| LC control no. | n 79129533 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Skokie (Ill.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Illinois--Skokie |
| Variant(s) | Village of Skokie (Ill.) |
| See also | Niles Center (Ill.) |
| Found in | GeoNames, Mar. 13, 2015 (ppl; N 42° 2' 0'' W 87° 44' 0'') Suburban Guide Company, Evanston, Ill. Map of the village of Skokie, Cook County, Ill., 1948. Wikipedia, Mar. 13, 2015 (Skokie [formerly Niles Center] is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.... The name of the town was changed from "Niles Center" to "Skokie" by referendum in 1940) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skokie,_Illinois> Chronology of events, Village of Niles Center/Skokie, Illinois, via WWW, June 10, 2009 (Mar. 6, 1888: voters approve incorporating as the Village of Niles Centre; Oct. 1891: Chicago telephone directory changes its listing from Niles Centre to Niles Center; 1910: English spelling of Niles Centre is abandoned; Americanized version, Niles Center, is adopted; Oct. 1, 1940: ordinance adopting the name Skokie is adopted by the Village Board; Nov. 14, 1940: last day the Village is known as Niles Center; Nov. 15, 1940: first day the Village is known as Skokie) <http://www.skokiehistory.info/chrono/index.html> |
| Geographic area code | n-us-il |
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