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Evanston, Illinois

Evanston (/ˈɛvənstən/ EV-ən-stən) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is 12 miles (19 km) north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wilmette to the north, and Lake Michigan to the east. Evanston had a population of 78,110 as of 2020.[6]

Evanston, Illinois
View of downtown, at Sherman Avenue and Davis Street, looking south/south-east toward Chicago
Nicknames: 
Location of Evanston in Cook County, Illinois
Evanston
Location in the United States
Evanston
Evanston (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°02′47″N 87°41′41″W / 42.04639°N 87.69472°W / 42.04639; -87.69472Coordinates: 42°02′47″N 87°41′41″W / 42.04639°N 87.69472°W / 42.04639; -87.69472
Country United States
State Illinois
CountyCook
Incorporated1863
Government
 • TypeCouncil–manager
 • MayorDaniel Biss (D)
 • Budget$304,494,806 (fiscal year: 2016)[1]
Area
 • Total7.80 sq mi (20.21 km2)
 • Land7.78 sq mi (20.15 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2)  0.26%
Population
 (2020)
 • Total78,110
 • Density10,041.14/sq mi (3,876.66/km2)
 4.86% increase from 2010
DemonymEvanstonian
Standard of living (2011)
 • Per capita income$40,732
 • Median home value$340,700
Demographics (2010)
 • White65.6%
ZIP Codes
60201–60204, 60208–60209
Area codes847 & 224
FIPS code17-24582
GNIS ID2394709
Websitecityofevanston.org

Founded by Methodist business leaders in 1857, the city was incorporated in 1863. Evanston is home to Northwestern University, founded in 1851 before the city's incorporation, one of the world's leading research universities. Today known for its socially liberal politics and ethnically diverse population, Evanston was historically a dry city, until 1972. The city uses a council–manager system of government and is a Democratic stronghold. The city is heavily shaped by the influence of Chicago, externally, and Northwestern, internally. The city and the university share a historically complex long-standing relationship.

History

 
Downtown Evanston as seen in October 2005

Prior to the 1830s, the area now occupied by Evanston was mainly uninhabited, consisting largely of wetlands and swampy forest. However, Potawatomi Native Americans used trails along higher lying ridges that ran in a general north–south direction through the area, and had at least some semi-permanent settlements along the trails.

French explorers referred to the general area as "Grosse Pointe" after a point of land jutting into Lake Michigan about 13 miles (21 km) north of the mouth of the Chicago River. After the first non-Native Americans settled in the area in 1836, the names "Grosse Point Territory" and "Gross Point voting district" were used through the 1830s and 1840s, although the territory had no defined boundaries.[7][8] The area remained only sparsely settled, supporting some farming and lumber activity on some of the higher ground, as well as a number of taverns or "hotels" along the ridge roads. Grosse Pointe itself steadily eroded into the lake during this period.

In 1850, a township called Ridgeville was organized, extending from Graceland Cemetery in Chicago to the southern edge of the Ouilmette Reservation, along what is now Central Street, and from Lake Michigan to Western Avenue in Chicago. The 1850 census shows a few hundred settlers in this township,[8] and a post office with the name of Ridgeville was established at one of the taverns. However, no municipality yet existed.

In 1851, a group of Methodist business leaders founded Northwestern University and Garrett Biblical Institute. Unable to find available land on the north shore up to Lake Forest, the committee was ready to purchase farmland to the west of the city when Orrington Lunt insisted on one final visit to the present location.[9] They chose a bluffed and wooded site along the lake as Northwestern's home, purchasing several hundred acres of land from Dr. John Foster, a Chicago farm owner. In 1854, the founders of Northwestern submitted to the county judge their plans for a city to be named Evanston after John Evans,[10] one of their leaders. In 1857, the request was granted.[11] The township of Evanston was split off from Ridgeville Township; at approximately the same time, that portion of Ridgeville south of Devon Avenue was organized as Lake View Township.[12]

Evanston was formally incorporated as a town on December 29, 1863, but declined in 1869 to become a city despite the Illinois legislature passing a bill for that purpose. Evanston expanded after the Civil War with the annexation of the village of North Evanston. Finally, in early 1892, following the annexation of the village of South Evanston, voters elected to organize as a city.[13] The 1892 boundaries are largely those that exist today.

