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Last Update 30 June 2007
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About Highland Park

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Item Bullet Introduction to Highland Park
Highland Park is geographically situated along five miles of beautiful Lake Michigan shoreline, just 26 miles north of downtown Chicago. Highland Park is a vigorous community that offers an unusual wealth of beautiful parks, recreation facilities, and individual centers for youth and seniors. Its lovely homes range in style from Frank Lloyd Wright to classic Victorian. more...
Item Bullet Highland Park at a Glance
From the City of Highland Park
Item Bullet Relocating to Highland Park
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Item Bullet Discover the Art of Highland Park
View photos and information on the public art found around Highland Park.
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Item Bullet Street Map
From Yahoo! Maps
Item Bullet Topographic Map
From TopoZone
Item Bullet Topographic Map Gallery
From the GIS & Mapping Division of Lake County. Contour maps are searchable by property address or Property Index Number (PIN).
Item Bullet City of Highland Park Greenways Plan Map Adobe PDF file
Includes bicycle routes and paths. The Greenways Plan "envisions the development of a comprehensive, connected system of greenways, including both on-street and off-street routes, that will make walking and bicycling safer, more enjoyable, and more viable forms of transportation" in Highland Park. From the Community Development Department of the City of Highland Park. Note that PDF files require the free Adobe Reader software for viewing.
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Item Bullet Demographics

Item Bullet Highland Park City Profile
From the City of Highland Park
Item Bullet Detailed Community Statistics
From the American FactFinder of the U.S. Census
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Item Bullet Local History

Please share your local history treasures with the community. Family photos contain important information about fashion, leisure activities, house styles and furnishing, automobile models, and social rituals (weddings, graduations). Don't discard them; let us create a scanned copy for the community's local history archive. If you have photos, letters, diaries, or other documents that tell the story of community, contact Julia Johnas, Director of Adult Services, Highland Park Public Library, 847-432-0216, ext. 110, or .

Item Bullet Highland Park Architecture
A list of Highland Park homes on the National Register of Historic Places and information about books on Highland Park architecture.
Item Bullet Highland Park Civil War Veterans
From the Highland Park Public Library
Item Bullet Highland Park Historical Society
326 Central Ave.
Highland Park, IL 60035
(847)432-7090
Item Bullet Highland Park Local History Files
Browse an alphabetical index of photographs, manuscripts, newspaper clippings and other items from Highland Park presented in digital form.
Item Bullet Highland Park Obituary Index 1874-2006
Compiled by the staff of the Highland Park Public Library from microfilm of the following newspapers: Highland Park Herald, Highland Park News, Highland Park Newsletter, Highland Park Press, Sheridan Road Newsletter, and North Shore Newsletter.
Item Bullet Historical Sketch of Highland Park, 1919
Written by Miss Blanche Mason from the Narrative of Mrs. Eva Truax From: Highland Park Code of 1919: Commission Form of Municipal Government, 1919.
Item Bullet Jesse Lowe Smith Diaries
Mr. Smith was principal of Elm Place School and Superintendent of Schools for District 107 from 1902-1934.
Item Bullet Local Landmark Designation
A Guide to the Local Landmark Designation Process in the City of Highland Park.
Item Bullet North Suburban Library System Local History Digitization Project
An ongoing project digitize 15 separate collections of historical documents held by NSLS member libraries that are of interest and freely accessible to the citizens of Illinois and the world.
Item Bullet Your Highland Park Home: A Research Guide
A research guide from the Highland Park Public Library on how to find information about your Highland Park home.
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Item Bullet 7-day forecast
From the National Weather Service
Item Bullet Yearly averages & records
From Weatherbase (nearby Glenview NAS)
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