Englewood, Chicago

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**Englewood (Chicago, Illinois)**
Community Area 68 - Englewood Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°46.8′N 87°38.4′W
Neighborhoods	Englewood Hamilton Park
ZIP Code	part of 60621
Area	8.00 km² (3.09 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	40,222 (down 15.0% from 1990) 5,025.8 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	0.44% 97.8% 0.86% 0.07% 0.79%
Median income	$18,955
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Englewood, with about 40,000 inhabitants, is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. It is located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. Englewood was once known as "Junction Grove" [1].

The original inhabitants of what is now Englewood were Mascouten Indians. The land was swampy prairie. In 1840, Englewood was officially documented as habital land to the United States Government Land Office in Chicago. In the 1850s and 60's, as Chicago was becoming a city of railroad tracks and economic prosperity, Englewood was just another supporting neighborhood. But in 1871, when the Great Chicago Fire destroyed a large portion of Chicago, residents moved to the outskirts. Englewood's railroad connections to downtown Chicago made it a convenient location, and the neighborhood's population boomed. Englewood Station once served many railroad passengers; at one point over 1,000 trains would pass through Englewood every day. The City of Chicago annexed Englewood in 1889.

Today, it has been suggested that Englewood make attempts to gentrify. Currently, many of its buildings are falling apart and 43% percent of the residents living below the poverty line. Over 700 murders have occurred there in only 10 years. ^{[citation needed]}

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Englewood Map during the 1920s-1930s

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