| Forest Park (formerly
Harlem) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United
States. The population was 15,688 at the 2000 census.
The Forest Park train stop on the CTA Blue Line is the
line's western terminus, located on the Eisenhower Expressway
at Des Plaines Avenue.
Forest Park is divided between
three congressional districts. The area east of the
Des Plaines River and south of Harrison Street is in
Illinois' 3rd congressional district, except for the
area northeast of Elgin Avenue and 13th Street; the
area north of the Eisenhower Expressway and east of
Van Buren Street is in the 7th district; the area in
between (primarily consisting of Concordia and Forest
Home cemeteries and a city park) is part of the 4th
district.
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