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Douglas, on the of , is one of Chicago's 77 community areas. The neighborhood is named for Stephen A. Douglas, Illinois politician and Abraham Lincoln's political foe, whose estate included a tract of land given to the federal government.
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  • Type: Suburb with 20,300 residents
  • Description: community area in Chicago, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Community Area 35” and “Douglas, Chicago”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pilgrim Baptist Church and Roloson Houses.

Heritage site
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is a historic church at 3301 South Indiana Avenue in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the of , Illinois, United States.

Terrace house
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The , also known as the Robert W. , are a group of four adjacent row houses in the Douglas community area of Chicago, , United States.

Stadium
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is a baseball on the of , Illinois. It is the home ballpark of the Chicago White Sox, one of the city's two Major League Baseball teams, and is owned by the state of Illinois through the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bronzeville and Armour Square.

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, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown. Gwendolyn Brooks published poetry in the Chicago Defender, Andrew Rube Foster created Negro League Baseball, and Louis Armstrong kept his trumpet singing at the Sunset Cafe to keep Al Capone off his back.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood on the city's , as well as a larger, officially defined community area, which also includes and the CHA housing project.

Suburb
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, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, , is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Bordered by 35th and 43rd Streets, Cottage Grove Avenue and Lake Shore Drive, the area was developed between 1872 and 1905.

Douglas

Latitude
41.83487° or 41° 50′ 6″ north
Longitude
-87.61801° or 87° 37′ 5″ west
Population
20,300
Elevation
597 feet (182 metres)
Named after
Stephen A. Douglas
Open location code
86HJR9MJ+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153652976
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
4890075
Wiki­data ID
Q3037975
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Douglas” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “道格拉斯”
  • Dutch: “Douglas”
  • French: “Douglas”
  • German: “Douglas”
  • Japanese: “ダグラス”
  • Persian: “داگلاس، شیکاگو”
  • Persian: “داگلاس”
  • Slovenian: “Douglas”
  • Spanish: “Douglas”
  • Turkish: “Douglas”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Hartzell United Methodist Church and Chicago Fire Department Engine Comnpany 19.

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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 “Douglas”. Photo: Jovianeye, CC BY-SA 3.0.