Gross Point
Gross Point is a neighborhood in New Trier Township, Cook, Illinois. Gross Point is situated nearby to the neighborhood Central Street, as well as near the village Kenilworth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gross Point Village Hall and Centennial Park.
Gross Point Village Hall
Museum
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The Gross Point Village Hall, located at 609 Ridge Road in Wilmette, Illinois, was the village hall of the defunct village of Gross Point, Illinois. The village of Gross Point, named for a French description of a turn in nearby Lake Michigan's shoreline, was settled from the 1830s onward and incorporated in 1874.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilmette and Central Street.
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.
Central Street
Neighborhood
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Central Street is the principal east-west artery in the far north of Evanston, Illinois and is a major thoroughfare in other northern and northwest suburbs of Chicago.
Kenilworth
Village
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Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514.
Gross Point
- Type: Neighborhood
- Category: locality
- Location: New Trier Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.07629° or 42° 4′ 35″ northLongitude
-87.73088° or 87° 43′ 51″ westElevation
630 feet (192 metres)Open location code
86JJ37G9+GMOpenStreetMap ID
node 3272474298OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
4894793
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