| Hillside is a
village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The
population was 8,155 at the 2000 census. One notable
landmark in Hillside is the Mount Carmel Cemetery. On
the grounds of the cemetery are the graves of a number
of organized crime figures, such as Al Capone and Dion
O'Bannion. A number of Bishops and Archbishops of the
Archdiocese of Chicago are buried in the Bishop's Mausoleum
at Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Hillside is divided between three
congressional districts. The area north of Harrison
Street, and most of the area northeast of Roosevelt
Road and Haase Avenue, is in Illinois' 7th congressional
district; the southern arm of the city, south of Roosevelt
Road along Wolf Road, is in the 3rd district; the area
in between (primarily Mount Carmel Cemetery) is in the
4th district.
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