Austin
Austin is one of 77 community areas in Chicago. Located on the city's West Side, it is the third-largest community area by population and the second-largest geographically.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Steven Kevil, Public domain.
- Type: Suburb with 96,600 residents
- Description: community area of Chicago
- Also known as: “Austin, Chicago”, “Austin, Illinois”, and “Austinville”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Austin Town Hall Park and Central station.
Austin Town Hall Park
Park
Photo: Steven Kevil, Public domain.
Austin Town Hall Park is a park at 5610 W. Lake Street in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The site was formerly used for the town hall of Cicero Township.
Central station
Metro station
Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Central is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system and is located at 350 North Central Avenue in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West side.
Austin Community Academy High School
School
Photo: NessieVL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Austin College and Career Academy High School is a public four-year high school located in the Austin neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Far West Side and Oak Park.
Far West Side
Photo: Teemu008, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chicago's Far West Side is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.
Oak Park
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oak Park is a city of 52,000 people in the Chicagoland area. It's essentially an outdoor museum dedicated to architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
West Garfield Park
Suburb
Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Garfield Park on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. It is directly west of Garfield Park. West Garfield Park is situated 2 miles east of Austin.
Austin
- Categories: community area in Chicago, human settlement, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.88803° or 41° 53′ 17″ northLongitude
-87.76486° or 87° 45′ 54″ westPopulation
96,600Elevation
620 feet (189 metres)Named after
Henry W. AustinOpen location code
86HJV6QP+63OpenStreetMap ID
node 153447379OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Austin” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “奧斯丁”
- Chinese: “奧斯汀”
- Dutch: “Austin”
- French: “Austin”
- Irish: “Austin”
- Japanese: “オースティン”
- Korean: “오스틴”
- Malayalam: “ഓസ്റ്റിൻ”
- Persian: “آستین (شیکاگو)”
- Persian: “آستین”
- Serbian: “Ostin (Čikago)”
- Serbian: “Ostin”
- Turkish: “Austin”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Austin Town Hall and Central.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Austin”. Photo: Steven Kevil, Public domain.