Countryside, Illinois Countryside, 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 Countryside is a town/city in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
The territory where Countryside sits was originally inhabited by the Potawatomi Indians and later by early American pioneers in the beginning of the 19th century.
Settler Joseph Vial and his family were among the first non-native citizens to settle in the Countryside region in 1833.
The region remained large expanses of non-urban farmland until the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, when the fire sent thousands of town/city dwellers into what is now west suburban Chicago.
Land sold for only $2 an acre, which made areas such as Countryside a welcome respite from the congestion and trade in Chicago.
Even with the settlement of these early Countryside inhabitants, the region largely remained a quiet farming improve until the post-World War II era when suburban areas such as Countryside began to experience explosive growth.
The City of Countryside was officially incorporated in 1960.
According to the 2010 census, Countryside has a total region of 2.88 square miles (7.46 km2), all land. There were 2,661 homeholds out of which 23.7% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 46.0% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 28.8% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $45,469, and the median income for a family was $64,535.
About 2.4% of families and 3.7% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 1.8% of those under age 18 and 2.7% of those age 65 or over.
Countryside is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district.
Countryside is served by La Grange School District 105.
Countryside is served by the Pleasantview Fire Protection District, established in 1946.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Countryside city, Illinois".
"Profile of General Demographic Characteristics, Countryside, Illinois" (PDF).
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