Lyons, Illinois Village of Lyons Cook County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Lyons highlighted.svg Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois.

Illinois in United States (US48).svg Location of Illinois in the United States Wikimedia Commons: Lyons, Illinois Lyons (also known as Lyons Township) is a village in Lyons Township Cook County, Illinois, United States.

The Chicago Portage National Historic Site is positioned in Lyons.

Although first settled in 1888, Lyons remained as a large unincorporated region of Cook County for a several years, before becoming a census-designated place in 2009.

This half-mile wide region of territory connecting the Chicago River and the Des Plaines River, over which they could carry their canoes and supplies, was to turn into the discernment for which they would both turn into famous.

In time, the part of the I&M Canal that connected the south branch of the Chicago River with the Des Plaines River was replaced with the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which was instead of in 1900.

Today, a statue stands in Lyons at the Chicago Portage National Historic Sight just north of Interstate 55 along Harlem Avenue, commemorating this historic National Heritage Corridor which stretches southwest thru La Salle, Illinois.

From the early 1960s through the late 1980s, Lyons was known for its notorious links to organized crime.

Lyons is a working class area, though much of the close-by manufacturing work has dried up (e.g., Electro-Motive & Reynolds Aluminum).

Lyons is the subject of a recently presented book by Mark Athitakis, a native of Lyons, detailing the town's rich and colorful history.

Lyons is positioned at 41 48 48 N 87 49 19 W (41.813258, -87.821812). According to the 2010 census, Lyons has a total region of 2.237 square miles (5.79 km2), of which 2.18 square miles (5.65 km2) (or 97.45%) is territory and 0.057 square miles (0.15 km2) (or 2.55%) is water. The top five non-Hispanic ancestries reported in Lyons as of the 2000 census were Polish (15.6%), German (15.0%), Irish (14.0%), Czech (11.4%) and Italian (11.3%). In the village, the populace was spread out with 24.2% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older.

Lyons is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district. The United States Postal Service operates the Lyons Post Office at 7836 Ogden Avenue.

Lyons is served by the Lyons Elementary School District 103, which operates 5 elementary schools, two of which are in Lyons (Costello, and Robinson Elementary Schools).

Sterling Morton West High School, positioned in Berwyn or Lyons Township High School in La - Grange.

Lyons operates the Lyons Public Library at 4209 Joliet Avenue. Raised in Lyons, Nelson pursued a longterm position as a motion picture make up artist beginning in 1975 at NBC Studios, Burbank, CA; Among his many accomplishments Nelson has been the make up artist for the character of Ronald Mc - Donald TV commercials for 35 years beginning in 1980; Nelson has won two Emmy Awards for The Tracey Ullman Show and Star Trek:Voyager and impel an Academy Award for his work on film Dad. Raised in Lyons, Pienkos pursued a longterm position creating visual effects in commercials, tv and film.

"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".

"Profile of General Demographic Characteristics, Lyons, Illinois" (PDF).

"USPS Locations - Lyons Post Office".

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