In the late summer of 1912, the beaches in Evanston were infested with thousands of rats. The rats had burrowed into the sides of the lake banks, dug holes in the sand, and hid under piers. Most of the rats were extremely large and savage, attacking people who disturbed them. Local bathers struggled to navigate the shores, constantly stepping into the hidden rat holes. John Morgan, the manager of an extermination company tasked with removing the vermin, stated that it was not uncommon for rats to live around the lake's shore because of the quantity of dead fish that was cast to shore by the waves. The weather also played a role since the close proximity to the beaches allowed the rats to swim out in the water during the hot summer.[14]

During the 1960s, Northwestern University changed the city's shoreline by adding a 74-acre (30 ha) lakefill.[15]

In 1939, Evanston hosted the first NCAA basketball championship final at Northwestern University's Patten Gymnasium.[16]

In August 1954, Evanston hosted the second assembly of the World Council of Churches, still the only WCC assembly to have been held in the United States. President Dwight Eisenhower welcomed the delegates, and Dag Hammarskjöld, secretary-general of the United Nations, delivered an important address entitled "An instrument of faith".[17]

Evanston first received power in April 1893. Many people lined the streets on Emerson St. where the first appearance of street lights were lined and turned on. Today, the city is home to Northwestern University, Music Institute of Chicago, and other educational institutions, as well as headquarters of Alpha Phi International women's fraternity, Rotary International, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, the National Lekotek Center, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, the Sigma Chi fraternity and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Evanston is the birthplace of Tinkertoys, and is the one of the locations claiming to have originated the ice cream sundae.[18] Evanston was the home of the Clayton Mark and Company, which for many years supplied the most jobs.[19]

Evanston was a dry community from 1858 until 1972, when the City Council voted to allow restaurants and hotels to serve liquor on their premises. In 1984, the Council voted to allow retail liquor outlets within the city limits.[20]

In March 2021, Evanston became the first city in the United States to pay reparations to African American residents (or their descendants) who were victims of unfair housing practices. The city council of the city voted 8 to 1 to approve the reparations which consisted of a $25,000 payment to African American households that can be used as down payments on their homes, house payments or for home repairs. This was the initial payment, with plans to distribute 10 million dollars in reparations payments to black residents over the next 10 years.[21][22][23]

In August 2021, Evanston became one of the first cities to approve a pilot project providing a guaranteed income to select residents, drawing upon a combination of public funds and a partnership with Northwestern University.[24]

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Evanston has a total area of 7.80 square miles (20.20 km2), of which 7.78 square miles (20.15 km2) (or 99.72%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) (or 0.28%) is water.[25]

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
18804,400
18909,000104.5%
190019,259114.0%
191024,97829.7%
192037,23449.1%
193063,33870.1%
194065,3893.2%
195073,64112.6%
196079,2637.6%
197079,8080.7%
198073,706−7.6%
199073,233−0.6%
200074,2391.4%
201074,4860.3%
202078,1104.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[26]
2010[27] 2020[28]

2020 Census

Evanston city, Illinois - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[27] Pop 2020[28] % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 45,551 44,534 61.15% 57.01%
Black or African American alone (NH) 13,139 12,329 17.64% 15.78%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 96 99 0.13% 0.13%
Asian alone (NH) 6,355 7,701 8.53% 9.86%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 13 25 0.02% 0.03%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 280 479 0.38% 0.61%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 2,313 4,165 3.11% 5.33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,739 8,778 9.05% 11.24%
Total 74,486 78,110 100.00% 100.00%

Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.


As of the 2020 census[29] there were 78,110 people, 27,918 households, and 15,184 families residing in the city. The population density was 10,012.82 inhabitants per square mile (3,865.97/km2). There were 34,462 housing units at an average density of 4,417.64 per square mile (1,705.66/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 59.06% White, 16.06% African American, 9.92% Asian, 0.67% Native American, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 4.46% from other races, and 9.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.24% of the population.

There were 27,918 households, out of which 47.27% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.44% were married couples living together, 8.71% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.61% were non-families. 34.79% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.46% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.22 and the average family size was 2.40.

The city's age distribution consisted of 19.9% under the age of 18, 16.0% from 18 to 24, 25% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.2 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $82,335, and the median income for a family was $130,494. Males had a median income of $56,582 versus $42,589 for females. The per capita income for the city was $53,685. About 4.6% of families and 11.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 6.6% of those age 65 or over.

