Niles, Illinois Niles, Illinois Townships Maine, Niles Cook County Illinois incorporated and unincorporated areas Niles highlighted.svg Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois.
Wikimedia Commons: Niles, Illinois Niles is a village in Maine and Niles townships, Cook County, Illinois, United States.
The current mayor of Niles is Andrew Przybylo. Niles Free Bus at Golf Mill Niles was first settled in 1827. The village of Niles was incorporated on August 24, 1899.
Along with neighboring Skokie and a several other suburbs, Niles is partly in Niles Township, from whence it draws its name.
It should not be confused with "Niles Center", the initial name of Skokie.
In 1929, the Chicago Tribune ran an article opining that the name was taken from the Niles Register, a journal presented in the 1820s out of Washington, D.C., and distributed nationally; however, no proof of that has yet been identified; accounts state only that the name was chosen at enhance meeting before to township organization in 1850. Another belief is that the name "Niles" was titled after Niles Construction which did much of the building early amid the city's founding. Niles was the first improve in Illinois and one of the first in the United States to establish no-charge ambulance service, in 1946. Niles is positioned at 42 1 40 N 87 48 36 W (42.0277127, -87.8100990). According to the 2010 census, Niles has a total region of 5.85 square miles (15.15 km2), all land. Niles is adjoining to Chicago to the south, Skokie to the east, Morton Grove to the northeast, Glenview to the north, and Park Ridge and unincorporated Cook County (and portions of Chicago) to the west.
5 Village of Niles 438 Niles Elementary School District 71 The Niles Township District for Special Education 807 serves some inhabitants in these districts. Maine Township High School District 207 Niles Township Community High School District 219 Niles North High School Niles West High School Northridge Preparatory School is a Catholic autonomous private high school.
Until 1998 the Chicago Futabakai Japanese School was positioned in Niles.
A notable landmark and point of pride among Niles' inhabitants is the Leaning Tower of Niles, a smaller-scale replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The Niles Leaning Tower has also been featured in many nationwide magazines including Oprah's "O" Magazine in 2014. It is positioned next to the small-town YMCA (which is appropriately called the "Leaning Tower YMCA").
Another notable landmark is the Tam O'Shanter Golf Course (today called "The Tam"), which is presently under the ownership of the Niles Park District.
John Brebeuf Catholic Church was the first Catholic church in Niles.
Golf Mill Shopping Center opened in 1960 and is still the biggest shopping center in Niles.
Niles Community Rain Garden created in 2008.
Niles Illinois Village Hall Blase served as mayor of Niles for 47 years, from 1961 to 2008.
Niles has four sister metros/cities as of 2008: Tennis in Niles, Illinois "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Niles village, Illinois".
"Przybylo Wins Niles Mayor Race", Patch Media.
Friedlund, Thomas (publishing consultant) (1999), Niles Centennial History, p.15: Walsworth Publishing "History | Niles, IL - Official Website".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Village of Niles 2009 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report East Maine School District 63 Park-Ridge Niles School District 64 Golf School District 67 Fairview South School District 72 Niles Township District for Special Education #807 "Indicted 47-Year Niles Mayor Nicholas Blase Retires at 80", Chicago Tribune.
"Former Niles Mayor Blase 'Happy to Be Released' from Prison", Niles Patch.
Niles sister City Committee, accessed 31 October 2008 Village of Niles official website Niles, Illinois Edison Park, Chicago Norwood Park, Chicago Forest Glen, Chicago Niles, Illinois Municipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois, United States
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