| LC control no. | n 79054951 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Oak Park (Ill.) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Illinois--Oak Park |
| Variant(s) | Oak Park, Ill. Kettlestrings' Grove (Ill.) Oak Ridge (Ill.) Harlem (Oak Park, Cook County, Ill.) Noyesville (Ill.) |
| Beginning date | 1871-04-18 |
| Associated place | Cook County (Ill.) |
| Found in | GeoNames, Apr. 1, 2015 (ppl; N 41° 53' 6'' W 87° 47' 4''; also civil township named Oak Park in Cook County, IL) Sokol, David M. Oak Park, Illinois: Continuity and Change, c2000: p. 9 (Ridgeland, or today's East Oak Park...) A history of the origin of the place names connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways, c1908: p. 109 (The settlement was first known as Kettlestrings' Grove [no publs. in LC database]. The second name was Oak Ridge [1840s; no publs. in LC database]. When in the summer of 1848, the railroad reached here from Chicago, the station was named Harlem [no publs. in LC database] ... and the post office was named Noyesville [no publs. in LC database].... The present name ... was adopted [on Apr. 18, 1871]) |
| Geographic area code | n-us-il |
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