Cook

Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California.
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  • Type: County with 5,280,000 residents
  • Description: county in Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: Cook County”, “Cook County, IL”, “Cook County, Illinois”, and “Crook County
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Midway International Airport and Hawthorne Works.

Airport terminal
Chicago is a major commercial on the southwest side of , Illinois, located approximately 12 miles from the city's business district, and divided between the city's and communities.

Historic building
The was a large factory complex of the Western Electric Company in . In addition to industrial plants, several on-site community amenities were provided to workers.

Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY 2.0.
Cicero is a station on 's BNSF Line, located in . The station is 7 miles away from , the eastern terminus of the line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cicero and Southwest Side.

is a town of 81,000 people in the area, just west of the city limits. It became famous when gangster Al Capone moved here to escape from the Chicago Police in the early 1920s.

Photo: vxla, CC BY 2.0.
The of is far off the beaten path. Plenty of visitors know Midway Airport, but never see anything beyond. Truth be told, there isn't a lot to see.

is a suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is coterminous with Township, which was formed in 1908 after breaking off from Cicero Township.

Cook

Latitude
41.8197° or 41° 49′ 11″ north
Longitude
-87.7565° or 87° 45′ 24″ west
Population
5,280,000
Elevation
584 feet (178 metres)
Named after
Daniel Pope Cook
Open location code
86HJR69V+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316952589
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4888671
Wiki­data ID
Q108418
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Cook” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Cook County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة كوك
  • Arabic: مقاطعه كوك، إلينوي
  • Armenian: Կուկ շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu de Cook
  • Azerbaijani: Kuk
  • Basque: Cook konderria
  • Bavarian: Cook County, Illinois
  • Bavarian: Cook County
  • Belarusian: акруга Кук
  • Belarusian: Кук (акруга, Ілінойс)
  • Belarusian: Кук
  • Bishnupriya: কোক কাউন্টি, ইলিনয়স
  • Bishnupriya: কোক কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Кук
  • Catalan: comtat de Cook
  • Catalan: Comtat de Cook
  • Cebuano: Cook County
  • Chechen: Кук (гуо, Иллинойс)
  • Chechen: Кук
  • Chinese: Cook Kūn
  • Chinese: 库克县
  • Chinese: 庫克縣
  • Chinese: 庫克郡
  • Chinese: 曲縣
  • Czech: Cook County
  • Danish: Cook County
  • Dutch: Cook County
  • Esperanto: kantono Cook
  • Esperanto: kantono Kuk
  • Esperanto: Kantono Kuk
  • Estonian: Cooki maakond
  • Finnish: Cookin piirikunta
  • French: comté de Cook
  • French: Comté de Cook
  • Georgian: კუკის ოლქი
  • German: Cook County
  • Gilaki: کوک ٚ شأرستان (ايلينؤی)
  • Gilaki: کۊک ٚ شأرستان
  • Greek: Κομητεία Κουκ, Ιλινόι
  • Greek: κομητεία Κουκ
  • Greek: Κομητεία Κουκ
  • Hebrew: מחוז קוק
  • Hungarian: Cook megye
  • Indonesian: Cook County, Illinois
  • Indonesian: Cook County
  • Irish: Contae Cook, Illinois
  • Irish: Contae Cook
  • Italian: contea di Cook
  • Italian: Contea di Cook
  • Italian: Cook County
  • Japanese: クック・カウンティ
  • Japanese: クック郡
  • Korean: 쿡군
  • Latin: Cook Comitatus
  • Low German: Cook County
  • Luxembourgish: Cook County
  • Malayalam: കുക്ക് കൗണ്ടി, ഇല്ലിനോയി
  • Malayalam: കുക്ക് കൗണ്ടി
  • Mazanderani: کوک شهرستان (ایلینوی)
  • Mazanderani: کوک شهرستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cook Kūn
  • Northern Frisian: Cook County
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cook County i Illinois
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cook County
  • Norwegian: Cook County
  • Ossetian: Кук (зылд, Иллинойс)
  • Ossetian: Кук
  • Persian: شهرستان کوک
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Cook
  • Portuguese: Condado de Cook
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cook, Illinois
  • Romanian: Comitatul Cook
  • Russian: Кук
  • Sardinian: contea de Cook
  • Scottish Gaelic: Cook County
  • Serbian: Cook County
  • Serbian: Okrug Kuk
  • Serbian: Кук
  • Serbian: Округ Кук
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cook County, Illinois
  • Serbo-Croatian: Cook County
  • Slovenian: Cook County
  • Slovenian: Okrožje Cook
  • South Azerbaijani: کوک بؤلگه‌سی، ایلینوی
  • Spanish: Condado de Cook (Illinois)
  • Spanish: Condado de Cook
  • Swedish: Cook County, Illinois
  • Swedish: Cook County
  • Tatar: Кук (округ, Иллинойс)
  • Tatar: Кук
  • Turkish: Cook County, IL
  • Turkish: Cook County, Ill.
  • Turkish: Cook County, Illinois
  • Turkish: Cook County
  • Turkish: Cook ilçesi, IL
  • Turkish: Cook ilçesi, Ill.
  • Turkish: Cook ilçesi, Illinois
  • Turkish: Cook ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Кук
  • Urdu: کک کاؤنٹی، الینوائے
  • Urdu: کک کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Cook
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cook, Illinois
  • Vietnamese: Quận Cook
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cook, Illinois
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Cook
  • Welsh: Cook County, Illinois
  • Welsh: Cook County
  • Western Armenian: Քուք գաւառ
  • Western Panjabi: کک کاؤنٹی، الینوۓ
  • Western Panjabi: کک کاؤنٹی
  • Yiddish: קוק קאונטי, אילינאי
  • Yiddish: קוק קאונטי
  • Yiddish: קוק קאנט
  • Yue Chinese: 曲縣

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Morton College and Henry J Vals Gymnasium.

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