Suburbs

The land that is now the suburb of Dixmoor was very barren while most of Cook county was developed.  The area first was discovered in …

The reason I am covering the suburb of Melrose Park is only based upon some the oldest gang settlement in Chicagoland history.  From the Chicago …

This area was first settled by the white man in the year 1725 when French fur traders established the Little Fort trading post.  For the …

This suburb is one of the newer suburbs in Chicago land history as it sat as a barren Lake County land all throughout the 19th …

I will start off by saying that Villa Park is in no way a dangerous suburb and never has been that bad; however, in the …

I debated hard about doing a page for Romeoville because first of all, it is not a high crime community, it is a rather safe …

I will start off by saying that Robbins is one hard up community and is perhaps the hardest up of any Chicago land suburb, and …

I admit I do not have much knowledge of the gangs in the suburb of West Chicago, but I do know this suburb has been …

The suburb of North Chicago is a diverse community that is mainly noted for the Great Lakes Naval Training Station (pictured below) which is the …

This area was a part of the region that is now the suburb of River Forest in the first few decades of this area’s settlement.  …