West Chicago

West Chicago is a city in , United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later Turner, after its founder, John Bice Turner, president of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad in 1855.
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  • Type: Town with 26,700 residents
  • Description: city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States
  • Also known as: “Junction”, “Tây Chicago, Illinois”, “Turner”, “West Chicago (Illinois)”, “West Chicago, IL”, “West Chicago, Illinois”, “Wест Чиcаго”, and “웨스트 시카고”
  • Postal codes: 60185 and 60186

Places of Interest

Highlights: West Chicago station and Community High School.

Railway station
Photo: Richie Diesterheft, CC BY 2.0.
West Chicago is a station on 's Union Pacific West Line, located in West Chicago, Illinois.

School
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School
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Winfield.

Town
Photo: Kingkevy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an incorporated village located in Milton… is situated 2½ miles southeast of West Chicago.

West Chicago

Latitude
41.8848° or 41° 53′ 5″ north
Longitude
-88.204° or 88° 12′ 14″ west
Population
26,700
Elevation
784 feet (239 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US WCI
Open location code
86HHVQMW+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153681639
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4915963
Wiki­data ID
Q580487
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“West Chicago” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويست شيكاغو”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Չիկագո”
  • Basque: “West Chicago”
  • Bengali: “পশ্চিম শিকাগো”
  • Cebuano: “West Chicago”
  • Chechen: “Вест-Чикаго”
  • Chinese: “西芝加哥 (伊利諾伊州)”
  • Chinese: “西芝加哥”
  • Croatian: “West Chicago”
  • Czech: “West Chicago”
  • Danish: “West Chicago”
  • Dutch: “West Chicago”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Ĉikago”
  • French: “West Chicago”
  • German: “West Chicago”
  • Gilaki: “وست شیکاگو (ايلينؤی)”
  • Gilaki: “وست شیکاگو”
  • Haitian: “West Chicago, Ilinwa”
  • Haitian: “West Chicago”
  • Hebrew: “שיקגו המערבית”
  • Ido: “West Chicago, Illinois”
  • Ido: “West Chicago”
  • Irish: “West Chicago”
  • Italian: “West Chicago”
  • Japanese: “ウェストシカゴ”
  • Korean: “웨스트시카고”
  • Ladin: “West Chicago”
  • Mazanderani: “وست شیکاگو (ایلینوی)”
  • Mazanderani: “وست شیکاگو”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “West Chicago”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Chicago”
  • Norwegian: “West Chicago”
  • Persian: “وست شیکاگو، ایلینوی”
  • Persian: “وست شیکاگو”
  • Polish: “West Chicago”
  • Portuguese: “West Chicago”
  • Russian: “Вест Чикаго”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Чикаго”
  • Serbian: “Вест Чикаго”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Chicago, Illinois”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Chicago”
  • Slovak: “West Chicago”
  • Slovenian: “West Chicago”
  • South Azerbaijani: “وست شیکاقو، ایلینوی”
  • Spanish: “West Chicago”
  • Swedish: “West Chicago, Illinois”
  • Swedish: “West Chicago”
  • Tatar: “Вест-Чикаго”
  • Turkish: “West Chicago, Illinois”
  • Turkish: “West Chicago”
  • Ukrainian: “Вест-Чикаго”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ شکاگو، الینوائے”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ شکاگو”
  • Uzbek: “West Chicago”
  • Vietnamese: “Tây Chicago”
  • Vietnamese: “West Chicago, Illinois”
  • Volapük: “West Chicago”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Chicago, Illinois”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Chicago”
  • Welsh: “West Chicago, Illinois”
  • Welsh: “West Chicago”

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