Joliet, Illinois Joliet, Illinois Joliet Illinois Official name: City of Joliet Nicknames: City of Steel, City of Stone, City of Champions, Prison City Townships Joliet, Troy, Plainfield, Lockport, New Lenox, Jackson, Channahon, Seward, Na-Au-Say Location of Joliet inside Illinois Location of Joliet inside Illinois Wikimedia Commons: Joliet, Illinois It is the governmental center of county of Will County. At the 2010 census, the town/city was the fourth biggest in Illinois, with a populace of 147,433. A special census done in 2016 puts Joliet's populace at 149,395 making it the 3rd biggest city in Illinois.
Joliet Veteran's Memorial Bicentennial Park Joliet was reincorporated as a town/city in 1852.
Cornelius Cohenhoven Van Horne was active in getting the town/city its first charter, and because of this he was propel Joliet's first Mayor.
Joliet is positioned at 41 31 14 N 88 09 02 W (41.5204200, -88.1505261). According to the 2010 census, Joliet has a total region of 62.768 square miles (162.57 km2), of which 62.11 square miles (160.86 km2) (or 98.95%) is territory and 0.658 square miles (1.70 km2) (or 1.05%) is water. It has a widespread, irregular shape that extends into nine different townships, more than any other Illinois city.
They are: Joliet, Plainfield, Troy, New Lenox, Jackson, Channahon, and Lockport in Will County, and Na-Au-Say and Seward in Kendall County.
Joliet is a Des Plaines River town, with the downtown positioned in the river valley.
For most of its existence Joliet geographically has had its "west side" and "east side", referring to areas to the west or the east of the Des Plaines River, which runs through the city.
Today Joliet has a "west side" and a far "west side" (which includes all town/city limits in Kendall County).
This has given rise to a newly referenced "Central Joliet" portion of the town/city which essentially is all territory west of the Des Plaines River and east of Interstate 55.
While the heart and history of Joliet is centered around the Des Plaines River Joliet actually expands athwart both the Des Plaines River and the Du - Page River.
Climate data for Joliet, Illinois (Brandon Dam), 1981 2010 As of July 2014, Joliet was the 169th most crowded city in the United States. From April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011, Joliet was the fastest-growing town/city in the Midwestern United States and the 18th fastest-growing town/city in the United States among incorporated places with more than 100,000 citizens . Like many Midwestern metros/cities dependent on manufacturing industries, Joliet has experienced past economic troubles, with the unemployment rate reaching as high as 26% in 1983.
However, current rates of unemployment in Joliet are around 8.6%. In part due to Joliet's adjacency to the Chicago urbane region and the notion that the town/city is increasingly evolving from its status as a steel-town to an exurb.
Still, most new migrants to the region are moving to Joliet to live, choosing to work in bordering Cook and Du - Page counties.
The chief attractions in Joliet's City Center are the Harrah's Casino, Joliet Slammers baseball (Silver Cross Field), Hollywood Casino (formerly, Argosy Empress Casino) and the Rialto Square Theatre, the 'Jewel of Joliet', which has been called one of the world's 10 most beautiful theaters.
The 1999 film Stir of Echoes starring Kevin Bacon had scenes shot on locale in Joliet at the Rialto Square Theatre (the hypnotism scenes in which James saw the word "Dig" on the movie screen), at the corner of Scott Street and Washington, and at the old Menards that took over the Wieboltd's building at Jefferson Square Mall.
6 Joliet Public School District 86 1,430 10 Joliet Township High School District 204 900 The Rialto Square Theatre in downtown Joliet Among small-town landmarks are the Joliet Area Historical Museum and Route 66 Visitors Center as well as the Chicagoland Speedway (NASCAR) and the Route 66 Raceway (NHRA).
The Joliet Prison is positioned near Joliet's downtown precinct on Collins Street.
One such tv series filmed at Joliet Prison was Prison Break. The Prison was also used for the opening scenes in the 1980 movie, The Blues Brothers, which starred John Belushi as "Joliet" Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as Elwood Blues. Near the theatre, the Joliet Area Historical Museum memorializes the history of Joliet, especially its tradition as a stopping point on U.S.
There are two casinos which originated as riverboat casino in Joliet: the Hollywood Casino near Channahon and a Harrah's hotel and casino downtown.
Joliet is the only town/city in the State of Illinois to have two casinos. The Louis Joliet Mall is positioned near the intersection of I-55 and U.S.
Nonetheless, citizens such Theodore Roosevelt visited and spoke at the building. The building was originally assembled for the Universalist Unitarian Church of Joliet; however, the church sold the building in 1993, and it is no longer home to the congregation. The former Joliet Arsenal (now the site of both the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery and the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie) is in close-by Elwood.
One of Joliet's nicknames is the "City of Champions".
This label stems from the various state and nationwide titles won by the Joliet Township High School and undertaking school bands as well as by the Joliet American Legion Band over a several decades.
Joliet is home to three high schools that bear its name: Joliet Central, Joliet West, and Joliet Catholic Academy (JCA), in addition to the closed Joliet East, each of which has sports programs.
