| Maywood is a
village in Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois,
United States. It was founded on April 6, 1869[1] and
organized October 22, 1881.[2] The population was 26,987
at the 2000 census. Its current zip code is 60153.
Considered a blue collar community,
Maywood had experienced many changes since the closing
of American Can Company in the late 1970s. There is
a Metra commuter railroad station in the village and
it is also served by Pace Bus Service.
Maywood is located 10 miles west
of downtown Chicago. Interstate 290, the Eisenhower
Expressway, bisects (north and south) the town as it
goes from Chicago west to join Interstate 294, the Tri-State
Tollway west of Maywood in Hillside. It is located between
O'Hare and Midway Airports.
There are many gracious century-old
homes in relatively unaltered condition, and Maywood
boasts 16 homes and properties listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. Maywood and the rest of
Proviso Township has a rich history as shown by the
Franzosenbusch Heritage Project.
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