Melrose Park, Illinois

E419877

human settlement municipality village

Melrose Park, Illinois is a suburban village in Cook County near Chicago, known historically for its industrial base and the now-closed Kiddieland Amusement Park.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Melrose Park, Illinois canonical	14
Melrose Park, Illinois, United States	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1310854 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Melrose Park, Illinois
Context triple: [Maywood, Illinois, adjacentTo, Melrose Park, Illinois]

A. Palos Park, Illinois
Palos Park, Illinois is a small, affluent suburban village southwest of Chicago known for its forest preserves, scenic natural areas, and residential character.
B. Hanover Park, Illinois
Hanover Park, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities and diverse population.
C. Harwood Heights, Illinois
Harwood Heights, Illinois is a small, inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its dense residential character and proximity to the city’s Northwest Side.
D. Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a historic suburb just west of Chicago known for its Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, vibrant arts scene, and diverse, walkable neighborhoods.
E. Morton Grove, Illinois
Morton Grove, Illinois is a suburban village in Cook County near Chicago, known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes and forest preserves.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Melrose Park, Illinois
Target entity description: Melrose Park, Illinois is a suburban village in Cook County near Chicago, known historically for its industrial base and the now-closed Kiddieland Amusement Park.

A. Palos Park, Illinois
Palos Park, Illinois is a small, affluent suburban village southwest of Chicago known for its forest preserves, scenic natural areas, and residential character.
B. Hanover Park, Illinois
Hanover Park, Illinois is a suburban village in the Chicago metropolitan area known for its residential communities and diverse population.
C. Harwood Heights, Illinois
Harwood Heights, Illinois is a small, inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its dense residential character and proximity to the city’s Northwest Side.
D. Oak Park, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois is a historic suburb just west of Chicago known for its Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, vibrant arts scene, and diverse, walkable neighborhoods.
E. Morton Grove, Illinois
Morton Grove, Illinois is a suburban village in Cook County near Chicago, known for its residential character and proximity to major transportation routes and forest preserves.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human settlement ⓘ municipality ⓘ village ⓘ
areaCode	708 ⓘ
areaLand	about 4.1 square miles ⓘ
areaTotal	about 4.2 square miles ⓘ
areaWater	about 0.1 square miles ⓘ
borderedBy	Bellwood, Illinois ⓘ Franklin Park, Illinois ⓘ linked to: Franklin Park Maywood, Illinois ⓘ Northlake, Illinois ⓘ River Grove, Illinois ⓘ Stone Park, Illinois ⓘ
category	Populated places in Cook County, Illinois ⓘ Suburbs of Chicago ⓘ Villages in Illinois ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
county	Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
demographicsCharacteristic	large Italian-American community historically ⓘ significant Hispanic and Latino population ⓘ
elevation	190 meters ⓘ 623 feet ⓘ
fipsCode	17-48252 ⓘ
gnisFeatureID	2399383 ⓘ
governmentType	council–manager government ⓘ
hasEvent	annual religious and cultural festivals ⓘ
hasLandmark	Kiddieland Amusement Park ⓘ Navistar International facilities ⓘ Westlake Hospital ⓘ
hasTransportation	Metra Milwaukee District West Line ⓘ Pace bus service ⓘ
incorporated	1882 ⓘ
knownFor	Kiddieland Amusement Park ⓘ industrial base ⓘ
leaderTitle	Mayor ⓘ Village Manager ⓘ Village President ⓘ
locatedIn	Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois ⓘ
locatedNear	Chicago, Illinois ⓘ linked to: Chicago
partOf	Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ
populationCensus2010	25,411 ⓘ
populationCensus2020	approximately 24,000 ⓘ
postalCode	60160 ⓘ 60161 ⓘ 60164 ⓘ
state	Illinois ⓘ
timeZone	Central Standard Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time ⓘ linked to: Central Time Zone
utcOffset	−6 ⓘ
utcOffsetDST	−5 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maywood, Illinois → adjacentTo → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois → containsSettlement → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

River Grove → adjacentTo → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Melrose Park station → locatedIn → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Melrose Park station → servesCommunity → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

John Lattner → placeOfDeath → Melrose Park, Illinois, United States ⓘ

linked to: Melrose Park, Illinois

Northlake, Illinois → adjacentTo → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Bellwood, Illinois → adjacentTo → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Hillside, Illinois → locatedNear → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Stone Park, Illinois → adjacentTo → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Proviso East High School → servesCommunity → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Proviso Township → servesCommunity → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Proviso Township → containsPart → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

IL 64 → passesThrough → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

River Grove, Illinois → adjacentTo → Melrose Park, Illinois ⓘ

Carol Lawrence → placeOfBirth → Melrose Park, Illinois, United States ⓘ