| Orland
Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States;
it also extends slightly into Will County. The population
was 51,077 at the 2000 census, and estimated to be 55,461
as of 2005. The ZIP code is 60462 for most of the city,
and 60467 for the outlying areas of town near the Will
County border. In 2006, Orland Park was awarded the
title of "45th Best Place to Live In America"
by Money magazine. The village of Orland Park, has a
history dating back over 100 years and is now a community
of just under 60,000 residents.
Facilities
include hiking and biking trails, wildlife refuges,
greenbelts, a Sportsplex and an aquatic center, Lake
Sedgewick, an ice arena, golf courses, playing fields
and parks, and more. There is a variety of housing,
including single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums
and apartments. Situated 25 miles southwest of Chicago,
Orland Park provides access to several interstate highways,
with the I-80 east-west coast connector as its southern
border. Metra’s commuter rail system links residents
to Chicago’s Loop, and thereby to O’Hare
and Midway airports. There are more than 70 malls, plazas
and shopping centers, with additional shopping under
construction, and more than 200 food-serving establishments.
Orland
Park is located in southwest Cook County in Orland Township
at 41°36′42″N, 87°51′15″W
(41.611582, -87.854302)[2]. According to the United
States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of
19.4 square miles (50.3 km²), of which, 19.1 square
miles (49.6 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles
(0.8 km²) of it (1.49%) is water. The main bodies
of water in Orland are three lakes: Lake Sedgewick,
McGinnis Slough (also referred to as 'Orland Lake' in
maps) and Tampier Lake.
The
only moving body of water in Orland Park is the Calumet
Sag Channel (or 'Cal-Sag Channel'), which is one mile
(1.6 km) north of the town's northernmost limits. Bordering
communities of Orland Park include the newly formed
Homer Glen to the west (in Will County), Orland Hills
and Mokena (also in Will County) to the south, Tinley
Park to the southeast, Oak Forest to the east, and Palos
Park and Palos Heights to the north. Orland Park has
annexed land from its neighbors on a few occasions.
The most recent and notable annexiations are from neighboring
town Palos Park (the land was the Palos Country Club
and is now the Southmore residential development) and
southern neighbor Orland Hills (the land was a large,
vacant farm field and is now another residential development
and an upscale commercial development).[citation needed]
Orland Park is also home to a large amount of commercial
and retail development, and can be considered the major
regional retail center of Chicago's south suburbs.[original
research?] Among these developments is Orland Square
Mall, considered by some to be the largest, most upscale
shopping mall in Chicago's south/west suburbs, as well
as the recently rebuilt Orland Park Place.[citation
needed]
The
north end of the village is the location of the new
high-end Orland Park Crossing lifestyle center, home
to P.F. Chang's China Bistro and many other specialty
stores. In all, Orland Park has over 5,000,000 square
feet (460,000 m2) of retail area within its borders
and is the seventh highest retail sales tax generator
(in dollars) in the state of Illinois. |
