Evanston
suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States
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Summary
Evanston is a city in the United States[1]. Evanston ranks in the top 2% of city in the united states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,814 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Cook County[3]
- Country: United States[4]
- Shares border with: Wilmette[5], Chicago[6], Skokie[7], Rogers Park[8], West Ridge[9]
- Legislative body: Evanston City Council[10]
- Postal code: 60201[11], 60202[12], 60203[13], 60204[14], 60208[15]
- Commons category: Evanston, Illinois[16]
- Located in time zone: Central Time Zone[17]
- Inception: 1836[18]
- Official website: http://cityofevanston.org/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Evanston, Illinois[20]
- Commons gallery: Evanston, Illinois[21]
- Population: 75,430[22], 74,486[23], 78,110[24]
- Office held by head of government: Mayor of Evanston, Illinois[25]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], The American Cyclopædia[29], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[30], The New Student's Reference Work[31], New International Encyclopedia[32]
- Official name: Evanston[33]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Evanston, Illinois[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Evanston[35]
- Number of households: 27,918[36]
- Native label: Evanston[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Evanston, Illinois[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 614 feet[39]
- Area: 20.205932 km²[40], 20.205394 km²[41]
- Water as percent of area: 0.284 percent[42]
- Number of viewers/listeners: 712,199[43]
- Located in the statistical territorial entity: Chicago metropolitan area[44]
Why It Matters
Evanston has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Evanston is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]