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'''West Chicago''' is a city in [[DuPage County, Illinois|DuPage County]], [[Illinois]], [[United States]]. The population was
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West Chicago is located at {{Coord|41.888378|-88.209659|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>▼
According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, West Chicago has a total area of {{convert|15.72|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|15.38|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 97.82%) is land and {{convert|0.34|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 2.18%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=US Census |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>▼
==History==
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The movie ''[[Reach the Rock]]'', written by [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]], was filmed in downtown West Chicago in 1998.
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▲West Chicago is located at {{Coord|41.888378|-88.209659|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>
[[File:VFW Post 6791, West Chicago IL, USA.JPG|thumb|The [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], Post 6791, along [[Illinois Route 59|Route 59]] in West Chicago.]]▼
The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the West Chicago Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/west-chicago-1130-w-washington-st-west-chicago-il-1386986 Post Office Location - WEST CHICAGO]." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref>▼
▲According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, West Chicago has a total area of {{convert|15.72|sqmi|km2|2}}, of which {{convert|15.38|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 97.82%) is land and {{convert|0.34|sqmi|km2|2}} (or 2.18%) is water.<ref name="gaz2021">{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=US Census |title=Gazetteer Files |url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=Census.gov}}</ref>
As of 2021, Ruben Pineda is the mayor of West Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mayor Ruben Pineda|url=https://westchicago.org/wcgovernment/mayor-ruben-pineda/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=westchicago.org|date=18 September 2017 }}</ref>▼
The city maintains the [[West Chicago Public Library]] downtown.▼
==Demographics==
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▲[[File:VFW Post 6791, West Chicago IL, USA.JPG|thumb|The [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], Post 6791, along [[Illinois Route 59|Route 59]] in West Chicago.]]
The city of West Chicago has two high schools—one public school, [[Community High School (West Chicago)|West Chicago Community High School]], and one private, [[Wheaton Academy]]. There are seven public elementary schools (Currier, Pioneer, Wegner, Turner, Indian Knoll, Gary, and Norton Creek) and two middle schools [Benjamin and Leman Middle School (LMS)] within the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/school/West-Chicago-Illinois.html#top|title=Schools in West Chicago, IL - report cards, comparisons, test results, ranking, rating, profiles|website=www.city-data.com|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref> The West Chicago Wildcats is the name of the WCCHS teams.▼
▲The [[United States Postal Service]] operates the West Chicago Post Office.<ref>"[http://usps.whitepages.com/service/post_office/west-chicago-1130-w-washington-st-west-chicago-il-1386986 Post Office Location - WEST CHICAGO]." [[United States Postal Service]]. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref>
▲As of 2021, Ruben Pineda is the mayor of West Chicago.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mayor Ruben Pineda|url=https://westchicago.org/wcgovernment/mayor-ruben-pineda/|access-date=2021-04-23|website=westchicago.org|date=18 September 2017 }}</ref>
▲The city maintains the [[West Chicago Public Library]] downtown.
West Chicago is home to the Truitt-Hoff Nature Preserve, part of [[DuPage County]]’s West Chicago Prairie [[Forest Preserve]], one of the largest and best preserved prairies in the Midwest.<ref name="truitt">{{cite web |title=West Chicago Prairie |url=http://www.dupageforest.com/Conservation/ForestPreserves/West_Chicago_Prairie.html |publisher=[[Forest Preserve District of DuPage County]]|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> This prairie was discovered by then-mayor Richard Truitt in 1976 during one of his frequent walks in the open land west of the city. The prairie had been preserved because it was on railroad right-of-way land that had never been cultivated.<ref name="truitt"/>▼
The city is also home to [[Forest Preserve District of DuPage County#Kline Creek Farm|Kline Creek Farm]], an 1890s [[farm museum|living history farm]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kline Creek Farm |url=http://www.dupageforest.com/page.aspx?id=228|publisher=Forest Preserve District of DuPage County|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> as well as the [[West Chicago City Museum]], located in a historic building that once served as Town Hall.▼
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[[File:West Chicago Metra.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[West Chicago (Metra)|Metra]] station]]
The [[DuPage Airport]] is located in the city.<ref name="Cityzonemap"/> The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] operates the Chicago Aviation Field Office in West Chicago, on the grounds of the airport; it is the regional headquarters of the NTSB Aviation Central Region.<ref name="Cityzonemap">"[http://www.westchicago.org/Departments/AdminServices/GIS/PDFs/ZONING-E%20SIZE_2010.pdf 2010 Zoning Map]." City of West Chicago. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref><ref>"[https://www.ntsb.gov/abt_ntsb/regions/aviation.htm Regional Offices: Aviation]." [[National Transportation Safety Board]]. Retrieved on May 15, 2010.</ref>
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The [[Great Western Trail (Illinois)]] passes through town.
==Education==
▲==Points of interest==
▲The city of West Chicago has two high schools—one public school, [[Community High School (West Chicago)|West Chicago Community High School]], and one private, [[Wheaton Academy]]. There are seven public elementary schools (Currier, Pioneer, Wegner, Turner, Indian Knoll, Gary, and Norton Creek) and two middle schools [Benjamin and Leman Middle School (LMS)] within the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/school/West-Chicago-Illinois.html#top|title=Schools in West Chicago, IL - report cards, comparisons, test results, ranking, rating, profiles|website=www.city-data.com|access-date=18 April 2018}}</ref> The West Chicago Wildcats is the name of the WCCHS teams.
▲West Chicago is home to the Truitt-Hoff Nature Preserve, part of [[DuPage County]]’s West Chicago Prairie [[Forest Preserve]], one of the largest and best preserved prairies in the Midwest.<ref name="truitt">{{cite web |title=West Chicago Prairie |url=http://www.dupageforest.com/Conservation/ForestPreserves/West_Chicago_Prairie.html |publisher=[[Forest Preserve District of DuPage County]]|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> This prairie was discovered by then-mayor Richard Truitt in 1976 during one of his frequent walks in the open land west of the city. The prairie had been preserved because it was on railroad right-of-way land that had never been cultivated.<ref name="truitt"/>
▲The city is also home to [[Forest Preserve District of DuPage County#Kline Creek Farm|Kline Creek Farm]], an 1890s [[farm museum|living history farm]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Kline Creek Farm |url=http://www.dupageforest.com/page.aspx?id=228|publisher=Forest Preserve District of DuPage County|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> as well as the [[West Chicago City Museum]], located in a historic building that once served as Town Hall.
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