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Chicago Heights
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city in Cook County, Illinois, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Illinois
- County
- Cook
- Township
- Bloom
- Established
- Early-1890's
- Type
- Council–manager
- Mayor
- David A. Gonzalez
- City council
- Renee Smith, Sonia Perez, Wanda Rodgers, Christopher Baikauskas, George Brassea, Vincent J. Zaranti, Kelli Merrick
- Total
- 10.380 sq mi (26.884 km )
- Land
- 10.367 sq mi (26.851 km )
- Water
- 0.013 sq mi (0.034 km ) 0.13%
- Elevation
- 653 ft (199 m)
- Estimate 2024
- 26,533
- Density
- 2,651/sq mi (1,023/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 60411, 60412
- Area codes
- 708 and 464
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Chicago Heights is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 27,480 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 26,533 in 2024. A southern suburb in the Chicago metropolitan area, its nicknames include "The Crossroads of the Nation" and "Da Heights”.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chicago Heights” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.