| Hodgkins | |
| Village | |
| Country | United States |
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| State | Illinois |
| County | Cook |
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| Area | 2. List of towns and Villages in Illinois, arranged in alphabetical order The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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. 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 6 sq mi (7 km²) |
| - land | 2. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 sq mi (7 km²) |
| Population | 2,134 (2000) |
| Density | 829. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 7 /sq mi (320 /km²) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Postal code | 60525 |
| Area code | 708 |
   Location of Hodgkins within Illinois
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Hodgkins is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving Areas using UTC−6 Single zone countries Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala The Central Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting six hours from UTC during standard time ( UTC−6) and five hours during Daylight saving UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during 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 2,134 at the 2000 census.
An enormous United Parcel Service sorting facility, known as CACH, is located partly in Hodgkins, and partly in nearby Willow Springs. United Parcel Service Inc ( commonly referred to as UPS, is one of the world's largest Package delivery companies The Chicago Area Consolidation Hub ( CACH) is a package sorting hub for United Parcel Service. Willow Springs is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. CACH employs over 9,000 people [1], and is the "largest package sorting center in the world. " [2]
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Geography
Hodgkins is located at (41. 764181, -87. 859384)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 2. 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 6 square miles (6. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 8 km²), of which, 2. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 6 square miles (6. 7 km²) of it is land and 0. 1 square miles (0. 2 km²) of it (2. 65%) is water. It is located just over 3 miles from Chicago's western city limits. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
Government
Hodgkins is in Illinois' 3rd congressional district. The 3rd Congressional District of Illinois includes part of Cook County, and has been represented by Democrat Dan Lipinski since January
History
The first visitors to present-day Hodgkins, explorers Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet, paddled down the Des Plaines River in 1673, passing through the area, making their camp in present-day Summit. Father Jacques Marquette ( June 1, 1637 &ndash May 18, 1675) was a French Missionary who founded Michigan Louis Jolliet, also known as Louis Joliet with only one L ( September 21, 1645 &ndash 1700 was a French Canadian explorer The Des Plaines River flows southward for 150 miles (241 km through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois in the U Summit is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10637 at the 2000 census Settlement in the area, however, was somewhat stagnant until the early 1800s. It was at this time, around 1836, that Irish and Italian immigrants came to the area to work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. The Illinois and Michigan Canal ran 96 miles (155 km from the Bridgeport neighborhood in Chicago on the Chicago River to LaSalle Illinois, The construction and eventual operation of the canal was responsible for the formation of many villages presently located along it's banks, including Hodgkins. The I&M Canal is still in existence, located about one-mile south of Hodgkins. The canal and its adjacent land, now known as the I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor, was designated a National Heritage Corridor by Congress in 1984. The I&M Canal National Heritage Corridor is rich in historic sites, nature preserves and wildlife, and stretches from Chicago to La Salle-Peru, Illinois. The city of LaSalle, mistakenly spelled La Salle, is located in LaSalle County, Illinois, at the intersection of Interstate 80 and Interstate Peru is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9835 at the 2000 census
The Village of Hodgkins was originally known as Gary, a name locals claim was derived from "Garibaldi", in recognition of the large number of Italian laborers working in an area grain mill. After several name changes, the Village of Hodgkins was incorporated in 1896. Jefferson Hodgkins, the president of the Kimball and Cobb Stone company, which was also the first business to locate in the village, was the man for whom Hodgkins was named. Modesto Lenzi, the somewhat dubious "King of Gary", became the village's first president that same year.
In the 1950s and 1960s Hodgkins began to attract motor freight terminals. The village's location relative to expressways and the availability of high, flat, and dry land made it a natural distribution and transfer point between Chicago and the rest of the nation. Hodgkins grew substantially during these two decades; however, by the late 1970s, the motor freight industry began to decline.
In 1985 and 1986 Hodgkins created a Enterprise Zone and a TIF District and attracted developers who built a major local shopping center (1992), The Quarry Mall, on land vacated by the declining Motor Freight (Trucking) Companies. Several Auto Dealerships, Restaurants, a Movie Theater and an Off Track Betting (OTB) establishment were also attracted to the development.