12.3% of Evanston's 9,259 businesses were black-owned in 2012.[30]

Government and politics

The City of Evanston became sister cities with the Dnieprovsky District of the City of Kyiv, Ukraine in 1988, and sister cities with Belize City, Belize in 1992.[citation needed]

Evanston has a council-manager system of government and is divided into nine wards, each of which is represented by an Alderman, or member of the Evanston City Council.[citation needed]

Evanston was heavily Republican in voter identification from the time of the Civil War up to the 1960s. Richard Nixon carried it in the 1968 presidential election.[31] The city began trending Democratic in the 1960s, though it never elected a Democratic mayor until 1993.

Mayors

Mayors of Evanston, Illinois
Name Tenure Notes Cite
Oscar Henry Mann 1892 – March 31, 1895 [32]
William Andrew Dyche March 31, 1895 – April 25, 1899 [33][34][35]
Thomas Bates April 25, 1899 – April 23, 1901 [35]
James A. Patten April 23, 1901 – 1903 [36]
John Thomas Barker 1903–1907
Joseph Everett Paden 1907–1913
James R. Smart 1913–1915
Harry Putnam Pearsons 1915–1925
Charles Henry Bartlett 1925–1937
Henry Day Penfield 1937–1941
Samuel Gilbert Ingraham 1941–1953 [37]
John R. Kimbark April 20, 1953 – August 1, 1962 Resigned due to illness [38][39][40]
Otto R. Hills 1962–1962 Acting mayor [40]
John D. Emery 1962–1970 [40]
Peter D. Jans 1970 Acting mayor [40]
Edgar Vanneman, Jr. 1970–1977 [40]
James C. Lytle 1977–1985 [40]
Joan Barr 1985–93 First female mayor [40][41]
Lorraine H. Morton 1993 – May 11, 2009 First African-American mayor and first Democratic mayor [40][42][43][44]
Elizabeth Tisdahl May 11, 2009 – May 8, 2017 [42][45]
Steve Hagerty May 8, 2017 – May 10, 2021 [45]
Daniel Biss May 10, 2021–present [46]

Recent election results

In the 2012 presidential election, Democratic incumbent Barack Obama won 85% of Evanston's vote, compared to 13% for Republican challenger Mitt Romney.[47] In the 2016 Democratic primary, Hillary Clinton received 54% of the votes of Evanston Democrats to Bernie Sanders' 45%.[48] During that year's general election, Clinton won 87% of the vote in Evanston, while Republican Donald Trump received just 7%.[49] Evanston's turnout for presidential elections has grown steadily since 2004, with 80% of registered voters voting in the 2016 general election.[50]

In the 2020 presidential election Democrat Joe Biden received 90% of the vote while Republican Donald Trump received only 7%.[51]

Nicknames

  • Early after its founding, because of its strong Methodist influence, and its attempt to impose moral rigor, Evanston was called "Heavenston".[52]
  • In the early 20th century Evanston was called "The City of Churches".[53]
  • The varied works of numerous prominent architects, and many prominent mansions, especially near the lakefront, gave the town by the 1920s the sobriquet "The City of Homes",[52][54] a fact often touted by local real estate agents.[55] Use of the phrase has been attributed to a 1924 speech at the local Kiwanis club.[56]
  • Since the late 20th century, because of Evanston's activism and often left-of-center politics, it is sometimes humorously (or sarcastically) referred to as "The People's Republic of Evanston".[57][58][59]
  • The eastern border of the adjacent village of Skokie that falls within Evanston township schools and 60203 ZIP Code is called "Skevanston", a portmanteau of both names.[citation needed]

Education

Public schools

High school

Most of Evanston (and a small part of the village of Skokie) is within the boundaries of Evanston Township High School District 202.[60] The school district has a single high school, Evanston Township High School, with an enrollment of just over 4,000, covering grades 9 through 12.

Primary schools

Evanston-Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65, covering all of Evanston and a small part of Skokie, provides primary education from pre-kindergarten through grade 8. The district has ten elementary schools (kindergarten through fifth grade), three middle schools (grades 6 through 8), two magnet schools (K through 8), two special schools or centers, and an early childhood school. Dr. Devon Horton is the Superintendent of Schools.

