Alsip, Illinois Alsip, Illinois Village of Alsip, Illinois Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois.
Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States Location of Illinois in the United States Alsip is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
The village is titled after Frank Alsip, the owner of a brickyard that opened there in 1885. The village began to expanded after the Tri-State Tollway was assembled there in 1959.
According to the 2010 census, Alsip has a total region of 6.494 square miles (16.82 km2), of which 6.39 square miles (16.55 km2) (or 98.4%) is territory and 0.104 square miles (0.27 km2) (or 1.6%) is water. Alsip is bordered to the west by the villages of Worth and Palos Heights.
In conjunction with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Water Reclamation District of Chicago, the village operates a boat launch on the canal, permitting inland access to Lake Michigan. The Alsip region is home to two dominantly black cemeteries, Burr Oak and Restvale cemeteries, which are the resting places of many Chicago blues musicians (including Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon and Dinah Washington), athletes (Jimmie Crutchfield), and other celebrities.
The municipal logo for the Village of Alsip; it denotes the importance of trade and education, as well as transit and improve unity.
The top five non-African American, non-Hispanic ancestries reported in Alsip as of the 2000 census were Irish (24.2%), German (20.7%), Polish (17.3%), Italian (11.8%) and English (3.4%). In the village, the populace was spread out with 26.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the village was $47,963, and the median income for a family was $54,846.
The Alsip Village Hall is found on 123rd Street between Cicero Avenue and Kostner Avenue.
Most of Alsip is in Illinois' 1st congressional district; the portion north of 115th Street, and the town/city block northeast of 119th Street and Lawndale Avenue, are in the 3rd district.
The village government consists of a mayor, a clerk, and six trustees.
There are also a finance director who helps guide the government on fiduciary matters and a law firm that serves as the village attorneys to guide the government on legal matters. The enhance library precinct combines the municipalities of Alsip and neighboring Merrionette Park, though the library is positioned in Alsip on Pulaski Road.
Prairie Junior High School in Alsip Meadow Lane Intermediate School in Alsip Hamlin Junior High School in Alsip Cook County School District 130 Community High School District 218 Marist High School, a coed Catholic school in Chicago affiliated with the Marist Brothers Brother Rice High School, an all-male Catholic school in Chicago affiliated with the Congregation of Christian Brothers Mother Mc - Auley Liberal Arts High School, an all-female Catholic school in Chicago affiliated with the Sisters of Mercy Chicago Christian High School One of the two Chicago region Coca-Cola bottling plants is positioned in Alsip.
Alsip is home to Alsip Mini - Mill, a producer of corrugating medium using Old Corrugated Containers(OCC) as the major raw material.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Alsip village, Illinois".
"Alsip (village) Quick - Facts from the US Enumeration Bureau".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Profile of General Demographic Characteristics, Alsip, Illinois" (PDF).
"Village Of Alsip".
Village Of Alsip.
"District 126 Alsip, Hazelgreen, Oak Lawn ::".
"Community High School District 218 - Index".
Official Village of Alsip official website Municipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois, United States Chicago Ridge, Illinois Oak Lawn, Illinois Mount Greenwood, Chicago Worth, Illinois Merrionette Park, Illinois Alsip, Illinois Palos Heights, Illinois Crestwood, Illinois Blue Island, Illinois
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Villages in Cook County, Illinois - Populated places established in 1840 - 1840 establishments in Illinois
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