Illinois
Lake
Moraine Township

Highwood

Highwood is a suburb of Chicago in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, . As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,074.
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  • Type: Village with 5,070 residents
  • Description: city in Illinois
  • Also known as: “City of Highwood”, “Highwood, IL”, “Highwood, Illinois”, and “Saint John”
  • Postal code: 60040

Places of Interest

Highlights include Highwood station and Highland Park High School.

Railway station
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Highwood is one of two stations on 's Union Pacific North Line located in Highwood, Illinois. Highwood is located at 317 Green Bay Road. Highwood is 24.5 miles away from , the southern terminus of the Union Pacific North Line.

School
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is a public four-year high school located in , a suburb of , Illinois. It is part of Township High School District 113.

Water tower
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The is a historic water tower on the west side of Green Bay Road in , . Built in 1929–30, the brick water tower is 125 feet tall, making it the tallest structure in Highland Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Sheridan and Highland Park.

Hamlet
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is a residential neighborhood within the cities of , Highwood, and in , , United States. It was originally established as , an Army post named after Civil War cavalry general Philip Sheridan, to honor his services to .

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is a city in , United States. A suburb of , it lies about 25 miles north of Downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30,176.

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is a village in and counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A northern , is located on the , about 28 miles north of .

Highwood

Latitude
42.19989° or 42° 11′ 60″ north
Longitude
-87.80933° or 87° 48′ 34″ west
Population
5,070
Elevation
676 feet (206 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US HH8
Open location code
86JJ55XR+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153567566
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4895918
Wiki­data ID
Q577601
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Highwood” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Highwood”
  • Catalan: “Highwood”
  • Cebuano: “Highwood”
  • Chechen: “Гайвуд”
  • Chinese: “Highwood”
  • Chinese: “海伍德 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “海伍德”
  • Croatian: “Highwood”
  • Danish: “Highwood”
  • Dutch: “Highwood”
  • French: “Highwood”
  • German: “Highwood”
  • Gilaki: “هایوۊد (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “هایوۊد”
  • Haitian: “Highwood, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Highwood”
  • Hungarian: “Highwood”
  • Ido: “Highwood, Illinois”
  • Ido: “Highwood”
  • Irish: “Highwood”
  • Italian: “Highwood”
  • Ladin: “Highwood”
  • Lombard: “Highwood”
  • Mazanderani: “های‌وود (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “های‌وود”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Highwood”
  • Newari: “हाइवूड (इलियोनोई)”
  • Newari: “हाइवूड, इलिनोइ”
  • Newari: “हाइवूड, इलियोनोई”
  • Newari: “हाइवूड”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Highwood”
  • Persian: “های وود، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “های‌وود”
  • Polish: “Highwood”
  • Portuguese: “Highwood”
  • Serbian: “Хајвуд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highwood, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highwood”
  • South Azerbaijani: “های وود، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Highwood”
  • Swedish: “Highwood, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Highwood”
  • Tatar: “Гайвуд”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайвуд”
  • Uzbek: “Highwood”
  • Uzbek: “Ҳигҳwоод”
  • Vietnamese: “Highwood, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Highwood”
  • Volapük: “Highwood”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Highwood, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Highwood”
  • Welsh: “Highwood, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Highwood”

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Notable Places Nearby

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