Showmen’s Rest

Showmen's Rest in Forest Park, Illinois, is a 750-plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers owned by the Showmen's League of America.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Commons Park and North Riverside Mall Theatre.

North Riverside Mall Theatre

Movie theater

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North Riverside Mall Theatre is a movie theater, which is situated 2,700 feet southeast of Showmen’s Rest.

North Riverside Park Mall

Commercial area

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North Riverside Park Mall is a shopping mall located in North Riverside, Illinois. The center is owned by The Feil Organization and is anchored by JCPenney, Forman Mills and Round 1 Entertainment. North Riverside Park Mall is situated 2,400 feet southeast of Showmen’s Rest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Riverside and Riverside.

North Riverside

Village

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North Riverside is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,426.

Riverside

Village

Riverside is a suburban village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population of the village was 9,298 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Chicago, located around 9 miles west of downtown Chicago and 2 miles outside city limits.

Berwyn

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Berwyn is a suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is coterminous with Berwyn Township, which was formed in 1908 after breaking off from Cicero Township.

Showmen’s Rest

Type: Memorial
Description: circus people’s graveyard
Categories: burial plot and historic site
Location: Proviso Township, Cook, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.85049° or 41° 51′ 2″ north

Longitude

-87.81854° or 87° 49′ 7″ west

Open location code

86HJV52J+5H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6821742223

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q7503280

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