Joliet also is home to a minor league baseball team, the Joliet Slammers of the autonomous Frontier League.
Joliet Central has turn into actively involved in Route 66 by building an alternative fuel vehicle. Autobahn Country Club, also positioned in Joliet, has held the SCCA World Challenge, Atlantic Championship and Star Mazda Championship competitions since 2009.
There are four golf courses positioned in the town/city of Joliet, they are: Joliet has 2 miniature golf courses at Haunted Trails positioned off of Broadway Street.
Joliet has a water park on Route 6 called Splash Station.
Pilcher Park, one of Joliet's earliest parks, is home to over 640 acres (260 ha) of territory that furnish a surrounding for abundant wildlife and outside recreation.
Hammel Woods is also positioned in Joliet with miles of hiking trails and even a seven-acre dog park.
Splash Station Waterpark featuring the Midwest's only 6 person slide is also positioned on Route 6 in Joliet.
Louis Joliet Mall positioned on Route 30 in Joliet hosts a large Cinemark theatre There are a several miles of bike trails which wind through Joliet.
The Rock Run and Joliet Junction Trails are roughly North/South routes that begin at the Theodore Marsh in Crest Hill, Illinois and have southern terminuses on the I&M Canal State Trail.
As of 2009 almost all enhance school students in Joliet attend schools in Joliet Public Schools District 86 and Joliet Township High School District 204. and Plainfield Consolidated School District 202 Joliet Junior College, the nation's first enhance community college School districts serving Joliet include Joliet Township High School District 204, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Oswego Community Unit School District 308, Minooka Community High School District 111.
Joliet Area High Schools Joliet, Illinois, 60435 Hilltoppers (m), Angels (f) Joliet Central High School 1901 3,005 Public 201 East Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois, 60432 Steelmen (m), Steelwomen (f) Joliet West High School 1964 3,125 Public 401 North Larkin Avenue, Joliet, Illinois, 60435 Tigers Elementary and middle school districts serving Joliet include: Joliet Public Schools District 86 Department of Labor has directed the Joliet Job Corps Center on the ground of the former Joliet East High School. Main article: List of citizens from Joliet, Illinois Joliet current town/city limits reach as far as follows: The Illinois Youth Center Joliet (IYC Joliet), a juvenile correctional facility of the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, opened in April 1959. Stateville Correctional Center, one of five maximum security prison for the state of Illinois, is positioned in the neighboring town/city of Crest Hill. It is a part of the Illinois Department of Corrections.
The Cass Street Bridge is one of five 1930s bascule bridges spanning the Des Plaines River in Joliet Situated approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of central Chicago, Joliet has long been a momentous transportation hub.
The Chicago & Rock Island Railroad and Michigan Central came through in the 1850s, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and Chicago & Alton Railroad soon followed, with the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway and Milwaukee Road lines assembled around the turn of the century.
In the 1960s, Interstate 55 and Interstate 80 made their way through Joliet, linking up near Channahon just west of the town/city limits.
Joliet's Union Station is the final stop on the Metra rail lines from Chicago for the Heritage Corridor route from Chicago Union Station and the Rock Island District route from La - Salle Street Station.
PACE provides small-town bus service six days a week (no service on Sundays) with buses leaving from a terminal in downtown Joliet once an hour.
Amtrak, the nationwide passenger rail system, also serves Joliet, operating its Texas Eagle daily in each direction between Chicago and San Antonio, Texas.
The Joliet Regional Airport is positioned off of Jefferson Street near Interstate 55.
Lewis University Airport is positioned to the north in the close-by village of Romeoville and is owned by the Joliet Regional Port District.
Route 66, IL Route 53, and the Illinois & Michigan Canal overlap in Joliet Illinois just south of Theodore Street.
Joliet presently has one hospital inside its town/city limits: Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center (also known as St.
Silver Cross Hospital, now positioned in neighboring New Lenox, was positioned on Joliet's east side.
Joliet is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet, with Bishop R.
Joliet holds a very large Catholic population, and many Catholic establishments, including Joliet Catholic Academy.
According to the official website for the town/city of Joliet: Joliet's diverse faith improve represents over 60 denominations and offers inhabitants services at more than 150 churches, Jewish churchs, and homes of worship.
Along with their spiritual offerings, these homes of worship enrich the Joliet region by providing some of the area's finest examples of Romanesque, Gothic, Byzantine, and Renaissance architecture.
The spiritual improve in Joliet welcomes newcomers with open arms, offering regular worship services and theological education. In the 1973 Academy Award-winning film, The Sting, the protagonist Johnny Hooker is from Joliet, and the film's story begins there. In The Blues Brothers, John Belushi's Jake Blues is nicknamed "Joliet Jake" as he was imprisoned at the now closed Joliet Correctional Center.
The Joliet Prison has been a site for many other films and tv shows, such as the film Let's Go to Prison, and the opening season of Fox's Prison Break was filmed predominately at the Joliet Prison, at which time part of the prison was still in use.
Joliet is portrayed in the tv series Supernatural in the Season 2 episode "What Is and What Should Never Be" when the chief characters stay at the fictional Joliet Motel.
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