Melrose Park, Illinois Melrose Park, Illinois Cook County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Melrose Park highlighted.svg Wikimedia Commons: Melrose Park, Illinois Melrose Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
As of the 2010 census it had a populace of 25,411. Melrose Park has long been home to a large Italian-American population.
The suburb was the home of Kiddieland Amusement Park from 1929 until 2010 (it closed in September 2009 before it was demolished), and the current home of Maywood Park Racetrack, the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt.
There is a Metra barns station in Melrose Park with daily service to Chicago.
Melrose Park is home to two hospitals, Westlake Hospital and Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.
According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, in 1882 inhabitants of a then-unincorporated portion of Proviso Township voted to establish their own municipality called simply "Melrose" until 1893, when the "Park" was added and populace in the region began to steadily increase.
New industry, coupled with Melrose Park's prime geographic locale next to the Proviso freight yards, led to a steady increase in the number of region jobs.
This continued after World War II, with still more companies moving to Melrose Park.
Zenith Electronics, Alberto-Culver, Jewel, and International Harvester are some examples. Many of these companies are still positioned in Melrose Park and the small-town trade remains stable, but neither Alberto-Culver (shuttered its doors in 2013) nor Zenith exist.
Melrose Park has been the target of many scandals involving corruption of its enhance officials.
Unincorporated Leyden township is partially positioned in Melrose Park, IL and the inhabitants in that part have a Melrose Park address.
Navistar International has a factory and an engine group office in Melrose Park.
Melrose Park Immediate Care is a medical and dental clinic positioned in downtown Melrose park.
According to the 2010 census, Melrose Park has a total region of 4.24 square miles (10.98 km2), all land. Elementary school districts serving sections of Melrose Park: Melrose Park Elementary School Proviso Township High Schools District 209 operates enhance high schools.
Nearby private schools include Fenwick High School in Oak Park and St.
Anna Chlumsky, actress, graduated from Walther Lutheran in Melrose Park Jay Cutler, bought a home in Melrose Park in 2010 In 2012, Melrose Park became home to the Chicago Vipers who play in the Continental Indoor Football League.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Melrose Park village, Illinois".
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