Melrose Park, Illinois

Melrose Park, Illinois
Melrose Park, Illinois
Village
	Downtown Melrose Park
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	Motto: "Corporate King of the Suburbs"
	Location of Melrose Park in Cook County, Illinois.
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	Coordinates: 41°54′28″N 87°51′52″W / 41.90778°N 87.86444°W
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
Township	Proviso, Leyden
Incorporated	September 11, 1882
Government
• Mayor	Ronald M. Serpico
Area
• Total	4.35 sq mi (11.27 km2)
• Land	4.35 sq mi (11.27 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	630 ft (190 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	24,796
• Density	5,696.30/sq mi (2,199.22/km2)
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

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.^[2]

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.

There is a Metra railroad station in Melrose Park with daily service to Chicago. Melrose Park is home to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital.

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
^ "Demographics & Facts about Melrose Park". melrosepark.org. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

[Census_2020_DP-2] "Demographics & Facts about Melrose Park". melrosepark.org. Retrieved August 8, 2022.

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