Private schools

Private schools located in Evanston, Illinois include:

  • Beacon Academy, a Montessori high school
  • Chiaravalle Montessori School, a Montessori school for children ages 2–14
  • Midwest Montessori School
  • Pope John XXIII School, a Catholic school serving children pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The school dates back to 1886 with the establishment of separate schools serving St. Nicholas and St. Mary's parishes in Evanston. The original St. Nicholas School was in the building now called the Annex. The main school building was built in 1954. In 1986 the two parish schools consolidated and the new school was renamed Pope John XXIII School.[61]
  • Roycemore School
  • St. Athanasius School, a Catholic school for children from junior kindergarten through eighth grade. "St. A's" is a popular shortened nickname for the school and it is part of the St. Athanasius parish in Northwest Evanston. The mascot is RedHawks. The school focuses on three key themes; Love, Learn, Lead.

Library

 
Main Evanston Public Library

The Evanston Public Library was established in 1873,[62] and has a satellite branch at the Robert Crown Community Center. Karen Danczak Lyons is the Library Director. The North Branch of the Evanston Library was closed in 2021.

Tertiary

In 2006, National-Louis University closed its former main site, which had 6.5 acres (2.6 ha) of land, with about 33% in Evanston; the majority of the land was in Wilmette.[63]

Universities

Founded in 1855, Evanston is home to Northwestern University, one of the nation's leading research universities. Located along Lake Michigan, Northwestern's campus spans 240 acres with an estimated 250 buildings. Since 1908, Kellogg School of Management as well as Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (1853) have institutions, of which both share the campus with Northwestern.

Transportation

 
Shops along Davis Street, looking west, August 2006. The Davis Street Metra stop is visible in the lower half of the photograph.

Evanston's growth occurred largely because of its accessibility from Chicago by rail. The Northwestern founders did not finalize their commitment to siting the university there until they were assured the Chicago & Milwaukee Railway line would run there. C&M trains began stopping in Evanston in 1855.[64] Evanston later experienced rapid growth as one of the first streetcar suburbs. The North Shore Line, the interurban railroad that gave the area its nickname, ran through Evanston and continued to Waukegan and Milwaukee.

The city is still connected to Chicago by rail transit. The CTA's Purple Line, part of the Chicago 'L' system, runs through Evanston. From its terminal at Howard in Chicago, the line heads north to the South Boulevard, Main, Dempster, Davis, Foster, Noyes, and Central stations, before terminating at the Linden station in Wilmette, Illinois. Metra's Union Pacific/North Line also serves Evanston, with stations at Main Street, Davis Street and Central Street, the first two being adjacent to Purple Line stations. The CTA's Yellow Line also runs through the city, though it does not stop there. Evanston is served by six CTA bus routes as well as four Pace bus routes.

Automobile routes from Chicago to Evanston include Lake Shore Drive, the Edens Expressway (I-94), and McCormick Boulevard, although the first two of those do not extend to Evanston itself and require driving through Rogers Park (via Sheridan Road or Ridge Avenue) and Skokie, respectively. The main routes from the north are the Edens, Green Bay Road, and Sheridan Road. Active modes of transportation include miles of sidewalks and bicycle lanes.

Economy

Companies based in Evanston include ZS Associates.

Top employers

As of 2015, according to the State of Illinois Dept Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Individual Employers,[65] the top employers in the city are:

# Employer # of Employees
1 Northwestern University 9,471
2 NorthShore University HealthSystem 3,727
3 Evanston-Skokie School District 65 1,600
4 Saint Francis Hospital 1,272
5 City of Evanston 918
6 Presbyterian Homes 602
7 Rotary International 525
8 Evanston Township High School District 202 520
9 Jewel/Osco 480
10 C.E. Niehoff & Co. 450

Commercial districts

Once the home of one of the first Marshall Field's[66][67] and Sears stores in suburbia, Evanston has several shopping areas:

