Illinois
Cook
Township of Stickney

Forest View

Forest View is a village in , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 792. It is primarily an industrial corridor adjacent to the neighborhood of , which is on the village's southern border.
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  • Type: Village with 792 residents
  • Description: village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Forest View, IL”, “Forest View, Illinois”, and “Village of Forest View”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chicago Portage National Historic Site and Summit station.

Nature reserve
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a National Historic Site commemorating the importance of the Chicago Portage in , , , United States.

Railway station
Summit is an Amtrak and train station in . It is served by Amtrak Illinois' Lincoln Service, which operates daily, and Metra's Heritage Corridor commuter line, which operates only during morning and evening rush hours in peak direction. is situated 2 miles southwest of Forest View.

Railway station
Photo: Zol87, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Berwyn is one of three stations on 's BNSF Line in . The station is 9.6 miles from , the east end of the line. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Berwyn is in zone 2. is situated 1½ miles northwest of Forest View.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stickney and Garfield Ridge.

Village
is a village in , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,110. The village is named for Alpheus Beede , a railroad executive who played a central role in establishing the Clearing Industrial District.

Suburb
is the 56th of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 10 miles from the , it is on the city's far southwest side. As of 2017, the area had 36,396 inhabitants.

Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an unincorporated community in Stickney Township, , a half mile north of . It consists of the areas around Central Avenue, between I-55 to the north and 51st Street, its southern boundary; east of Central, the northern boundary is roughly drawn between 47th and 48th Streets.

Forest View

Latitude
41.81032° or 41° 48′ 37″ north
Longitude
-87.7804° or 87° 46′ 49″ west
Population
792
Elevation
594 feet (181 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US FTW
Open location code
86HJR669+4R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4262116992
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4892797
Wiki­data ID
Q2672248
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Forest View” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فورست فيو”
  • Basque: “Forest View”
  • Cebuano: “Forest View”
  • Chinese: “Forest View”
  • Chinese: “福雷斯特維尤 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “福雷斯特維尤”
  • Dutch: “Forest View”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فورست فيو”
  • French: “Forest View”
  • German: “Forest View”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرست ويۊ (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “فؤرست ويۊ”
  • Haitian: “Forest View, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Forest View”
  • Hausa: “Forest View Il”
  • Italian: “Forest View”
  • Ladin: “Forest View”
  • Mazanderani: “فورست ویو (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “فورست ویو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Forest View”
  • Newari: “फरेस्ट भ्यू, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “फरेस्ट भ्यू”
  • Persian: “فورست ویو، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “فورست ویو”
  • Polish: “Forest View”
  • Portuguese: “Forest View”
  • Romanian: “Forest View”
  • Serbian: “Форест Вју”
  • Serbian: “Форист Вју”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Forest View, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Forest View”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فورست ویو، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Forest View”
  • Turkish: “Forest View”
  • Ukrainian: “Форест-В’ю”
  • Vietnamese: “Forest View, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Forest View”
  • Volapük: “Forest View”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Forest View, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Forest View”
  • Welsh: “Forest View, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Forest View”

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Highlights include Stickney Fire Department and Harlem Avenue Railroad Bridge.

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