Oak Forest, Illinois Oak Forest, Illinois City of Oak Forest, Illinois Cicero Avenue in Oak Forest Cicero Avenue in Oak Forest Official seal of Oak Forest, Illinois Oak Forest is a suburban town/city about 24 miles (39 km) south-southwest of downtown Chicago in Bremen Township in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
The origins of present-day Oak Forest begins with a barns whistle stop on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad near the present day intersection of 159th Street (US Route 6) and Cicero Avenue (Illinois Route 50) which primarily served region dairy farmers.
By the 1880s this particular region of timber was being referred to as the "Oak Forest" due to its abundance of oak trees.
A section of the former "Cooper's Grove Road" alongsideing the barns track from 66th Court to 167th Street in Tinley Park became known as "Oak Forest Avenue," because it was the road from the Village of Bremen/New Bremen (now Tinley Park) that lead to this "Oak Forest." This locale was very near the Oak Forest barns stop which provided convenient rail access to the facility.
A barns spur off of the Rock Island barns line was also constructed onto the Oak Forest Hospital site that was used for both bringy of materials amid its assembly and bringy of coal for its heating plant and other goods used at the facility for many years.
The Oak Forest Infirmary opened in 1910.
Over the ensuing years following the opening of the Oak Forest Infirmary, a small settlement advanced near both the barns stop and the Oak Forest Infirmary populated by both workers at the facility and relatives of individuals in the Oak Forest facility.
In 1947, with a populace of 1,618, the inhabitants voted to incorporate as the Village of Oak Forest.
Parts of the former Goeselville settlement are now inside the far northwestern boundaries of the City of Oak Forest.
Oak Forest is part of the Chicago urbane area.
Some neighboring communities of Oak Forest include Crestwood to the north, Midlothian to the northeast, Markham to the east, Country Club Hills to the southeast, Tinley Park to the southwest, Orland Park to the west, and beyond Bachelor's Grove Cemetery and Forest Preserve is Palos Heights to the northwest.
According to the 2010 census, Oak Forest has a total region of 5.998 square miles (15.53 km2), of which 5.95 square miles (15.41 km2) (or 99.2%) is territory and 0.048 square miles (0.12 km2) (or 0.8%) is water. The top five ancestries reported in Oak Forest as of the 2000 census were Irish (26.3%), German (25.1%), Polish (18.3%), Italian (13.0%) and Dutch (5.1%). Public undertaking school districts in Oak Forest include Forest Ridge School District 142, Arbor Park School District 145, and Tinley Park Community Consolidated School District 146.
Damian School, titled for its connection to Oak Forest Hospital. Oak Forest is home to Oak Forest High School, one of four high schools in Bremen Community High School District 228.
Some of Oak Forest feeds into Tinley Park High School.
A small portion of Oak Forest feeds into Carl Sandburg High School.
Oak Forest is part of Community College District 510 (South Suburban College).
Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County, a large hospital specializing in long-term care and some other varieties of care Dunne Golf Course and Driving Range, positioned in Oak Forest just south of 159th Street (U.S.
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, near Oak Forest in the Rubio Forest Preserve Most of Oak Forest is part of Illinois' 1st congressional precinct and is represented in the U.S.
Oak Forest is a part of 3 state legislative districts of the Illinois General Assembly.
The current mayor of Oak Forest is Henry "Hank" Kuspa. On November 21, 2016, City Clerk Mitchell Regan announced his intention to run for mayor against the incumbent Henry Kuspa.
Oak Forest is served by U.S.
Central Avenue serves as a sort of Main Street for Oak Forest, where the small-town Jewel-Osco, Food 4 Less, postal service, Acorn Public Library, Oak Forest Park District, Police Station/Fire Department/City Hall, and Oak Forest High School are all located.
The Tri-State Tollway (I-294) is also accessible a several miles east of Oak Forest.
Pace (transit) bus route 354 runs from Harvey down 147th and Central Avenue through Oak Forest to Tinley Park.
Route 6) through Oak Forest and other south suburbs.
Pace bus route 383 runs down Cicero Avenue (Illinois Route 50) from Chicago Midway International Airport in the south side of Chicago to 159th Street at Oak Forest Hospital.
The Oak Forest station of the Metra commuter rail line, positioned at 159th and Cicero, is a prominent option for commuters to Chicago.
Tim Byrdak, pitcher for the New York Mets; graduate of Oak Forest High School (1991) Jason Frasor, pitcher for the Kansas City Royals; graduate of Oak Forest High School (1995) Chris Medina, competed on 2011 American Idol; lived in Oak Forest Garry Meier, Chicago radio personality; lived in Oak Forest Jimmy Pardo, comedian and host of the podcast Never Not Funny; graduate of Oak Forest High School (1984) George Saunders, short story writer and essayist; graduate of Oak Forest High School Joe Spivak, guard for Chicago Bears 1984-1986; 1980 graduate of Oak Forest High School City of Oak Forest.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Oak Forest city, Illinois".
Dialysis Center Coming to Oak Forest City of Oak Forest official website
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Oak Forest, Illinois - Chicago urbane region - Cities in Illinois - Cities in Cook County, Illinois - Populated places established in 1848 - 1900 establishments in Illinois
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