  • Downtown - centered around the Davis Street Metra and "L" stops,[68] Evanston's downtown adjoins Northwestern University. There are over 300 businesses,[69] several high-rise office and residential buildings, three traditional low-rise shopping areas and over 85 restaurants. It is roughly bordered by Emerson Street to the north, Dempster Street to the south, Ridge Avenue to the west, and the Lake to the east.
  • Central Street - actually several shopping districts linked along the northernmost of the city's principal east–west arteries,[70][71] with the most active clustered around the Central Street Metra station and characterized by specialty shops and restaurants.[72][73][74]
  • Dempster Street - just off the Dempster "L" stop; over 60 shops.[75][76]
  • Main Street - approximately 3 blocks of mostly independent boutiques and restaurants[77] abutting both a CTA and Metra stop. The neighborhood is also home to the Evanston Arts Depot.[78]
  • Howard Street - Howard Street forms the southern border between Evanston and the City of Chicago. The Howard Street CTA station is a transfer point between the Red, Purple, and Yellow line trains as well as several CTA and PACE bus routes.
  • Chicago Avenue - not a separate shopping district per se, this extension of what is called Clark Street in Chicago runs parallel to the rail lines and is the principal north–south artery in Evanston from Howard Street north to its terminus at Northwestern University. Chicago Avenue connects the Main Street, Dempster Street, and Downtown shopping districts.
  • Noyes - Bordering the Noyes "L" stop with around a dozen restaurants, dry-cleaners and convenience stores.

Finance

  • Magnetar Capital, a hedge fund based in Evanston, was ranked #4 among hedge funds worldwide by Institutional Investor/Alpha magazine in 2015.[79]

Health care

Two hospitals are located within Evanston's city limits:

University-city relations

 
"The Arch", the main entrance to the Evanston campus of Northwestern University

A perennial debate in Evanston is the issue of Northwestern University's status as a tax-exempt institution.[81] In the founding charter of Northwestern University, signed in 1851, the state granted the school an exemption from paying property taxes, and unlike other well-off private universities with statutory exemptions,[82] it provides its own police services, but not firefighter/paramedic services. It pays water, sewer, communications, real property transfer taxes, and building permit fees, but not property taxes. Northwestern does not make Payments in Lieu of Taxes for the real estate it removes from property tax rolls.

Its backers, like former Evanston mayor and Northwestern alumna Lorraine H. Morton, contend that the benefits of having an elite research institution justify Northwestern's tax status.[83] These supporters highlight the fact that Northwestern University is the largest employer in Evanston,[84] and that its students and faculty constitute a large consumer base for Evanston businesses. This controversy was revived in 2003 when the university purchased an eight-story office building downtown, removing it from the tax rolls. An advisory referendum put on the April elections ballot, dubbed by supporters as a "Fair Share Initiative", received a majority, but was not passed into ordinance by the City Council.[citation needed]

During the tenure of Elizabeth Tisdahl as mayor, relationships between the university and Evanston improved. Upon arriving at Northwestern in 2009 president Morton O. Schapiro forged a strong working relationship with Tisdahl;[85] in 2015, two announced that Northwestern would begin to donate $1 million annually to benefit city services and programs.[86]

Notable people

Local media

  • The Daily Northwestern, the student newspaper at Northwestern University
  • The Evanston Review, subscription weekly newspaper, part of Pioneer Press
  • The Evanston Roundtable, a free online news site
  • The Evanston Sentinel, a free weekly African-American newspaper
  • Evanston Now, an online newspaper and community website

Use as film location

Evanston's variety of housing and commercial districts, combined with easy access to Chicago, make it a popular filming location. Evanston as of December 2008 is listed as a filming location for 65 different films, notably those of John Hughes.[87] Much of the 1984 film Sixteen Candles was filmed in and around Evanston,[88] the 1988 movie She's Having a Baby, as was the 1989 film Uncle Buck,[89] the 1993 film Dennis the Menace,[90] and the 1997 film Home Alone 3.[91] A number of scenes from the 1986 Garry Marshall film Nothing in Common were filmed on the Northwestern University campus and Evanston's lakeshore.[92] Although not filmed there, the 2004 film Mean Girls is set in the Chicago suburbs, and makes several references to the area. The movie's screenwriter and co-star, Tina Fey, had worked at the Evanston YMCA when starting her comedy career. In the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen, the family moves to Evanston.[93] Additionally, the baseball movie Rookie of the Year, featuring Gary Busey and Thomas Ian Nicholas, was partially shot at Haven Middle School.[94] The 2015 ABC Family reality series Becoming Us was filmed in Evanston.

In The Princess Bride, according to IMDb, the screenplay says that the boy and his grandfather live in Evanston.[95] This was also stated by Mandy Patinkin in a behind-the-scenes interview.[96] The story's author, William Goldman, was born in Chicago and grew up in Highland Park a little more than ten miles north of Evanston.

