Burnside
Burnside is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago. The 47th numbered area, it is located on the city's far south side. This area is also called "The Triangle" by locals, as it is bordered by railroad tracks on every side; the Canadian National Railway on the west, the Union Pacific Railroad on the south and the Norfolk Southern Railway on the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 2,530 residents
- Description: human settlement in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Burnside, Chicago” and “Burnside, IL”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 91st Street/Chesterfield station and 87th Street/Woodruff station.
91st Street/Chesterfield station
Railway stop
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
91st Street/Chesterfield is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Burnside neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 91st and Dauphin Streets and is 11.4 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.
87th Street/Woodruff station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
87th Street/Woodruff is an electrified commuter rail station along the Metra Electric Main Line in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station is located at 87th Street and Dauphin Avenue and is 10.9 miles away from the northern terminus at Millennium Station.
Bronzeville Children’s Museum
Museum
Photo: zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bronzeville Children's Museum is a museum in the Calumet Heights community area of the South Side of Chicago. It is the first and only African American children's museum in the United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Calumet Heights and Avalon Park.
Calumet Heights
Suburb
Calumet Heights, located on the South Side of the city, is one of the 77 well defined community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south.
Avalon Park
Suburb
Avalon Park, located on the south side of the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois, is one of the city's 77 semi-official community areas and is named after its main park.
Chatham
Suburb
Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chatham is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, on the city's South Side. It includes the neighborhoods of Chatham-Avalon, Chatham Club, Chesterfield, East Chatham, West Chatham and the northern portion of West Chesterfield.
Burnside
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.73004° or 41° 43′ 48″ northLongitude
-87.59671° or 87° 35′ 48″ westPopulation
2,530Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)Named after
Ambrose BurnsideOpen location code
86HJPCJ3+28OpenStreetMap ID
node 153784240OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Burnside” goes by many names.
- French: “Burnside”
- Persian: “برنساید، شیکاگو”
- Persian: “برنساید”
- Turkish: “Burnside”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dauphin Park and Marynook.
Notable Places Nearby
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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 “Burnside”. Photo: Raymonst, CC BY-SA 3.0.