Buying a Home in Forest Park, Illinois
Find a Home in Forest Park, IL
Homes101 has a real estate agent waiting to help you find your next home in Forest Park right now! Expect:
- Fast response from a local real estate agent
- Special access to our Moving Handbook
Find a Home in Forest Park
|
Free Forest Park Relocation Packet
Get details on everything from neighborhoods, schools and the local housing market to the area's hotspots, best restaurants, shopping
and recreation.
Each packet is prepared by a real estate professional who lives, works and is active in the local Forest Park community.
Get Your Forest Park Relocation Packet
|
(FOREST PARK - "Big City Access...Small Town Charm")
Forest Park is located in Cook County
Population: 14,918 Located about 10 miles west of downtown Chicago, the Village of Forest Park is a family-oriented community with a small-town atmosphere boasting the conveniences of a much larger community such as easy access to shopping, transportation and medical services. The “Village with a Smile” has excellent schools as evidenced by the increasing academic achievements, innovative teachers and expanding curriculum. The Park District of Forest Park, a 15 acre park, features a beautiful, new aquatic center, and the Forest Park Public Library in its new quarters is constantly upgrading its collection and adding to its services. The services and programs offered by the Howard Mohr Community Center are the best around, and when shopping in Forest Park, whether its downtown Madison Street or at any one of a number of shopping areas, you’ll find local merchants and professionals and just about anything you need. Forest Park’s proximity to the Eisenhower Expressway provides convenient access to all to all roads and expressway systems. The Village of Forest Park is served by the CTA’s Congress and Lake Street El lines, MetraTrain and Pace suburban buses.
In 1856, attracted by the beauty of the land, Mr. John Henry Quick from Harlem, New York, purchased a farm on the site of what is now River Forest and built a two-story boarding house. At the same time, Mr. Israel Heller erected a store building nearby. This was the start of our town. There being no municipal control, Mr. Quick named everything that needed a name Harlem, after his native city. The Village of Harlem, which was comprised of the vast area which later became River Forest and a portion of Oak Park, was incorporated in 1884. When the village applied for its own Post Office, they were informed this was not possible since there already was a Harlem, Illinois with a Post Office on the northern fringe of Rockford. Hence, a new name for the Village had to be selected. A contest was held and the last portions of the name of the town North and East were joined in a clever manner--namely Forest Park. At a village hall meeting August 12, 1907, a resolution was passed changing the name of the Village of Harlem to the Village of Forest Park.
