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Nina K.
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First snow dusting in Townwide
Woke up to this and the whole street looked like a postcard. fall is officially here.
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Melrose Park
Illinois · IL
About Melrose Park
Village in Illinois, United States24,796Population
4.2 sq miArea
630 ftElevation
Melrose Park is a village in Leyden and Proviso Townships, Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 24,796. The suburb was the home of Kiddieland Amusement Park from 1929 until 2010 (it closed in September 2009 before it was demolished in 2010 and the sign of Kiddieland was relocated to the Melrose Park Public Library; a Costco warehouse store now stands in its place), the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Stern Pinball, Inc., the Melrose Park Taste, and the now-defunct Maywood Park horse racing track. There is a Metra railroad station in Melrose Park with daily service to Chicago. Melrose Park is home to Gottlieb Memorial…
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ZIP code60160, 60161, 60164