Sustainability

Evanston has gained recognition and reputation for efforts related to sustainability, including those by government, citizens, and institutions. In 2015, the city was named the World Wildlife Fund's Earth Hour Capital after competing against cities including Seattle and Cleveland. In 2016, Evanston was again a finalist in the competition.[97]

Climate Action Plan

In October 2006, the city voted to sign the United States Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement,[98] and a number of citizen task forces convened to develop a plan to reduce the city's carbon footprint.[99] The Evanston Climate Action Plan ("ECAP"), accepted by the City Council in November 2008, suggested over 200 strategies to make Evanston more sustainable, principally by reducing carbon emissions associated with transportation, buildings, energy sources, waste, and food production.[100][101] In June 2011, the United States Conference of Mayors awarded Evanston first place in the small city category of the Mayors' Climate Protection Awards, based largely on the city's use of the ECAP, which the city asserts has reduced emissions by 24,000 metric tons per year.[102][103] On September 15, 2011, Wal-Mart presented Mayor Tisdahl with a $15,000 award in recognition of the honor, which the mayor donated to Citizens' Greener Evanston.[104]

Points of interest

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Further reading

  • "Evanston". Illinois State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for the Years 1864–5. Chicago: J.C.W. Bailey. 1864. OCLC 6867103. OL 7082742M.
  • Barr, Mary (2014). Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston.

