History · Bedford Park

Bedford Park’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Bedford Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and is an industrial suburb of Chicago. The population was 602 at the 2020 census. Bedford Park consists of a small residential area and vast amounts of heavy industry sprawling to the east and a small amount to the west.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 580 to 602 (+4%). Half of its homes were built before 1951.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Bedford Park yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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2000

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