Edison Park
Edison Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago. It is located on the Northwest side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It consists entirely of the Edison Park neighborhood, and is named after Thomas Alva Edison, who gave his blessing to this community namesake in 1890.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 11,500 residents
- Description: human settlement in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “Edison Park, Chicago”
- Neighbors: Park Ridge
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edison Park and Edison Park station.
Edison Park
Park
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Edison Park is a park located in Edison Park community in Chicago, Illinois. The park became part of the Chicago Park District in 1936. Edison Park's historic fieldhouse was built in 1907 as a public school.
Edison Park station
Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edison Park is a commuter rail station along Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line in the Edison Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is located at 6730 North Olmstead Avenue across from Monument Park, and lies 11.4 miles from Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Norwood Park and Park Ridge.
Norwood Park
Suburb
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Norwood Park is one of the 77 Chicago community areas. It encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Big Oaks, Norwood Park East, Norwood Park West, Old Norwood Park, Oriole Park, and Union Ridge.
Park Ridge
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Park Ridge is a city in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicagoland, just outside of Chicago. It has a lively uptown area that has plenty of local businesses and restaurants.
Niles
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Niles is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located in the townships of Maine and Niles, directly neighboring Chicago's far northwest border. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30,912. The current mayor of Niles is George Alpogianis.
Edison Park
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.00435° or 42° 0′ 16″ northLongitude
-87.81284° or 87° 48′ 46″ westPopulation
11,500Elevation
663 feet (202 metres)Named after
Thomas EdisonOpen location code
86JJ253P+PVOpenStreetMap ID
node 8416634898OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Spanish—“Edison Park” goes by many names.
- French: “Edison Park”
- Japanese: “エジソンパーク”
- Persian: “ادیسون پارک، شیکاگو”
- Persian: “ادیسون پارک”
- Slovenian: “Edison Park”
- South Azerbaijani: “ادیسون پارک، چیکاقو”
- Spanish: “Edison Park”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Edison Park United Methodist Church and Edison Park Fieldhouse.
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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 “Edison Park”. Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.