Edison Park, Chicago
Encyclopedia
Edison Park is one of the 77 community areas
of Chicago
, Illinois
. It consists mostly of the Edison Park neighborhood
. It is named after Thomas Alva Edison. According to the 2000 Census
, its population is 11,259. The neighborhood stages an annual Edison Park Fest, which features food from all around the northwest side of Chicago. Edison Park Fest occurs around mid-August. Edison Park has one of the highest populations of Irish ancestry in Chicago.
Community areas of Chicago
Community areas in Chicago refers to the work of the Social Science Research Committee at University of Chicago which has unofficially divided the City of Chicago into 77 community areas. These areas are well-defined and static...
of Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
. It consists mostly of the Edison Park neighborhood
Neighborhoods in Chicago
Cartographers distinguish between over 200 neighborhoods and 77 community areas in the City of Chicago . A semi-official by the City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development was created in the 1970s by researchers who went from door-to-door in Chicago, asking "What neighborhood is this?"...
. It is named after Thomas Alva Edison. According to the 2000 Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, its population is 11,259. The neighborhood stages an annual Edison Park Fest, which features food from all around the northwest side of Chicago. Edison Park Fest occurs around mid-August. Edison Park has one of the highest populations of Irish ancestry in Chicago.