Evanston Township

Evanston is a city in the North Shore region of Illinois along the shores of Lake Michigan. Evanston has many identities: college town, dining destination, cultural center and gateway to the wealthy North Shore, although the city itself is anything but homogeneous in regards to economic status, culture and race.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Main Street/Evanston station and Grosse Point Light.

Main Street/Evanston station

Railway station

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Main Street/Evanston is the southernmost of the three commuter railroad stations in Evanston, Illinois. It is served by Metra's Union Pacific North Line trains, which go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Grosse Point Light

Lighthouse

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The historic Grosse Point Light is located in Evanston, Illinois. Following several shipping disasters near Evanston, residents successfully lobbied the federal government for a lighthouse.

Marywood Academy

Town hall

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The Marywood Academy is a historic building located at 2100 Ridge Avenue in Evanston, Illinois. The building was built in 1900 as Visitation Academy to serve as a girls' Catholic school led by the Visitation Sisters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilmette and Rogers Park.

Wilmette

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Wilmette is 16 miles north of Chicago. It is part of the affluent corridor of lakefront Chicago suburbs known as the North Shore. It is the location of the world's oldest still-standing Bahá'í House of Worship.

Rogers Park

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Rogers Park is the northern border of Chicago — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.

Evanston Township

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Township of Evanston”
Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.0464° or 42° 2′ 47″ north

Longitude

-87.694° or 87° 41′ 38″ west

Elevation

600 feet (183 metres)

Open location code

86JJ28W4+GC

GeoNames ID

4891393

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