Village of Wilmette
Village of Wilmette is a locality in Cook, Illinois. Village of Wilmette is situated nearby to the neighborhood Gross Point, as well as near the village Kenilworth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kenilworth Club and Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum.
Kenilworth Club
Community center
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The Kenilworth Assembly Hall is a historic clubhouse located at 410 Kenilworth Avenue in Kenilworth, Illinois. The clubhouse was built in 1907 as a social club for the wealthy Chicago suburb.
Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum
Museum
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The Gichigamiin Indigenous Nations Museum is a museum in Evanston, Illinois that focuses exclusively on the history, culture and arts of North American native peoples.
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 Winnetka.
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.
Winnetka
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Winnetka is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 16 miles north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,475 as of the 2020 census. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the United States in terms of household income.
Evanston
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Evanston is a city in the North Shore region of Illinois along the shores of Lake Michigan. Evanston has many identities: college town, dining destination, cultural center and gateway to the wealthy North Shore, although the city itself is anything but homogeneous in regards to economic status, culture and race.
Village of Wilmette
- Type: Locality with 27,100 residents
- Location: Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.0771° or 42° 4′ 37″ northLongitude
-87.7282° or 87° 43′ 42″ westPopulation
27,100Elevation
630 feet (192 metres)Open location code
86JJ37GC+RPGeoNames ID
7317590
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