Park Forest, Illinois

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Park Forest, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its post–World War II planned community design and diverse residential character.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf municipality ⓘ
village ⓘ
areaCode 708 ⓘ
borderedBy Chicago Heights, Illinois ⓘ
Matteson, Illinois ⓘ
Olympia Fields, Illinois ⓘ
Richton Park, Illinois ⓘ
University Park, Illinois ⓘ
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
founded 1946 ⓘ
governmentType village board of trustees ⓘ
hasCharacteristic curvilinear street layout ⓘ
greenbelts and open space ⓘ
planned residential neighborhoods ⓘ
post–World War II planned community ⓘ
primarily residential ⓘ
racially diverse population ⓘ
suburban community ⓘ
hasEvent Park Forest Art Fair ⓘ
hasMajorRoad Illinois Route 1 ⓘ
Illinois Route 50 ⓘ
U.S. Route 30 ⓘ
hasMuseum 1950s Park Forest House Museum ⓘ
hasNotableFeature early example of a fully planned postwar suburb ⓘ
mix of single-family homes and multifamily housing ⓘ
village green and central shopping area ⓘ
hasNotableRecognition studied as a model postwar American suburb ⓘ
hasParkDistrict Park Forest Park District ⓘ
hasPublicLibrary Park Forest Public Library ⓘ
hasPublicSchoolDistrict Park Forest School District 163 ⓘ
Rich Township High School District 227 ⓘ
incorporatedAsVillage 1949 ⓘ
latitude approximately 41.48° N ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
Will County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedInEcologicalRegion prairie-forest transition zone ⓘ
locatedInRegion south suburbs of Chicago ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
longitude approximately 87.68° W ⓘ
namedFor nearby forest preserves ⓘ
partOf Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
United States Census Bureau Chicago–Naperville–Elgin metropolitan statistical area ⓘ
population about 21000 ⓘ
postalCode 60466 ⓘ
servedBy Metra Electric District line (nearby stations) ⓘ
state Illinois ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central Daylight Time ⓘ
linked to: Central Time Zone

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Will County, Illinois → containsVillage → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Metra Electric District line → serves → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
South Suburbs of Chicago → contains → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Richton Park, Illinois → adjacentTo → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
University Park, Illinois → adjacentTo → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Steger, Illinois → borderedBy → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Olympia Fields, Illinois → adjacentTo → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Will County → hasVillage → Park Forest ⓘ
linked to: Park Forest, Illinois
Craig Hodges → placeOfBirth → Park Forest, Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Park Forest, Illinois
Park Forest School District 163 → servesCommunity → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Park Forest School District 163 → locatedIn → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Park Forest School District 163 → jurisdiction → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Park Forest Public Library → locatedIn → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
1950s Park Forest House Museum → locatedIn → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
1950s Park Forest House Museum → city → Park Forest ⓘ
linked to: Park Forest, Illinois
Park Forest Park District → locatedIn → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Park Forest Art Fair → location → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ
Bloom Township → containsSettlement → Park Forest, Illinois ⓘ