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Also known as Melrose Park, Illinois, Melrose Park, IL

village in Cook County, Illinois, United States of America

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Illinois
County
Cook
Township
Proviso , Leyden
Incorporated
September 11, 1882
Mayor
Ronald M. Serpico
Total
4.35 sq mi (11.27 km )
Land
4.35 sq mi (11.27 km )
Water
0 sq mi (0.00 km )
Elevation
630 ft (190 m)
Density
5,696.0/sq mi (2,199.22/km )
Demonym
Melrose Parker
Time zone
UTC-6 ( CST )
Summer dst
UTC-5 ( CDT )
Zip code s
60160, 60161, 60164
Area codes
708/464 , 847/224
Fips code
17-48242
Website
melrosepark .org

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Encyclopedic overview

Melrose Park is a village in Leyden and Proviso Townships, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 24,796.

The suburb was the home of Kiddieland Amusement Park from 1929 until 2010 (it closed in September 2009 before it was demolished in 2010 and the sign of Kiddieland was relocated to the Melrose Park Public Library; a Costco warehouse store now stands in its place), the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Stern Pinball, Inc., the Melrose Park Taste, and the now-defunct Maywood Park horse racing track.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melrose Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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