Skokie (formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a Chicago suburb, on the northwest border of the city, that, per the 2000 census, had a population of 63,348.
The Village of Skokie, Illinois, U.S., is at co-ordinates 42°2′13″N 87°44′24″W / 42.03694°N 87.74°W / 42.03694; -87.74 (42.037030, -87.740070) ; per the United States Census Bureau, its total area is 10.0 square miles (26.0 km²), all land. The vi...
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Skokie (formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a Chicago suburb, on the northwest border of the city, that, per the 2000 census, had a population of 63,348.
The Village of Skokie, Illinois, U.S., is at co-ordinates 42°2′13″N 87°44′24″W / 42.03694°N 87.74°W / 42.03694; -87.74 (42.037030, -87.740070) ; per the United States Census Bureau, its total area is 10.0 square miles (26.0 km²), all land. The village is bordered by Evanston, Chicago, Lincolnwood, Niles, Morton Grove, Glenview, and Wilmette.
The village's street circulation is a standard street-grid pattern, with major east-west thoroughfare every half-mile: Old Orchard Road, Golf Road, Church Street, Dempster Street, Main Street, Oakton Street, Howard Street, and Touhy Avenue. The major north-south thoroughfares are Skokie Boulevard, Crawford Avenue, and McCormick Boulevard; the major diagonal streets are Lincoln Avenue, Niles Center Road, East Prairie Road and Gross Point Road....
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