Hickory Hills is a city in

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. Located principally in Palos Township, it is a suburb of

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. The population in 2020 was 14,505.

History

The Hickory Hills Country Club was founded in 1917 in the area of the present-day city, with an 18-hole golf course designed by Scottish-American golfer

James Foulis James Foulis (22 August 1871 – 3 March 1928), also known as James Foulis Jr., was a Scottish professional golfer who won the second U.S. Open in 1896. He also finished tied for third in the inaugural 1895 U.S. Open held at Newport Golf Clu ...

. The club exists to the present day. The village of Hickory Hills was incorporated in September 1951 from the territory between 91st to 95th streets, and between 80th to 88th avenue. The village at the time of incorporation had around 450 residents. Voters approved a change from village to city form of government in October 1966. In 1961, the

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nuns, a branch of the Franciscan order, acquired 20 acres of land at 89th street and Keane avenue with which to establish a new monastery. However, the monastery closed in 1992 due to dwindling numbers. The order returned to Chicago in 1999, moving to a new monastery in nearby

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in 2003.

Geography

Hickory Hills lies on the relatively hilly

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, a belt of ridges laid down about 14,000 years ago during the

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. Most of present-day Hickory Hills lies in the northern part of Palos Township, excepting those parts north of 87th Street which lie in Lyons Township. The city's main east-west thoroughfares are 87th Street and 95th Street, the latter carrying U.S. Route 12 and Route 20 across the South Chicago suburbs. The city is bounded on the east by the Tri-State Tollway (

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) and on the west by the Palos Forest Preserve, a 15,000 acre nature reserve. Neighboring communities are

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, Bridgeview and

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Demographics

The top five ancestries reported in Hickory Hills as of 2020 were Polish (24.7%),

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(11.5%),

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(6.8%), Lithuanian (6.7%), and

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(5.9%). There were 4,929 households, out of which 75.37% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.04% were married couples living together, 8.76% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.65% were non-families. 25.42% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.59% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.51 and the average family size was 2.87. The city's age distribution consisted of 27.2% under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 26.7% from 25 to 44, 24.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.9 years. For every 100 females, there were 107.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 113.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $66,272, and the median income for a family was $76,417. Males had a median income of $46,541 versus $35,925 for females. The

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for the city was $29,712. About 6.9% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the

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, including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Hickory Hills is in

Illinois's 3rd congressional district Illinois's 3rd congressional district includes part of Cook County, and has been represented by Democrat Marie Newman since January 3, 2021. The district was previously represented by Dan Lipinski from 2005 to 2021, and by Lipinski's father Bi ...

Education

Elementary school districts serving Hickory Hills include:Schools
" Hickory Hills. Retrieved on January 20, 2017. *

North Palos School District 117 North Palos School District 117 (NPD 117) is a school district headquartered in Palos Hills, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area The Chicago metropolitan area, also colloquially referred to as Chicagoland, is a metropolitan area in the ...

* Indian Springs District 109 *

Amos Alonzo Stagg High School Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Stagg, or AAS, is a public four-year high school located at the intersection of S. Roberts Rd. and W. 111th Street in Palos Hills, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part o ...

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- Students in the District 117 zone attend StaggAttendance Areas
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. Retrieved on January 19, 2017. *

Argo Community High School Argo Community High School is a public four-year high school located in Summit, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The district draws students from the communities of Summit, Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Justice, Willow Springs, and a portion ...

- Students in the District 109 zone attend Argo St. Patricia School, a private school, is in the area. Hickory Hills is home to a satellite campus of

Lewis University Lewis University is a private Roman Catholic and Lasallian university in Romeoville, Illinois, United States. The enrollment is currently around 6,800 students. Lewis offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, 22 graduate ...

located near 95th street and Roberts Road.

Infrastructure

The North Palos Fire Protection District serves the community.

Notable people

* James Hickey, (born 1960),

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soldier notable for his leadership role in

Operation Red Dawn Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, was captured by the United States military forces in the town of Ad-Dawr, Iraq on 13 December 2003. Codenamed Operation Red Dawn, this military operation was named after the 1984 American film ''Red ...

, the military effort that captured

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutio ...

. He was raised in Hickory Hills. *

Marty Casey Martin Xavier "Marty" Casey (born September 26, 1973) "New sensation: Marty Casey is a hit!" (news report/bio), Karen Budell, ''Metromix Chicago'', October 17, 2005, webpage: Metromix-New-Sensation: states, "Oct. 3, 2005-- Marty arrived in h ...

(born 1973), rock musician *

Max Strus Max Strus (born March 28, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Lewis Flyers and the DePaul Blue Demons. Early life and high sch ...

(born 1996), professional basketball player.

Notes

References

External links

City of Hickory Hills official website
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