Blue Island

city in Cook County, Illinois, United States

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Country: United States
State: Illinois
Counties: Cook
Townships: Bremen , Worth , Thornton
Incorporated: October 26, 1872
Type: Mayor-council government
Mayor: Fred Bilotto (United Blue Island)
City council: Aldermen 1st Ward Dexter Johnson 2nd Ward Luiz Montoya 3rd Ward Nancy Rita 4th Ward Bill Fahrenwald 5th Ward Gabriel McGee 6th Ward Candace Carr 7th Ward Josh Roll
State house: Robert Rita ( D )
State senate: Emil Jones, Jr. ( D )
U s house: Representatives 1st District Jonathan Jackson ( D ) 2nd District Robin Kelly ( D )
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Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 16 miles (26 km) south of Chicago's Loop. Blue Island is adjacent to the city of Chicago and shares its northern boundary with that city's Morgan Park neighborhood. The population was 22,558 at the 2020 United States census.

Blue Island was established in the 1830s as a way station for settlers traveling on the Vincennes Trace, and the settlement prospered because it was conveniently situated a day's journey outside of Chicago. In 1884, Alfred T. Andreas observed, "The location of Blue Island Village is a beautiful one. Nowhere about Chicago is there to be found a more pleasant and desirable resident locality."