South Holland, Illinois South Holland, Illinois Village of South Holland South Holland Town Center South Holland Town Center Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois.
Location in Cook County and the state of Illinois.
Location of Illinois in the United States South Holland is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, inside Thornton Township.
The region presently occupied by South Holland, Illinois, was first settled in 1846 by immigrants from South Holland, Netherlands.
By the 1940s South Holland was known as the "Onion Set Capital of the World".
In October 2007, Forbes.com declared South Holland to be the "Most Livable Metro-Area suburb" of the Chicago urbane area. South Holland is an anomaly in Chicago Southland because of its laws. All businesses (except travel-related establishments such as hotels, restaurants, and gas stations) are closed on Sunday.
This can be seen easily when driving on one of the village's chief thoroughfares 162nd Street or South Park Avenue.
South Holland is a "dry" municipality; that is, no alcohol is sold anywhere inside the village limits.
Additionally, the sale or rental of pornographic material is prohibited in South Holland.
Even today, South Holland's motto is "A Community of Churches".
South Holland is positioned at 41 36 N 87 36 W (41.60, -87.60). It is bordered by Harvey and Phoenix to the west, Dolton to the north, Thornton to the south, and Calumet City and Lansing to the east.
According to the 2010 census, South Holland has a total region of 7.286 square miles (18.87 km2), of which 7.27 square miles (18.83 km2) (or 99.78%) is territory and 0.016 square miles (0.04 km2) (or 0.22%) is water. As of the 2010 census South Holland had a populace of 22,030 citizens .
The median income for a homehold in the village was $60,246, and the median income for a family was $67,451.
South Holland is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district.
South Holland is served by a several school districts: South Holland School District 150 South Holland School District 151 Thornton Township High School District 205 serves all of South Holland.
Thornwood High School is positioned in South Holland.
Thornridge High School and Thornton Township High School are also inside District 205.
The private K-8 schools, Christ Our Savior Catholic School, Calvin Christian School and Calvary Academy, are positioned in South Holland.
Seton Academy was a Catholic co-educational high school positioned in the village.
South Holland is home to the chief campus of South Suburban College. The 1925 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel So Big by Edna Ferber is set in South Holland.
"Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): South Holland village, Illinois".
Village of South Holland.
Village of South Holland.
American fact finder for 2010 census, report on South Holland South Holland School District 150 South Holland School District 151 Thornton Township High School District 205 South Suburban College Municipalities and communities of Cook County, Illinois, United States
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South Holland, Illinois - Chicago urbane region - Villages in Cook County, Illinois - Villages in Illinois - Populated places established in 1846 - Dutch-American culture in Illinois - 1846 establishments in Illinois
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