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Forest Glen

Forest Glen is one of the 77 official city community areas of Chicago, Illinois, located on the city's Northwest Side. It comprises the neighborhoods of Forest Glen, Edgebrook and Sauganash, with sub-neighborhoods of Sauganash Park, Wildwood, North Edgebrook and Old Edgebrook.
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  • Type: Suburb with 19,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Forest Glen, Chicago”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Forest Glen station and Queen of All Saints Basilica.

Railway station
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Forest Glen is one of two commuter railroad stations in the Forest Glen section of Chicago, Illinois, along the Milwaukee District North Line. It is located at 5301 North Forest Glen Avenue, is 10.2 miles away from , the southern terminus of the line, and serves commuters between Union Station and .

Church
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is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 6280 North Sauganash Avenue in Chicago's upper middle-class Sauganash neighborhood.

Library
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is a library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sauganash Historic District and Jefferson Park.

Neighborhood
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The is a historic district which includes the Sauganash Park development, in the Forest Glen, Chicago neighborhood of North Side, Chicago, .

Suburb
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is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, located on the northwest side of the city. The neighborhood of occupies a larger swath of territory.

Village
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is a village in , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 13,463. An inner suburb of , it shares its southern, eastern, and a small section of its western boundary with Chicago, also bordering to the north and west. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Forest Glen.

Forest Glen

Latitude
41.98549° or 41° 59′ 8″ north
Longitude
-87.75468° or 87° 45′ 17″ west
Population
19,600
Elevation
623 feet (190 metres)
Open location code
86HJX6PW+54
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8416649718
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
11807147
Wiki­data ID
Q3077156
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Forest Glen Woods and First Congregational Church of Forest Glen.

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