External links

  • Official website

evanston, illinois, evanston, stən, city, cook, county, illinois, situated, north, shore, along, lake, michigan, suburb, chicago, evanston, miles, north, downtown, chicago, bordered, chicago, south, skokie, west, wilmette, north, lake, michigan, east, evanston. Evanston ˈ ɛ v en s t en EV en sten is a city in Cook County Illinois situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan A suburb of Chicago Evanston is 12 miles 19 km north of Downtown Chicago bordered by Chicago to the south Skokie to the west Wilmette to the north and Lake Michigan to the east Evanston had a population of 78 110 as of 2020 update 6 Evanston IllinoisCityView of downtown at Sherman Avenue and Davis Street looking south south east toward ChicagoFlagNicknames E Town citation needed Location of Evanston in Cook County IllinoisEvanstonLocation in the United StatesShow map of IllinoisEvanstonEvanston the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 42 02 47 N 87 41 41 W 42 04639 N 87 69472 W 42 04639 87 69472 Coordinates 42 02 47 N 87 41 41 W 42 04639 N 87 69472 W 42 04639 87 69472Country United StatesState IllinoisCountyCookIncorporated1863Government TypeCouncil manager MayorDaniel Biss D Budget 304 494 806 fiscal year 2016 1 Area 2 Total7 80 sq mi 20 21 km2 Land7 78 sq mi 20 15 km2 Water0 02 sq mi 0 06 km2 0 26 Population 2020 Total78 110 Density10 041 14 sq mi 3 876 66 km2 4 86 increase from 2010DemonymEvanstonianStandard of living 2011 3 4 Per capita income 40 732 Median home value 340 700Demographics 2010 5 White65 6 ZIP Codes60201 60204 60208 60209Area codes847 amp 224FIPS code17 24582GNIS ID2394709Websitecityofevanston wbr orgFounded by Methodist business leaders in 1857 the city was incorporated in 1863 Evanston is home to Northwestern University founded in 1851 before the city s incorporation one of the world s leading research universities Today known for its socially liberal politics and ethnically diverse population Evanston was historically a dry city until 1972 The city uses a council manager system of government and is a Democratic stronghold The city is heavily shaped by the influence of Chicago externally and Northwestern internally The city and the university share a historically complex long standing relationship Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Demographics 3 1 2020 Census 4 Government and politics 4 1 Mayors 4 2 Recent election results 5 Nicknames 6 Education 6 1 Public schools 6 1 1 High school 6 1 2 Primary schools 6 2 Private schools 6 3 Library 6 4 Tertiary 6 5 Universities 7 Transportation 8 Economy 8 1 Top employers 9 Commercial districts 10 Finance 11 Health care 12 University city relations 13 Notable people 14 Local media 15 Use as film location 16 Sustainability 16 1 Climate Action Plan 17 Points of interest 18 See also 19 References 20 Further reading 21 External linksHistory Edit Downtown Evanston as seen in October 2005 Prior to the 1830s the area now occupied by Evanston was mainly uninhabited consisting largely of wetlands and swampy forest However Potawatomi Native Americans used trails along higher lying ridges that ran in a general north south direction through the area and had at least some semi permanent settlements along the trails French explorers referred to the general area as Grosse Pointe after a point of land jutting into Lake Michigan about 13 miles 21 km north of the mouth of the Chicago River After the first non Native Americans settled in the area in 1836 the names Grosse Point Territory and Gross Point voting district were used through the 1830s and 1840s although the territory had no defined boundaries 7 8 The area remained only sparsely settled supporting some farming and lumber activity on some of the higher ground as well as a number of taverns or hotels along the ridge roads Grosse Pointe itself steadily eroded into the lake during this period In 1850 a township called Ridgeville was organized extending from Graceland Cemetery in Chicago to the southern edge of the Ouilmette Reservation along what is now Central Street and from Lake Michigan to Western Avenue in Chicago The 1850 census shows a few hundred settlers in this township 8 and a post office with the name of Ridgeville was established at one of the taverns However no municipality yet existed In 1851 a group of Methodist business leaders founded Northwestern University and Garrett Biblical Institute Unable to find available land on the north shore up to Lake Forest the committee was ready to purchase farmland to the west of the city when Orrington Lunt insisted on one final visit to the present location 9 They chose a bluffed and wooded site along the lake as Northwestern s home purchasing several hundred acres of land from Dr John Foster a Chicago farm owner In 1854 the founders of Northwestern submitted to the county judge their plans for a city to be named Evanston after John Evans 10 one of their leaders In 1857 the request was granted 11 The township of Evanston was split off from Ridgeville Township at approximately the same time that portion of Ridgeville south of Devon Avenue was organized as Lake View Township 12 Evanston was formally incorporated as a town on December 29 1863 but declined in 1869 to become a city despite the Illinois legislature passing a bill for that purpose Evanston expanded after the Civil War with the annexation of the village of North Evanston Finally in early 1892 following the annexation of the village of South Evanston voters elected to organize as a city 13 The 1892 boundaries are largely those that exist today In the late summer of 1912 the beaches in Evanston were infested with thousands of rats The rats had burrowed into the sides of the lake banks dug holes in the sand and hid under piers Most of the rats were extremely large and savage attacking people who disturbed them Local bathers struggled to navigate the shores constantly stepping into the hidden rat holes John Morgan the manager of an extermination company tasked with removing the vermin stated that it was not uncommon for rats to live around the lake s shore because of the quantity of dead fish that was cast to shore by the waves The weather also played a role since the close proximity to the beaches allowed the rats to swim out in the water during the hot summer 14 During the 1960s Northwestern University changed the city s shoreline by adding a 74 acre 30 ha lakefill 15 In 1939 Evanston hosted the first NCAA basketball championship final at Northwestern University s Patten Gymnasium 16 In August 1954 Evanston