Oakland, Chicago


 * name = Oakland
 * official_name = Community Area 36 - Oakland
 * other_name =
 * nickname =
 * settlement_type = Community area
 * motto =


 * image_skyline =
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 * image_map = US-IL-Chicago-CA36.GIF
 * mapsize =
 * map_caption = Location within the city of Chicago
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 * subdivision_type = Country
 * subdivision_name = United States
 * subdivision_type1 = State
 * subdivision_name1 = Illinois
 * subdivision_type2 = County
 * subdivision_name2 = Cook
 * subdivision_type3 = City
 * subdivision_name3 = Chicago
 * parts_type = Neighborhoods
 * parts_style=
 * parts = list
 * p1 = Oakland


 * unit_pref = Imperial
 * area_footnotes =
 * area_total_km2 =1.55
 * population_as_of = 2000
 * population_footnotes =
 * population_total = 6110
 * population_note = population down 25.46% from 1990
 * population_density_km2 = auto
 * demographics_type1 =Demographics
 * demographics1_footnotes =
 * demographics1_title1 =White
 * demographics1_info1 = 0.65%
 * demographics1_title2 =Black
 * demographics1_info2 = 97.5%
 * demographics1_title3 =Hispanic
 * demographics1_info3 = 0.95%
 * demographics1_title4 =Asian
 * demographics1_info4 = 0.13%
 * demographics1_title5 =Other
 * demographics1_info5 = 0.77%


 * timezone = CST
 * utc_offset = -6
 * timezone_DST = CDT
 * utc_offset_DST = -5
 * latd = 41|latm = 49.2|lats = |latNS = N
 * longd = 87|longm = 36.0|longs = |longEW = W
 * coordinates_type = region:US
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 * postal_code_type = ZIP Codes
 * postal_code = parts of 60653
 * area_code =
 * blank_name = Median income
 * blank_info = $29,739
 * website =
 * footnotes = Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services

Oakland, located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Some of Chicago's great old homes maybe seen on Drexell Boulvard. 19th century women's rights and Jewish activist Hannah Greenebaum lived in Oakland. The late 19th century Monument Baptist Church on Oakwood Blvd. is modeled after Boston's Trinity Church. Oakwood / 41st Street Beach in Burnham Park is at 4100 S. Lake Shore Drive. Blues singer Muddy Waters lived at 4339 S. Lake Park Ave.

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