Austin (Chicago, Ill.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Austin (Chicago, Ill.)
Other forms of name
Chicago (Ill.). Austin
Associated country
United States
See Also From tracing place name
Austin (Ill.)
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 149269933
Wikidata: Q2872106
Library of congress: no2003083600
OCoLC: oca06131893
Sources of Information
  • Austin smart yellow pages, 2003.
  • Rand McNally commercial atlas and marketing guide, 2003(Austin, Cook County; part of Chicago)
  • Chicago : city of neighborhoods, c1986:p. 271 (Austin; suburb in 1868) p. 276 (Austin became a Chicago neighborhood, Apr. 25, 1899)
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Wikipedia description:

Austin is one of the 77 officially-designated community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Located on the city's West Side, it is the third-largest community area by population (behind the Near North Side and Lake View) and the second-largest geographically (behind South Deering). Austin's eastern boundary is the Belt Railway located just east of Cicero Avenue. Its northernmost border is the Milwaukee District West Line. Its southernmost border is at Roosevelt Road from the Belt Railway west to Austin Boulevard. The northernmost portion, north of North Avenue, extends west to Harlem Avenue, abutting Elmwood Park. In addition to Elmwood Park, Austin also borders the suburbs of Cicero and Oak Park.

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