Illinois
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Township of Thornton

Burnham

Burnham is a village in , United States. The population was 4,046 at the 2020 census. Burnham has a ZIP code and was named for Telford Burnham, who drew its plat.
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  • Type: Village with 4,050 residents
  • Description: village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Burnham, IL”, “Burnham, Illinois”, and “Village of Burnham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hegewisch station and Hammond Gateway station.

Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a commuter rail station in the city of Chicago, Illinois in the neighborhood, that serves the South Shore Line north to and east to the cities of , , , , and .

Railway station
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is a South Shore Line station in . It is intended to serve as the interchange point to the Monon Corridor, which is expected to open to revenue service in 2025. is situated 2 miles east of Burnham.

Park
is an Illinois state park administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources on 580 acres in the community area of the City of in , , . is situated 2 miles northeast of Burnham.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hegewisch and Calumet City.

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of , located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the neighborhoods of and to the west, the to the north, the village of Burnham to the south and the city of to the east.

Town
is a city in , United States. The population was 36,033 in the 2020 census. It is part of the . is situated 2 miles southeast of Burnham.

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is a city of some 76,000 people in , —bordering . Most visitors will find themselves passing through or on business, but Chicagoans would do well to include it in a close-in Lake County day…

Burnham

Latitude
41.63892° or 41° 38′ 20″ north
Longitude
-87.55671° or 87° 33′ 24″ west
Population
4,050
Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)
Named after
Telford Burnham
United Nations Location Code
US 4BH
Open location code
86HJJCQV+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153574359
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4886038
Wiki­data ID
Q1885602
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Burnham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورنهام”
  • Basque: “Burnham”
  • Cebuano: “Burnham”
  • Chinese: “Burnham”
  • Chinese: “伯納姆 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “伯納姆”
  • Dutch: “Burnham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورنهام”
  • French: “Burnham”
  • German: “Burnham”
  • Gilaki: “برنهام (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “برنهام”
  • Haitian: “Burnham, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Burnham”
  • Italian: “Burnham”
  • Ladin: “Burnham”
  • Mazanderani: “برنهام (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “برنهام”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Burnham”
  • Newari: “बर्नह्याम, इलियोनोई”
  • Newari: “बर्नह्याम”
  • Persian: “برنهام، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “برنهام”
  • Polish: “Burnham”
  • Portuguese: “Burnham”
  • Romanian: “Burnham”
  • Serbian: “Бернам”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Burnham, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Burnham”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برنهام، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Burnham (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Burnham”
  • Turkish: “Burnham”
  • Ukrainian: “Бернгем”
  • Vietnamese: “Burnham, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Burnham”
  • Volapük: “Burnham”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Burnham, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Burnham”
  • Welsh: “Burnham, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Burnham”

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