Orchard Place, Illinois
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| Postal code | XXXXX |
| Area code | XXX |
Orchard Place, Illinois was a small farming community in
At some point prior to 1950 much of the land in the adjacent community was subdivided into residential lots, and a network of initially unpaved streets was developed. This development covered most of the area bounded by Touhy Ave. on the North, (Des Plaines) River Road on the East, Devon Ave. and Higgins Rd. on the South, and Mannheim Rd. on the West side (the airport lay to the Southwest of the Mannhiem/Devon intersection, more-or-less diagonally across that intersection from the Orchard Place community.) These de facto boundaries were altered slightly by the construction of the
The airport was renamed in 1949 to O'Hare International Airport and has grown into the Chicago metropolitan area's primary airport and a major North American transportation hub. Today, the former Orchard Place is the southernmost neighborhood of Des Plaines. The legacy of its original name persists in O'Hare's airport code, (FAA LID: ORD), as well as in the name of Orchard Place Elementary School.
References
- ^ "Notification Service | Post Offices".
- ^ "Notification Service | Post Offices".
- ^ a b "History, Des Plaines, Illinois (IL)". City of Des Plaines. Archived from the original on October 12, 2011. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ^ "nwchicagohistory.org Is For Sale". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
External links
- "Orchard Place/Douglas Field: Its Early History". Bensenville Community Public Library. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009.
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