West Garfield Park
West Garfield Park on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. It is directly west of Garfield Park.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 17,400 residents
- Description: human settlement in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
- Also known as: “West Garfield Park, Chicago” and “West Garfield Park, IL”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library and Saint Mel’s Church.
Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library
Library
Photo: Seth Patner, Public domain.
The Henry E. Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library, also called the Legler Library, the Legler Regional Library, or the Legler Branch, is a branch of the Chicago Public Library located at 115 S.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include East Garfield Park and Far West Side.
East Garfield Park
Suburb
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East Garfield Park is a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, west of the Loop. Taking its name from the large urban park, Garfield Park, the neighborhood is bordered by the Union Pacific railroad tracks on the north, Arthington and Taylor Streets on the south, Hamlin Avenue and Independence Boulevard to the west, and Rockwell Street to the east.
Far West Side
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Chicago's Far West Side is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.
North Lawndale
Suburb
Photo: Jonathan Lee, CC BY 2.0.
North Lawndale is one of the 77 community areas of the city of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's West Side. The community area includes the K-Town Historic District, the Homan Square interrogation facility, and the city's largest concentration of greystones. North Lawndale is situated 1½ miles south of West Garfield Park.
West Garfield Park
- Categories: community area in Chicago, neighborhood, and locality
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.88059° or 41° 52′ 50″ northLongitude
-87.72922° or 87° 43′ 45″ westPopulation
17,400Elevation
604 feet (184 metres)Named after
James A. GarfieldOpen location code
86HJV7JC+68OpenStreetMap ID
node 153412291OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“West Garfield Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “西加菲爾德公園”
- French: “West Garfield Park”
- Russian: “West Garfield Park”
- Russian: “Уэст-Гарфилд-Парк”
- Serbian: “Vest Garfild Park (Čikago)”
- Serbian: “Vest Garfild Park”
- Turkish: “West Garfield Park”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Michael MB Church and Pentecostal House of Prayer.
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