Skokie

The village of Skokie is a suburb in the area about 15 miles north of Chicago's downtown Loop. The name Skokie comes from a Potawatomi word for 'marsh'.
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  • Type: Town with 67,800 residents
  • Description: village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Niles Center”, “Skokie, IL”, “Skokie, Illinois”, and “Village of Skokie”
  • Postal codes: 60076 and 60077
  • Neighbors: , , , , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hebrew Theological College and Skokie Public Library.

College
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The , known colloquially as "Skokie Yeshiva" or HTC, is a yeshiva in Skokie, Illinois. Although the school's primary focus is the teaching of Torah and Jewish tradition, it is also a private university that is part of the Touro University System which hosts separate programs for men and women.

Library
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has been serving the community of Skokie, Illinois since 1930.

Park
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Morton Grove and Lincolnwood.

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is a village in , United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 25,297. It is part of the .

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 Skokie to the north and west.

Neighborhood
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is a local community and neighborhood located in the Edgebrook and Community Area on the Far Northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. The original boundaries, still marked with wooden signs, sit between the neighborhoods, North Edgebrook to the north and Edgebrook Manor to the south.

Skokie

Latitude
42.0263° or 42° 1′ 35″ north
Longitude
-87.7521° or 87° 45′ 8″ west
Population
67,800
Elevation
607 feet (185 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US SOK
Open location code
86JJ26GX+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153509654
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4911600
Wiki­data ID
Q985536
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Skokie” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سكوكي”
  • Basque: “Skokie”
  • Catalan: “Skokie”
  • Cebuano: “Skokie”
  • Chinese: “Skokie”
  • Chinese: “伊利諾伊州斯科基村”
  • Chinese: “史科基村 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “斯科基”
  • Czech: “Skokie”
  • Dagbani: “Skokie”
  • Dutch: “Skokie”
  • French: “Skokie”
  • German: “Skokie”
  • Gilaki: “اسکاکي (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “اسکاکي”
  • Haitian: “Skokie, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “Skokie”
  • Hebrew: “סקוקי”
  • Italian: “Skokie”
  • Japanese: “スコーキ”
  • Japanese: “スコーキー”
  • Japanese: “スコーキー村”
  • Japanese: “スコウキ”
  • Japanese: “スコキー (イリノイ州)”
  • Korean: “스코키”
  • Ladin: “Skokie”
  • Mazanderani: “اسکوکی (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “اسکوکی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Skokie”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Skokie”
  • Norwegian: “Skokie”
  • Persian: “اسکوکی، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “اسکوکی”
  • Polish: “Niles Center”
  • Polish: “Niles Centre”
  • Polish: “Skokie”
  • Portuguese: “Skokie”
  • Russian: “Скоки (Иллинойс)”
  • Russian: “Скоки”
  • Serbian: “Скоки”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skokie, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Skokie”
  • Slovak: “Skokie”
  • Slovenian: “Skokie”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اسکوکی، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “Skokie (Illinois)”
  • Spanish: “Skokie”
  • Swahili: “Skokie, Illinois”
  • Swahili: “Skokie”
  • Swedish: “Skokie, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “Skokie”
  • Turkish: “Skokie, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “Skokie”
  • Ukrainian: “Скокі”
  • Urdu: “سکوکی، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “سکوکی”
  • Vietnamese: “Skokie, Illinois”
  • Vietnamese: “Skokie”
  • Volapük: “Skokie”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Skokie, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Skokie”
  • Welsh: “Skokie, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “Skokie”
  • “Skokie”

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