Cicero, Illinois

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municipality suburb town

Cicero, Illinois is a historic inner-ring suburb of Chicago known for its industrial base, dense residential neighborhoods, and significant immigrant communities.

Aliases (1)

Town of Cicero ×1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → suburb → town →
adjacentTo	Berwyn, Illinois → Chicago, Illinois → Oak Park, Illinois → Stickney, Illinois →
areaCode	708 →
borderedBy	Chicago, Illinois →
climate	humid continental climate →
country	United States →
county	Cook County →
demographicCharacteristic	large Latino population → significant Mexican-American community →
demographicTrend	transition from predominantly European immigrant community to predominantly Latino community →
economicCharacteristic	historically manufacturing-oriented economy → presence of warehouses and distribution centers →
governmentType	township form of government →
hasCharacteristic	dense residential neighborhoods → industrial base → significant immigrant communities →
hasFeature	grid street pattern typical of Chicago area →
hasHighSchool	J. Sterling Morton High School District 201 →
hasLandUse	mixed industrial and residential →
hasSchoolDistrict	Cicero School District 99 →
historicalAssociation	Al Capone →
historicalReputation	notorious for organized crime influence in the early 20th century →
isInnerRingSuburbOf	Chicago, Illinois →
locatedIn	Chicago metropolitan area →
locatedNear	Chicago, Illinois →
majorHighway	Illinois Route 50 (Cicero Avenue) → Interstate 290 → Interstate 55 NERFINISHED →
metropolitanStatisticalArea	Chicago–Naperville–Elgin MSA →
namedAfter	Marcus Tullius Cicero →
notableEvent	site of racial tensions and housing discrimination controversies in the mid-20th century →
partOf	Cicero Township → inner-ring suburbs of Chicago →
postalCode	60804 →
regionalPlanningAgency	Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning →
state	Illinois →
timeZone	Central Time Zone →
timeZoneDST	Central Daylight Time →
transportation	served by Chicago Transit Authority buses → served by Metra BNSF Railway line →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hawthorne Works → Hawthorne studies →	location
Oak Park, Illinois →	adjacentTo
Berwyn, Illinois →	borderedBy
Cook County, Illinois →	contains
Chicago metropolitan area →	containsCity
Illinois →	hasMajorCity
Western Electric →	majorFacilityLocation
Chicago Transit Authority →	operatesInMunicipality
Chicago Transit Authority Pink Line stations →	servesArea
54th/Cermak ("Town of Cicero") →	servesCommunity
Metra BNSF Railway Line →	servesSuburb
Pink Line →	serviceArea