Forest Glen, Chicago

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Forest Glen, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located in Jefferson Township, on the city's Northwest Side.

Forest Glen (Chicago, Illinois)

Community Area 12 - Forest Glen Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	41°59.4′N, 87°45.6′W
Neighborhoods	Edgebrook Forest Glen Middle Edgebrook Wildwood Sauganash
ZIP Code	parts of 60630, 60646
Area	8.31 km² (3.21 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	18,155 (up 2.89% from 1990) 2,184.9 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	81.4% 0.39% 7.65% 8.73% 1.79%
Median income	$68,269
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Contents 1 Neighborhoods 1.1 Edgebrook 1.2 Sauganash 2 External links

[edit] Neighborhoods

[edit] Edgebrook

Edgebrook borders the neighborhood of Sauganash. Edgebrook was once part of the Sauganash land tract and was annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889. To the north of Edgebrook lie Wildwood and then North Edgebrook. Frequently the three communities together are referred to as "Edgebrook."

[edit] Sauganash

Sauganash was once part of the Sauganash land tract and was annexed by the city of Chicago in 1889. This neighborhood is named after Sauganash, a local Potawotomi leader in the 19th century. The "Old Treaty Elm" was located here. The neighborhood is home to two churches: Sauganash Community Church, a non-denominational Protestant church, and Queen of All Saints, a Roman Catholic Basilica. The Sauganash neighborhood, a residential area, has many distinctive, individualistic homes. It also had large tracts of prairie land until the mid 1950s.

The Sauganash neighborhood is bordered by Devon to the North, Bryn Mawr to the South, and Cicero to the West. The eastern boundary is an unused railroad spur.

[edit] External links

• Official City of Chicago Forest Glen Community Map
• Chicago Landmarks
  • Old Edgebrook District
• Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 41.981389° -87.755278°
  • Street map from Google Maps or MapQuest
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, Microsoft Virtual Earth, or WikiMapia
  • Topographic map from TopoZone
  • Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA

• Edgebrook Community Association
• Sauganash Community Association
• Queen of All Saints Basilica; see also Wikipedia entry

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