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Western Springs, Illinois | |
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| Motto: A Village of Towering Character | |
 Location of Western Springs in Cook County, Illinois | |
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| Coordinates: 41°48′20″N 87°54′04″W / 41.80556°N 87.90111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
| Township | Lyons Township |
| Founded | 1886 |
| Government | |
| • Village President | Heidi Rudolph |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.79 sq mi (7.21 km2) |
| • Land | 2.79 sq mi (7.21 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 13,629 |
| • Density | 4,893.72/sq mi (1,889.81/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 60558 |
| Area code | 708 |
| FIPS code | 17-80242 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Western Springs, Illinois |
| Website | www |
Western Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total population of 13,629.[2]
Named for local mineral springs on the southwest side of town, Western Springs originally consisted of flat prairie land with a swamp on its western border.[3] It is located along the BNSF Railway (formerly the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad) between Chicago and Aurora, encompassing roughly the area between Willow Springs Road (Gilbert Avenue), Ogden Avenue, Interstate 294, and West Plainfield Road.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
- ^ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Western Springs village, Illinois". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
- ^ Green, Betsy (2002). Images of America, Western Springs Illinois. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 0-7385-1951-0.