Place:Western Springs, Cook, Illinois, United States

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NameWestern Springs
TypeVillage
Coordinates41.806°N 87.901°W
Located inCook, Illinois, United States
Also located inLyons (township), Cook, Illinois, United States    
Proviso, Cook, Illinois, United States    


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Western Springs is a village located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and is a suburb of Chicago. As of the 2010 census, the village had a total population of 12,975. It is twinned with Rugeley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. In July 1962, the towns made telephone history on national television when the chairman of Rugeley Urban District Council made the first telephone call via the new Telstar satellite to the mayor of Western Springs.

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