Central Stickney
Central Stickney is an unincorporated community in Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois, a half mile north of Midway International Airport. It consists of the areas around Central Avenue, between I-55 to the north and 51st Street, its southern boundary; east of Central, the northern boundary is roughly drawn between 47th and 48th Streets.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: unincorporated community in Cook County, Illinois, United States
- Also known as: “Central Stickney, Illinois”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hawthorne Race Course and Midway station.
Hawthorne Race Course
Stadium
Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney, Illinois, near Chicago. The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Hawthorne Race Course is situated 1½ miles north of Central Stickney.
Midway station
Metro station
Photo: Hied5, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Midway is an 'L' station on the CTA's Orange Line. It is the southwestern terminus of the Orange Line and serves Midway International Airport in Chicago, the city's second-largest airport. Midway station is situated 1½ miles southeast of Central Stickney.
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge
Bridge
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Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge is situated 1½ miles northeast of Central Stickney.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Forest View and Garfield Ridge.
Forest View
Village
Forest View is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 792. It is primarily an industrial corridor adjacent to the Chicago neighborhood of Garfield Ridge, which is on the village's southern border.
Garfield Ridge
Suburb
Garfield Ridge is the 56th of Chicago's 77 community areas. Located 10 miles from the Loop, it is on the city's far southwest side. As of 2017, the area had 36,396 inhabitants.
Stickney
Village
Stickney is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,110. The village is named for Alpheus Beede Stickney, a railroad executive who played a central role in establishing the Clearing Industrial District. Stickney is situated 1½ miles northwest of Central Stickney.
Central Stickney
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Township of Stickney, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.80388° or 41° 48′ 14″ northLongitude
-87.75797° or 87° 45′ 29″ westNamed after
Alpheus Beede StickneyOpen location code
86HJR63R+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 11007768234OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q30621538
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In Other Languages
“Central Stickney” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “中斯蒂克尼 (伊利諾伊州)”
- Chinese: “中斯蒂克尼”
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Highlights include Stickney Township Community Center and Sahs Park.
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