: The visual and performing arts. The school's athletic program offers competitive volleyball, basketball, golf, tennis, baseball, softball, soccer, track, cross country, cheerleading, and intramural sports. Oakton's foreign language offerings include Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, and Spanish, as well as English as a second language, and resources exist to support students with physical, mental, emotional and behavioral disabilities. As of
2070-403: Was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.31. The township's age distribution consisted of 21.9% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 21.5% from 25 to 44, 27% from 45 to 64, and 23.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 45.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.2 males. The median income for a household in
2116-414: Was 46.4 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males. The median income for a household in the village was $ 90,422, and the median income for a family was $ 99,401. Males had a median income of $ 67,917 versus $ 38,378 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 44,380. About 5.1% of families and 5.4% of the population were below
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