Place:Ford Heights, Cook, Illinois, United States

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NameFord Heights
Alt namesEast Chicago Heightssource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS17005207
TypeVillage
Coordinates41.509°N 87.588°W
Located inCook, Illinois, United States
Also located inBloom, Cook, Illinois, United States    


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Ford Heights (formerly East Chicago Heights) is a village and a suburb of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,813 at the 2020 census. Many of the area’s first settlers were African American and since its incorporation in 1949 the village has remained predominantly Black. Due to the lack of commercial activity and financial stability, the village has declined over the years. Urban renewal efforts were attempted in the 1960s, although the village has continued to decline.

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