Hegewisch, Chicago

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**Hegewisch (Chicago, Illinois)**
Community Area 55 - Hegewisch Location within the city of Chicago
Latitude Longitude	[41°39.6′N 87°33.0′W]
Neighborhoods	Hegewisch
ZIP Code	parts of 60633
Area	12.38 km² (4.78 mi²)
Population (2000) Density	9,781 (down 3.50% from 1990) 790.1 /km²
Demographics	White Black Hispanic Asian Other	67.0% 1.33% 28.8% 0.33% 2.52%
Median income	,655
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Hegewisch (pronounced "heg-wish"), one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois, is located on the city's far south side. It is bordered by the village of Burnham to the south, Riverdale and South Deering to the west, the East Side to the north, and Hammond, Indiana to the east. It is part of the 10th ward of Chicago. John Pope is the alderman as of April 2005. It has a commuter rail station on the South Shore Line. The community area is named for Adolph Hegewisch, the president of U.S. Rolling Stock Company who hoped to establish “an ideal workingman's community” when he laid out the town along a rail line in 1883, six years before Chicago annexed the town.

Parks

Mann Park
Wolf Lake Wildlife Refuge

Current Events

Hegwisch's commercial area recently suffered a great loss. Cousin's Cafe and adjacent locations were irreperably damaged by fire on June 14,2006. No plans for rebuilding have been announced.

Schools

Saint Florian Catholic Elemetary School
Henry Clay Elementary School
Virgil I. Grissom Elementary School

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