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Coordinates: 41°36′39″N 87°39′07″W / 41.61083, -87.65194
Harvey
South Lawn
City
Motto: A New City Rising
Country United States
State Illinois
County Cook
Township Thornton, Bremen
Elevation 604 ft (184 m)
Coordinates 41°36′39″N 87°39′07″W / 41.61083, -87.65194
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Population 30,000 (2000)
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Founded May, 1891
 - Village May, 1891
 - City Charter ?
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Timezone CST (UTC-6)
 - summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Postal code 60426, 60428
Area code 708
Location of Harvey within Illinois
Location of Harvey within Illinois
City limits of Harvey.
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Harvey is a Chicago area city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The Chicago metropolitan area is the Metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago in the United States and its suburbs Cook County is a county in the US state of Illinois. It is the second most populous county in the United States after Los Angeles The State of Illinois ( roughly ill-i-NOY is a state of the United States of America, the 21st to be admitted to the Union. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The population was 30,000, at the 2000 census, but a 2003 Census estimate showed the population dipped to 29,367.

Harvey is bordered by Dixmoor, Riverdale and Blue Island to the north, Posen and Markham to the west, South Holland, Phoenix, and Dolton to the east, and East Hazel Crest to the south. Dixmoor (formerly Specialville) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Riverdale is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Posen is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Posen is the German-language name for the western Polish city of Markham is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 12620 at the 2000 census South Holland is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Phoenix is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Dolton (pronounced "DAWL-ton" is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. East Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, in the United States.

Three major north-south streets in Chicago venture as far south as Harvey in some capacity. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Halsted Street (Illinois Route 1) runs through the east side of town. Dixie Highway, as it is known in Harvey, is Western Avenue in Chicago. The Dixie Highway was a United States Automobile Highway first planned in 1914 to connect the US Midwest with the Southern United Finally, Chicago's Ashland Avenue becomes Wood Street in Harvey. The reason for this is a surveyor's error along the line where Interstate 57 is now located; Harvey's street names and numbers conform to the section lines rather than actual distance from Chicago's base lines (as indicated by the jogs in Halsted Street near 150th Street and 159th Street between Harvey and Markham, as examples). Surveying is the technique and science of accurately determining the terrestrial or three-dimensional space Position of points and the distances and angles between Interstate 57 (I-57 is an Interstate highway in the midwestern United States. In US land surveying, a section is an area nominally one Mile square containing 640 Acres (2 Harvey's own Ashland Avenue serves as the east-west dividing line for house numbering.

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Geography

Harvey is located at 41°36′39″N, 87°39′7″W (41. 610934, -87. 651895)[1].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 2 square miles (16. 1 km²), all of it land.

History

Harvey was founded in 1891 by Christian leader Turlington W. Harvey, a close associate of Dwight Moody (founder of the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago). Early life Dwight Moody was born in Northfield Massachusetts to a large family Moody Bible Institute ( MBI) was founded by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886 Harvey was originally intended as a model town for “Christian” values and temperance (no-alcohol), it was closely modeled after the company town of Pullman (which eventually was annexed into the city of Chicago). See also Prohibition, Teetotalism The Temperance Movement attempted to reduce the amount of Alcohol consumed within a community or society in History Historic Pullman was built in the 1880s by George Pullman for his eponymous Railroad car company the Pullman Palace Car Company. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

Demographics

As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 30,000 people, 8,990 households, and 6,760 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 4,842. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 2 people per square mile (1,868. 2/km²). There were 10,158 housing units at an average density of 1,639. 6/sq mi (632. 6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 79. 57% African American, 10. 02% White, 0. 26% Native American, 0. 38% Asian, 0. 05% Pacific Islander, 7. 94% from other races, and 1. 78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12. 78% of the population. There were 8,990 households out of which 39. 1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36. 4% were married couples living together, 31. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24. 8% were non-families. 20. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3. 30 and the average family size was 3. 80.

In the city the population was spread out with 35. 1% under the age of 18, 10. 8% from 18 to 24, 26. 7% from 25 to 44, 18. 8% from 45 to 64, and 8. 6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 92. 2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86. 0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,958, and the median income for a family was $35,378. Males had a median income of $30,610 versus $25,248 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,336. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 20. 3% of families and 21. 7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 8% of those under age 18 and 17. 6% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Harvey is in Illinois' 2nd congressional district. The 2nd Congressional District of Illinois includes parts of Cook and Will Counties, and has been represented by Democrat Jesse

Crime and corruption

The city recorded 12 homicides in 2005. [3] In September 2006, the murder of a Metra police officer occurred in a lot adjacent to the 147th Street (Sibley Boulevard) station, the first in that agency's history. Metra (officially known as the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation) is a Regional rail system that serves the city of Chicago Illinois

The Harvey Police Department has come under scrutiny in recent years for misconduct and poor performance in closing murder cases. On January 24, 2007, Cook County Sheriff's investigators and the Illinois State Police raided the Harvey police station to collect evidence from 5 years worth of unsolved gang crimes and other homicides. The Illinois State Police (ISP is the State police force of Illinois. List of countries by homicide rate Homicide ( Latin homicidium, homo human being + caedere to cut kill refers to the act of killing another The decision was made to raid the police station after prosecutors began to inquire why Harvey police had not brought charges in many of the related cases. Harvey, a town of 30,000 residents, had 11 murders in 2006 and has been called "the murder capital of Southland. "[4] In 2005, a Harvey police detective was charged with intentionally returning a seized firearm to the gun's owner (a convicted felon) who was later arrested for murder. According to prosecutors, the detective returned the firearm to the felon on orders from Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg. [4]

Transportation

Harvey is serviced by two stations along the Metra Electric University Park line to Chicago. The Metra Electric Line ( ME) is an electrified Commuter rail line owned and operated by Metra, connecting Millennium Station (formerly One is at 147th Street(a. k. a. ; Sibley Boulevard) & Clinton Street, and the other is at Park Avenue & 154th Street.

Harvey in film

The Dixie Square Mall, an abandoned shopping mall in Harvey, was the location where the famous car chase scene in the movie The Blues Brothers was shot. Dixie Square Mall was an enclosed Shopping mall located in Harvey Illinois, United States. A shopping mall or shopping centre is a building or set of buildings that contain Retail units with interconnecting Walkways enabling visitors The Blues Brothers are a Grammy Award -nominated American blues and soul revivalist band founded in 1978 by comedians Dan Aykroyd Although the mall was closed in September 1979, the makers of the film convinced the city to "open" it again. The mall was remodeled and filled with stores for two days in order to shoot the scene. After filming was completed, the mall was boarded up and closed again. The mall fell into severe disrepair for almost 30 years, becoming ingrown with shrubbery and even several trees. At least two rapes and one murder have occurred within the abandoned mall building over the years. The main precinct of the Harvey Police Department was built on part of the old parking lot during the 1990s. Remnants of the empty mall still stand at 151st Street and Dixie Highway/Western, although a partial demolition of the mall proceeded in late 2005 and early 2006. The Dixie Square Mall is perhaps the most famous dead mall in existence. A dead mall or greyfield is a Shopping mall with a high vacancy rate or a low consumer traffic level or that is dated or deteriorating in some manner

Notable residents

Notable past and current residents of Harvey.

Notes

  1. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ "Where is the law?"[1]. Accessed 09/28/2006 at http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/harvey/May7a_06.htm.
  4. ^ a b FitzPatrick, Lauren and Jonathan Lipman. "Authorities raid Harvey police station". Daily Southtown January 25, 2007 [2]


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