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Also known as University Park, IL

village in Will County, Illinois, United States

Key facts

Country
United States
State
Illinois
Counties
Cook , Will
Townships
Monee , Crete , Rich
Type
Council–manager
Mayor
Joseph E. Roudez III
Total
10.73 sq mi (27.79 km )
Land
10.73 sq mi (27.78 km )
Water
0.0039 sq mi (0.01 km ) 0%
Density
666.1/sq mi (257.18/km )
Per capita income
$20,083
Median home value
$49,400
Zip code s
60484, 60478
Area code s
708/464
Fips code
17-76935
Website
university-park-il .com

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Official name
University Park
Located in
Will County
Population
7145
Area
28075471
Elevation
239
Official website
university-park-il.com
Households
2508
Dialing code
708
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Commons category
University Park, Illinois
inception
1967-00-00
per capita income
23354
postal code
60484
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Encyclopedic overview

University Park is a village in Will County with a small portion in Cook County in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a south suburb of Chicago. The village is one of the region's few planned communities; it was developed in the 1960s as Wood Hill, then Park Forest South, and finally University Park. Governors State University was established in the village in 1969. The village population was 7,145 at the 2020 census.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “University Park” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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