Lincolnwood, Illinois
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Lincolnwood is a village located in Cook County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 12,359.
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Geography
Lincolnwood is located at 42°0'19" North, 87°44'3" West (42.005331, -87.734283)Template:GR.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 7.0 km² (2.7 mi²). 7.0 km² (2.7 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water, however the North Shore Sanitation Canal lies on its eastern border.
History
The history of Lincolnwood is described here by the Encyclopedia of Chicago: "Cook County, 10 miles NW of the Loop. Lincolnwood is an ethnically diverse, two-and-a-half-square-mile suburb. Potawatomi originally settled the wooded area, but vacated the land after the Indian Bound- ary Treaty of 1816. Rural development proceeded slowly on treacherous plank roads along present-day Milwaukee and Lincoln Avenues. Johann Tess, for whom the village was originally named, and his family came from Germany in 1856, purchasing 30 acres of barren land in the area. Population slowly increased, and the first commercial establishment, the Halfway House Saloon, was established in 1873.
The agrarian population grew after the establishment of a Chicago & North Western Railway station in nearby Skokie in 1891 and the completion of the North Shore Channel in 1909, which made the easily flooded prairie land manageable. More saloons and taverns soon appeared, specifically along Crawford and Lincoln Avenues. Because only organized municipalities could grant liquor licenses, 359 residents incorporated in 1911 and named the village Tessville. Tessville annexed land throughout the 1920s, finally stretching to Central Avenue on the west and Kedzie Avenue on the east. During Prohibition, Tessville became a haven for speakeasies and gambling facilities.
Tessville was long reputed for drinking and gambling until the 1931 election of its longest-serving mayor, Henry A. Proesel, a grandson of George Proesel, one of the original American settlers. In 1932, Lincoln Avenue, formerly a plank toll road, became a state highway. Proesel then worked with the federal government's Public Works Administration and hired the community's entire unemployed workforce to plant 10,000 elm trees on the village streets. Most important, the community passed a liquor license law (1934) that limited the number of licenses allowable within the city limits and became a model ordinance for other communities. Proesel finally changed Tessville's image when he renamed the village Lincolnwood in 1936.
Lincolnwood's institutions, industries, and clubs continued to grow along with the suburb. The Bryn Mawr Country Club (1919), the East Prairie Welfare Club, later to become the Lincolnwood Woman's Club (1927), the Lincolnwood Afternoon Club (1953), and the American Legion Post #1226 (1952) helped create a sense of community in the village. School District 74 formed in 1938, and the Lincolnwood Public Library (1978) provided residents with quality education and offered much needed services. Bell & Howell's relocation to east Lincolnwood (1942) spurred growth and increased other industry relocation to the village. The Lincolnwood Jewish Congregation (1958)" In 2004, Lincolnwood opened the Proesel Park Family Aquatic Center. This popular water park was created by the dedicated efforts of Gail Ito, Dan Malartsik, and Judith Snyder.
Demographics
As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 12,359 people, 4,482 households, and 3,446 families residing in the village. The population density is 1,773.9/km² (4,599.7/mi²). There are 4,593 housing units at an average density of 659.2/km² (1,709.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 74.53% White, 0.38% African American, 0.03% Native American, 21.08% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 1.23% from other races, and 2.73% from two or more races. 4.18% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There are 4,482 households out of which 30.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.2% are married couples living together, 7.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% are non-families. 21.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.75 and the average family size is 3.22.
In the village the population is spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 23.9% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 45 years. For every 100 females there are 89.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.4 males.
The median income for a household in the village is $71,234, and the median income for a family is $83,687. Males have a median income of $52,708 versus $40,098 for females. The per capita income for the village is $35,911. 2.9% of the population and 1.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 3.5% of those under the age of 18 and 3.3% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.
External links
- Lincolnwood official website (http://lnkhome.northstarnet.org/)