River Forest

River Forest is a suburban village adjacent to in , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 11,717. Two universities make their home in River Forest, and .
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Wikipedia
  • 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 Concordia University Chicago and Dominican University.

University
is a private university in River Forest, Illinois, United States. Formerly a college exclusively for educating teachers for parochial schools, Concordia-Chicago now offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs and enrolls more than 5,000 students.

University
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is a private Catholic university in River Forest, Illinois, United States. Affiliated with the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters, it offers bachelor's and master's degrees, certificate programs, and PhDs in information studies and Applied Social Justice.

Library
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The is located at 735 Lathrop Avenue in River Forest, Illinois, a suburban community west of . It serves a core population of approximately 11,000 residents, and drawing reciprocal patrons from the surrounding area.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest Park and Oak Park.

Village
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is a village in , United States, and a suburb of . The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The terminal on the Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway at Des Plaines Avenue.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city of 52,000 people in the area. It's essentially an outdoor museum dedicated to architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

Town
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The Northwest Suburbs are in , primarily in northwestern Cook, southern Lake and northern DuPage County, centered along Metra’s North Central Service, though encompassing areas well beyond the rail line. is situated 1½ miles north of River Forest.

River Forest

Latitude
41.89781° or 41° 53′ 52″ north
Longitude
-87.81395° or 87° 48′ 50″ west
Population
11,800
Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RVO
Open location code
86HJV5XP+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153450833
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4907637
Wiki­data ID
Q2299339
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Czech: “River Forest”
  • 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”
  • Norwegian: “River Forest”
  • Persian: “ریور فارست، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “ریور فارست”
  • Polish: “River Forest”
  • Portuguese: “River Forest”
  • Romanian: “River Forest”
  • Russian: “Ривер Форист”
  • Russian: “Ривер-Форест”
  • Serbian: “Ривер Форест”
  • Serbian: “Ривер Форист”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “River Forest, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “River Forest”
  • Slovak: “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”
  • “River Forest”

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