Place:Cook, Illinois, United States

NameCook
Alt namesArlington High School Illinoissource: from redirect
Cooksource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Cook County
TypeCounty
Coordinates41.833°N 87.85°W
Located inIllinois, United States     (1831 - )
See alsoPutnam, Illinois, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Acacia Park Cemetery
Mount Hope Cemetery
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Oakland Memory Lanes
Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum
Saint Adalbert Catholic Cemetery
Saint Joseph Cemetery
Former municipality
Hyde Park ( 1861 - 1889 )
Jefferson ( 1850 - 1889 )
Lake ( - 1889 )
Inhabited place
Addatorata Village
Alsip ( 1885? - )
Arlington Heights
Barrington Center
Barrington Hills
Barrington Woods
Barrington
Bartlett
Bedford Park
Bellwood
Berkeley
Berwyn
Blue Island
Braeside
Bridgeview
Broadview
Brookfield
Buffalo Grove
Burbank
Burnham
Burr Ridge
Calumet City ( 1892 - )
Calumet Park
Camp Fort Dearborn
Chicago Heights
Chicago Ridge
Chicago ( 1400 - )
Cicero
Country Club Hills
Countryside
Creekwood
Crestwood
Deer Park
Deerfield
Deerfield
Des Plaines
Dixmoor
Dolton
East Hazel Crest
Elgin
Elk Grove Village
Elmwood Park
Englewood
Evanston
Evergreen Park
Flossmoor
Ford Heights
Forest Park
Forest River
Forest View
Franklin Park
Glencoe
Glenview
Glenwood
Goeselville
Golf
Gross Point
Hanover Park
Harvey
Harwood Heights
Hastings
Hazel Crest
Hickory Hills
Hillside
Hinsdale
Hodgkins
Hoffman Estates
Hometown
Homewood
Indian Head Park
Inverness
Justice
Kenilworth
La Grange Park
La Grange
Lansing
Lemont
Lincolnwood
Lynwood
Lyons
Markham
Matteson
Maywood
McCook
Melrose Park
Merrionette Park
Midlothian
Morton Grove
Mount Prospect
Niles
Norridge
North Northfield
North Riverside
Northbrook
Northfield Woods
Northfield
Northlake
Oak Forest
Oak Lawn
Oak Park
Oakglen
Olympia Fields
Orland Hills
Orland Park
Palatine ( 1866 - )
Palos Heights
Palos Hills
Palos Park
Park Forest
Park Ridge
Phoenix
Posen
Prospect Heights
Richton Park
River Forest ( 1880 - )
River Grove
Riverdale
Riverside ( 1870 - )
Robbins
Rolling Meadows
Roselle ( 1833 - )
Rosemont
Sag Bridge
Sauk Village
Schaumburg
Schiller Park
Schrum
Skokie
South Barrington
South Chicago Heights
South Holland
Southmoor
Spaulding
Staples Corner
Steger
Stickney
Stone Park
Stony Island
Streamwood
Summit
Sunny Crest
Thornton
Tinley Park
University Park
Westchester
Western Springs
Wheeling
Willow Springs
Wilmette
Winnetka
Worth
Township
Barrington (township) ( 1850 - )
Berwyn (township) ( 1922 - )
Bloom
Bremen
Calumet (township)
Cicero (township)
Elk Grove (township)
Evanston (township)
Hanover (township)
Lemont (township)
Leyden ( 1850 - )
Lyons (township) ( 1850 - )
Maine ( 1850 - )
New Trier ( 1850 - )
Niles (township) ( 1850 - )
Northfield (township) ( 1850 - )
Norwood Park ( 1874 - )
Oak Park (township) ( 1902 - )
Orland ( 1850 - )
Palatine (township)
Palos ( 1850 - )
Proviso ( 1850 - )
Rich ( 1850 - )
River Forest (township) ( 1917 - )
Riverside (township) ( 1870 - )
Schaumburg (township) ( 1850 - )
Stickney (township) ( 1901 - )
Thornton (township) ( 1850 - )
Wheeling (township) ( 1850 - )
Worth (township) ( 1849 - )
Unincorporated area
Mount Greenwood
Unknown
Argo
Burnside
Clearing
Clyde
Congress Park
Edison Park
Fort Dearborn
Grand Crossing
Hawthorne
Hegewisch
Hollywood
Hubbard Woods
Kensington
Popular Creek
Pullman
Richton
Rogers Park
Roseland
South Chicago
South Evanston
West Pullman
West Ridge
Windsor Park
Wireton


