Dunning
Dunning is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, United States. In 1851, the small, rural settlement that would later become Dunning, was chosen by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to be the site of Chicago's new Poorhouse and Insane Asylum.- Type: Suburb with 43,100 residents
- Description: human settlement in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Dunning, Chicago”, “Dunning, IL”, “Dunning, Illinois”, “Leyden Center”, “Maine”, and “Monroe”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chicago Read Mental Health Center and Mount Olive Cemetery.
Chicago Read Mental Health Center
Hospital
Chicago-Read Mental Health Center is a state-run inpatient JCAHO-accredited facility, located in the community of Dunning, northwest of Chicago, Illinois.
Mount Olive Cemetery
Cemetery
Mount Olive Cemetery is a landscaped cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded by Chicago's Scandinavian community in 1886. It is located at 3800 North Narragansett Avenue and is adjacent to Zion Gardens cemetery.
Harlem-Irving Plaza Shopping Center
Shopping center
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harwood Heights and Far Northwest Side.
Harwood Heights
Village
Harwood Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,065 at the 2020 census. Harwood Heights and neighboring Norridge form an enclave surrounded by the city of Chicago.
Far Northwest Side
The Far Northwest Side of Chicago includes the neighborhoods of Avondale and the Polish Village, with large Polish communities; Irving Park and Old Irving, quiet areas with historic homes; and Forest Glen, Jefferson Park, Norwood Park, Edison Park, Edgebrook, Dunning, and Portage Park, residential areas which have nice parks, old theaters, and some big annual festivals.Portage Park
Suburb
Dunning
- Categories: community area in Chicago, human settlement, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.95286° or 41° 57′ 10″ north
Longitude
-87.79652° or 87° 47′ 48″ west
Population
43,100
Elevation
636 feet (194 metres)
Named after
Andrew Dunning
Open location code
86HJX633+49
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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