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Calumet Heights, Chicago
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Community Area 48 - Calumet Heights Location within the city of Chicago |
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| ZIP Code | parts of 60617, 60619 | |
| Area | 4.58 km² (1.77 mi²) | |
| Population (2000) Density |
15,974 (down 8.47% from 1990) 2,051.3 /km² |
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| Demographics | White Black Hispanic Asian Other |
1.29% 92.8% 4.68% 0.21% 1.07% |
| Median income | $55,645 | |
| Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services | ||
Calumet Heights, located on the south side of the city, is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Calumet Heights is bounded by 87th Street on the north, South Chicago Avenue on the east, and railroad lines on the west and south (along 95th Street). It includes the neighborhoods of Calumet Heights and Pill Hill. At about 92nd Street and Constance Avenue is geographical feature for which it was named, a stony hill that was once an island when the glacial Lake Chicago covered the area thousands of years ago. Early pioneers gave this hill the name Stony Island because at a distance it looked like an island in set a tractless prairie sea. (See also the nearby Blue Island).
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