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Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40% of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020, the population was 5,275,541. Its county seat is Chicago, the most populous city in Illinois and the third-most-populous city in the United States.

Cook County was incorporated in 1831 and named for Daniel Pope Cook, an early Illinois statesman. It achieved its present boundaries in 1839. Within one hundred years, the county recorded explosive population growth going from a trading post village with a little over 600 residents to four million citizens, rivalling Paris by the Great Depression. During the first half of the 20th century it had the absolute majority of Illinois's population.

There are more than 800 local governmental units and nearly 130 municipalities located wholly or partially within Cook County, the largest of which is Chicago. The city is home to approximately 54% of the entire county's population. The part of the county outside of the Chicago and Evanston city limits is divided into 29 townships; these often divide or share governmental services with local municipalities. Townships within Chicago were abolished in 1902 but are retained for real estate assessment purposes. Evanston Township was formerly coterminous with the City of Evanston but was abolished in 2014. County government is overseen by the Cook County Board, and countywide state government offices include the Circuit Court of Cook County, the Cook County State's Attorney, the Cook County Sheriff, and the Cook County Assessor.

Geographically, the county is the sixth-largest in Illinois by land area and the largest by total area. It shares the state's Lake Michigan shoreline with Lake County. Including its lake area, Cook County has a total area of , the largest county in Illinois, of which is land and (42.16%) is water. Land-use in Cook County is mostly urban and densely populated. Within Cook County, the State of Illinois took advantage of its Lake Michigan access and the Chicago Portage, beginning with the construction of the Illinois and Michigan Canal in 1848. This helped make the region a central transit hub for the nation. Chicago, with its location on the Great Lakes and via the St. Lawrence Seaway, is a global port city, giving Cook County an international shipping port.

Cook County's population is larger than that of 28 different U.S. states and territories, and larger than the population of 11 of the 13 Canadian provinces and territories. Cook County is included in the Chicago metropolitan Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which has a population of approximately 10 million people.

Contents

History

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Cook County was created on January 15, 1831, out of Putnam County by an act of the Illinois General Assembly. It was the 54th county established in Illinois and was named after Daniel Cook, one of the earliest and youngest statesmen in Illinois history. He served as the second U.S. Representative from Illinois and the state's first Attorney General. In 1839, DuPage County was carved out of Cook County.



The shape of Cook County and the neighboring counties has remained the same since DuPage County was formed. The population in each county and the split of agriculture compared to residential and industrial activity has changed dramatically over the intervening decades to 2020. The county began with 10,201 people in the Census of 1840, growing rapidly to 5,150,233 people estimated for 2019 by the US Census. Growth was rapid in the 19th century, with the County reaching 2.4 million people by 1910. In the 20th century, the County reached 5.1 million population.

Cook County is nearly completely developed, with little agricultural land remaining near the outer county boundaries.

Timeline

Date Event Source
1831 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1840 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1840 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1856 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1871 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources

Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1840 10,201
1850 43,385
1860 144,954
1870 349,966
1880 607,524
1890 1,191,922
1900 1,838,735
1910 2,405,233
1920 3,053,017
1930 3,982,123
1940 4,063,342
1950 4,508,792
1960 5,129,725
1970 5,492,369
1980 5,253,655
1990 5,105,067

Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Cook county, Illinois, United States

Research Tips

Resources

  • Outstanding guide to Cook County family history and genealogy resources (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, censuses, wills, deeds, county histories, cemeteries, churches, naturalizations, newspapers, libraries, and genealogical societies.
  • Cook County ILGenWeb
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