McCook-Hodgkins Enterprise Zone
In 1985 Hodgkins joined with the Village of McCook to create the McCook-Hodgkins Enterprise Zone. The next year saw the creation of a Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District within the Enterprise Zone. Both of these tools allowed the Village to offer incentives to new businesses desiring to locate within the Village. As a result of these programs, commercial business began to replace motor freight as Hodgkins mechanism of growth. The crown jewel of the Enterprise Zone is the United Parcel Service (UPS) package sorting facility built in 1991.
Jefferson Hodgkins
Today, many hear the word Hodgkins and associate it with a disease. However, the village's name comes from a local landowner and businessman, Jefferson Hodgkins.
The Kimball and Cobb Stone Quarry, organized in 1888, was the first major business in the area that would later become the Village of Hodgkins. The establishment of this business was the first concrete step in permanent settlement of the Village. The president of the Kimball and Cobb Stone Quarry was Jefferson Hodgkins, the man for whom the village was named. The secretary of the company was Frederic Cobb, the man whose name was given to Cobb Street.
Hodgkins, a quarryman and crushed stone contractor, was born in Lemoine, Maine on October 27, 1843. Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Hodgkins went through the public schools of Lemoine. After leaving school at the age of 17, he became a sailor. Hodgkins spent eight years in this vocation, sailing out of both New York and Boston, except for one year when he served as a private in Company C 26th Me. Volunteers during the Civil War. Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South
Hodgkins worked for the federal government in surveying projects in 1869 and 1870. He came to Chicago in 1872 and became superintendent of the Chicago Dredging and Dock Company for several years, later contracting business for himself. It was in 1885, while president of the Brownell Improvement Company, that Hodgkins organized the Kimball and Cobb Stone Company. Three years later, he bought the company and consolidated it with his own. The newly merged improvement company owned stone quarries, manufactured crushed stone and contracted primarily railway work.
Hodgkins was active socially and in politics. In addition to other posts, Hodgkins served as aide de-camps on Illinois Governor Joseph W. Fifer's staff, holding the rank of Colonel. Joseph Wilson Fifer ( October 28, 1840 – August 6, 1938) was a Republican Governor of Illinois, serving from 1889
It is unclear exactly how Hodgkins' name came to replace Gary as the village's moniker. Throughout its history, Hodgkins has been known by several different names. In the years before settlers began to arrive, the Pottawatomie Indians lived in the area near the Des Plaines River. From 1836 transient workers were brought to the area to work on the I&M Canal; however, it wasn't until 1860, when the United States Government deeded property to a local settler, Hurls Polk, that the name "Polk" was given to the area. When the Santa Fe Depot was built in 1887 the name of the stop was "Novak". By 1890, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad listed the stop in present-day Hodgkins as "Gary". this designation would stick until July 1, 1896 when the Village of Hodgkins was incorporated. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year
Hodgkins today
The Village of Hodgkins maintains its own Police Department, Public Works Department, and Water Department, which purchases Lake Michigan water from McCook. Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. At one time Hodgskins had it's own Fire Departmet, but discontiuned that service in 1970, and the Village is now part of the Plesantview Fire Protection District. Hodgkins is part of La Grange School District 105. High school students attend Lyons Township High School District 204. Lyons Township High School, or LTHS, is a public High school located in La Grange, Illinois. The Hodgkins Park District offers a large community center and schedules a myriad of activities all year long. The Hodgkins Public Library is a full-service facility within the Suburban Library System. The Village of Hodgkins currently employs 25 full- and part-time employees.
Past presidents
This list of past presidents of the Village of Hodgkins comes from the village's publication, 100 Years of Progress, published for the Village's Centennial celebration in 1996.
- Modesto Lenzi 1896-1909
- L. E. Thatcher 1909-?
- Jacob Wenz 1915-1921
- Gustav Maves 1921-1923
- Jacob Wenz 1923-1925
- William Wenz 1925-1929
- Gustav Maves 1929-1933
- James Mance 1933-1935
- Irving Eiserman 1935-1945
- Abe Eiserman 1945-1966
- Sidney Eiserman 1966-1968
- Leon Cook 1968-1979
- Noel B. Cummings 1979-Present
References
- ^ 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
External links
- Hodgkins, Illinois is at coordinates Coordinates:
- Hodgkins Community Home Page
- Village of Hodgkins Official Webpage
- Hodgkins Police Department
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