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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  • Town with 67,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 607 feet (185 metres)
  • Description: village in Cook County, Illinois, United States
  • Postal codes
    60076
    60077
  • Also known as
    “Niles Center”
    “Skokie, IL”
    “Skokie, Illinois”
    “Village of Skokie”
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hebrew Theological College and Skokie Public Library.

College
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The , known colloquially…

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.

Village
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is a village in , United States.

Neighborhood
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is a local community and neighborhood located…

Skokie

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Latitude
42.0263° or 42° 1′ 35″ north
Longitude
-87.7521° or 87° 45′ 8″ west
UN/LOCODE
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: “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”

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