HEGEWISCH, CHICAGO

'Hegewisch (Chicago, Illinois)'

'Community Area 55 - Hegewisch' Chicago Community Area 55 - Hegewisch Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude
Neighborhoods	★ Hegewisch
ZIP Code	parts of 60633
Area	12.38 km² (4.78 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	9,781 ''(down 3.50% from 1990)'' 790.1 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	67.0% 1.33% 28.8% 0.33% 2.52%
Median income	$43,655
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

'Hegewisch' (pronounced "heg-wish"), one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois, is located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the village of Burnham to the south, Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, and Hammond, Indiana to the east. It is part of the 10th ward of Chicago. John Pope is the alderman as of April 2005. It has a commuter rail station on the South Shore Line. The community area is named for Adolph Hegewisch, the president of U.S. Rolling Stock Company who hoped to establish “an ideal workingman's community” when he laid out the town along a rail line in 1883, six years before Chicago annexed the town.
One of Hegewisch's more notable features is its unique demographics, being the last remaining predominantly white south Chicago community. In recent years, Hegewisch has seen a dramatic increase in its Hispanic population. As of the most recent census/city survey, the Hegewisch population is 67% white and 29% Hispanic^[1]

Contents

Parks

Current events

Schools

Notable current and former residents

Industry

External links

Parks

★ Mann Park

★ Wolf Lake Wildlife Refuge

★ William W. Powers State Recreation Area

Current events

Hegewisch's commercial area recently suffered a great loss. Cousin's Cafe and adjacent locations were irreparably damaged by fire on June 14 2006. No plans for rebuilding have been announced.

Schools

★ Saint Florian Catholic Elemetary School

★ Henry Clay Elementary School

★ Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School

Notable current and former residents

★ John Pope, Chicago alderman

★ Eric Anderson, professional basketball player

Industry

Ford Motor Company's Chicago Assembly Plant is located adjacent to Hegewisch. (The site, at the northwest quadrant of E. 130th Street and Torrence Avenue, is actually within the boundaries of South Deering).

External links

★ Official City of Chicago Hegewisch Community Map

★ Hegewisch.Net