Chicagoland
Chicagoland is the preferred name for the Chicago metropolitan area and locally has the standing of an official name. Chicagoland includes the City of Chicago at its core and encompasses smaller cities and suburban communities located in nine surrounding counties in the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Newcomers to the area are often surprised to learn that the seemingly quaint term is not a mere nickname. Indeed, Chicagoland is virtually the only term local residents, businesses, governments, and planning agencies will use to refer to the metropolitan area. Locally, the term "Chicago metropolitan area" is rarely heard, and will likely have locals wondering why the speaker didn't simply say Chicagoland, instead. The term originated in the pages of the Chicago Tribune in the 1900s.
Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants
Illinois
- Addison
- Algonquin
- Alsip
- Arlington Heights
- Barrington
- Bartlett
- Batavia
- Beach Park
- Bellwood
- Bensenville
- Berwyn
- Bloomingdale
- Blue Island
- Bolingbrook
- Bridgeview
- Brookfield
- Buffalo Grove
- Burbank
- Burr Ridge
- Calumet City
- Carol Stream
- Cary
- Carpentersville
- Chicago Heights
- Chicago Ridge
- Cicero
- Country Club Hills
- Crest Hill
- Crestwood
- Crystal Lake
- Darien
- Deerfield
- Des Plaines
- Dolton
- Downers Grove
- Elk Grove Village
- Elgin (acts as an anchor city)
- Elmhurst
- Elmwood Park
- Evanston
- Evergreen Park
- Forest Park
- Frankfort
- Franklin Park
- Gages Lake
- Geneva
- Glen Ellyn
- Glendale Heights
- Glenview
- Goodings Grove
- Grayslake
- Gurnee
- Hanover Park
- Harvey
- Hazel Crest
- Hickory Hills
- Highland Park
- Hinsdale
- Hoffman Estates
- Homewood
- Justice
- La Grange
- La Grange Park
- Lake Forest
- Lake in the Hills
- Lake Zurich
- Lansing
- Lemont
- Libertyville
- Lincolnwood
- Lindenhurst
- Lisle
- Lockport
- Lombard
- Lyons
- Markham
- Matteson
- Maywood
- McHenry
- Melrose Park
- Midlothian
- Mokena
- Morton Grove
- Mount Prospect
- Mundelein
- Naperville
- New Lenox
- Niles
- Norridge
- North Aurora
- North Chicago
- Northbrook
- Northlake
- Oak Forest
- Oak Lawn
- Oak Park
- Oswego
- Orland Park
- Palatine
- Palos Heights
- Palos Hills
- Park Forest
- Park Ridge
- Plainfield
- Prospect Heights
- Richton Park
- River Forest
- River Grove
- Riverdale
- Rolling Meadows
- Romeoville
- Roselle
- Round Lake Beach
- Sauk Village
- Schaumburg
- Schiller Park
- Skokie
- South Elgin
- South Holland
- St. Charles
- Streamwood
- Summit
- Tinley Park
- Vernon Hills
- Villa Park
- Warrenville
- Waukegan (acts as an anchor city)
- Westchester
- West Chicago
- Western Springs
- Westmont
- Wheaton
- Wheeling
- Wilmette
- Winnetka
- Wood Dale
- Woodridge
- Woodstock
- Worth
- Zion
Indiana
- Chesterton
- Crown Point
- Dyer
- East Chicago
- Griffith
- Hammond
- Highland
- Hobart
- Lake Station
- Merrillville
- Munster
- Portage
- Schererville
- Valparaiso
Wisconsin
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Overview |
| ► | Origin |
| ► | List of counties |
| ► | Anchor cities |
| ► | Major airports |
| ► | Suburbs with more than 100,000 inhabitants |
| ► | Suburbs with 10,000 to 100,000 inhabitants |
| ► | Suburbs with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External Links |
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