River Forest
River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,717. Two universities make their home in River Forest, Dominican University and Concordia University Chicago.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 11,800 residents
- Description: village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Harlem”, “River Forest, IL”, “River Forest, Illinois”, “Thatcher”, and “Village of River Forest”
- Postal code: 60305
Places of Interest
Highlights include River Forest Public Library and Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio.
River Forest Public Library
Library
Photo: DFHoulihan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The River Forest Public Library is located at 735 Lathrop Avenue in River Forest, Illinois, a suburban community west of Chicago. It serves a core population of approximately 11,000 residents, and drawing reciprocal patrons from the surrounding area.
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Museum
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio is a historic house museum in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. It was built in 1889 by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who lived there with his family for two decades and expanded it multiple times.
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Public building
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is a governmental commission in Cook County, Illinois, that owns and manages land containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest Park and Oak Park.
Forest Park
Village
Photo: Dennisyerger84, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forest Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.
Oak Park
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Oak Park is a city of 52,000 people in the Chicagoland area. It's essentially an outdoor museum dedicated to architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Elmwood Park
Town
The Northwestern Suburbs is a region in Chicagoland, primary located in northwestern Cook, southern Lake and northern DuPage County, primarily centered along the Union Pacific Northwest Metra Line, though encompassing areas well beyond the rail line. Elmwood Park is situated 1½ miles north of River Forest.
River Forest
- Categories: village of Illinois and locality
- Location: River Forest Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.89781° or 41° 53′ 52″ northLongitude
-87.81395° or 87° 48′ 50″ westPopulation
11,800Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)United Nations Location Code
US RVOOpen location code
86HJV5XP+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 153450833OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“River Forest” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ريفر فورست”
- Basque: “River Forest”
- Belarusian: “Рывер-Форэст”
- Catalan: “River Forest”
- Cebuano: “River Forest”
- Chinese: “River Forest”
- Chinese: “里弗福里斯特 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “里弗福里斯特”
- Dagbani: “River Forest”
- Dutch: “River Forest”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ريڤير فوريست”
- French: “River Forest”
- Georgian: “რივერ ფორესტი (ილინოისი)”
- Georgian: “რივერ ფორესტი”
- German: “River Forest”
- Gilaki: “ريور فاریست (ايلينؤی)”
- Gilaki: “ريور فاریست”
- Haitian: “River Forest, Ilinwa”
- Haitian: “River Forest”
- Italian: “River Forest”
- Japanese: “リバー・フォレスト”
- Ladin: “River Forest”
- Mazanderani: “ریور فارست (ایلینوی)”
- Mazanderani: “ریور فارست”
- Min Nan Chinese: “River Forest”
- Persian: “ریور فارست، ایلینوی”
- Persian: “ریور فارست”
- Polish: “River Forest”
- Portuguese: “River Forest”
- Romanian: “River Forest”
- Russian: “Ривер-Форест”
- Serbian: “Ривер Форест”
- Serbian: “Ривер Форист”
- Serbo-Croatian: “River Forest, Illinois”
- Serbo-Croatian: “River Forest”
- South Azerbaijani: “ریور فارست، ایلینوی”
- Spanish: “River Forest (Illinois)”
- Spanish: “River Forest”
- Swedish: “River Forest, Illinois”
- Swedish: “River Forest”
- Turkish: “River Forest, Illinois”
- Turkish: “River Forest”
- Ukrainian: “Рівер-Форест”
- Urdu: “ریور فارسٹ، الینوائے”
- Urdu: “ریور فارسٹ”
- Vietnamese: “River Forest, Illinois”
- Vietnamese: “River Forest”
- Volapük: “River Forest”
- Waray (Philippines): “River Forest, Illinois”
- Waray (Philippines): “River Forest”
- Welsh: “River Forest, Illinois”
- Welsh: “River Forest”
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