hosted the second assembly of the World Council of Churches still the only WCC assembly to have been held in the United States President Dwight Eisenhower welcomed the delegates and Dag Hammarskjold secretary general of the United Nations delivered an important address entitled An instrument of faith 17 Evanston first received power in April 1893 Many people lined the streets on Emerson St where the first appearance of street lights were lined and turned on Today the city is home to Northwestern University Music Institute of Chicago and other educational institutions as well as headquarters of Alpha Phi International women s fraternity Rotary International the National Merit Scholarship Corporation the National Lekotek Center the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity the Sigma Chi fraternity and the Woman s Christian Temperance Union Evanston is the birthplace of Tinkertoys and is the one of the locations claiming to have originated the ice cream sundae 18 Evanston was the home of the Clayton Mark and Company which for many years supplied the most jobs 19 Evanston was a dry community from 1858 until 1972 when the City Council voted to allow restaurants and hotels to serve liquor on their premises In 1984 the Council voted to allow retail liquor outlets within the city limits 20 In March 2021 Evanston became the first city in the United States to pay reparations to African American residents or their descendants who were victims of unfair housing practices The city council of the city voted 8 to 1 to approve the reparations which consisted of a 25 000 payment to African American households that can be used as down payments on their homes house payments or for home repairs This was the initial payment with plans to distribute 10 million dollars in reparations payments to black residents over the next 10 years 21 22 23 In August 2021 Evanston became one of the first cities to approve a pilot project providing a guaranteed income to select residents drawing upon a combination of public funds and a partnership with Northwestern University 24 Geography EditAccording to the 2021 census gazetteer files Evanston has a total area of 7 80 square miles 20 20 km2 of which 7 78 square miles 20 15 km2 or 99 72 is land and 0 02 square miles 0 05 km2 or 0 28 is water 25 Demographics EditHistorical populationCensus Pop 18804 400 18909 000104 5 190019 259114 0 191024 97829 7 192037 23449 1 193063 33870 1 194065 3893 2 195073 64112 6 196079 2637 6 197079 8080 7 198073 706 7 6 199073 233 0 6 200074 2391 4 201074 4860 3 202078 1104 9 U S Decennial Census 26 2010 27 2020 28 2020 Census Edit Evanston city Illinois Demographic Profile NH Non Hispanic Race Ethnicity Pop 2010 27 Pop 2020 28 2010 2020White alone NH 45 551 44 534 61 15 57 01 Black or African American alone NH 13 139 12 329 17 64 15 78 Native American or Alaska Native alone NH 96 99 0 13 0 13 Asian alone NH 6 355 7 701 8 53 9 86 Pacific Islander alone NH 13 25 0 02 0 03 Some Other Race alone NH 280 479 0 38 0 61 Mixed Race Multi Racial NH 2 313 4 165 3 11 5 33 Hispanic or Latino any race 6 739 8 778 9 05 11 24 Total 74 486 78 110 100 00 100 00 Note the US Census treats Hispanic Latino as an ethnic category This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category Hispanics Latinos can be of any race As of the 2020 census 29 there were 78 110 people 27 918 households and 15 184 families residing in the city The population density was 10 012 82 inhabitants per square mile 3 865 97 km2 There were 34 462 housing units at an average density of 4 417 64 per square mile 1 705 66 km2 The racial makeup of the city was 59 06 White 16 06 African American 9 92 Asian 0 67 Native American 0 06 Pacific Islander 4 46 from other races and 9 78 from two or more races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11 24 of the population There were 27 918 households out of which 47 27 had children under the age of 18 living with them 42 44 were married couples living together 8 71 had a female householder with no husband present and 45 61 were non families 34 79 of all households were made up of individuals and 13 46 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older The average household size was 3 22 and the average family size was 2 40 The city s age distribution consisted of 19 9 under the age of 18 16 0 from 18 to 24 25 from 25 to 44 23 1 from 45 to 64 and 16 0 who were 65 years of age or older The median age was 36 2 years For every 100 females there were 91 5 males For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 87 3 males The median income for a household in the city was 82 335 and the median income for a family was 130 494 Males had a median income of 56 582 versus 42 589 for females The per capita income for the city was 53 685 About 4 6 of families and 11 7 of the population were below the poverty line including 7 5 of those under age 18 and 6 6 of those age 65 or over 12 3 of Evanston s 9 259 businesses were black owned in 2012 30 Government and politics EditThe City of Evanston became sister cities with the Dnieprovsky District of the City of Kyiv Ukraine in 1988 and sister cities with Belize City Belize in 1992 citation needed Evanston has a council manager system of government and is divided into nine wards each of which is represented by an Alderman or member of the Evanston City Council citation needed Evanston was heavily Republican in voter identification from the time of the Civil War up to the 1960s Richard Nixon carried it in the 1968 presidential election 31 The city began trending Democratic in the 1960s though it never elected a Democratic mayor until 1993 Mayors Edit This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Mayors of Evanston Illinois Name Tenure Notes CiteOscar Henry Mann 1892 March 31 1895 32 William Andrew Dyche March 31 1895 April 25 1899 33 34 35 Thomas Bates April 25 1899 April 23 1901 35 James A Patten April 23 1901 1903 36 John Thomas Barker 1903 1907Joseph Everett Paden 1907 1913James R Smart 1913 1915Harry Putnam Pearsons 1915 1925Charles Henry Bartlett 1925 1937Henry Day Penfield 1937 1941Samuel Gilbert Ingraham 1941 1953 37 John R Kimbark April 20 1953 August 1 1962 Resigned due to illness 38 39 40 Otto R Hills 1962 1962 Acting mayor 40 John D Emery 1962 1970 40 Peter D Jans 1970 Acting mayor 40 Edgar Vanneman Jr 1970 1977 40 James C Lytle 1977 1985 40 Joan Barr 1985 93 First female mayor 40 41 Lorraine H Morton 1993 May 11 2009 First African American mayor and first Democratic mayor 40 42 43 44 Elizabeth Tisdahl May 11 2009 May 8 2017 42 45 Steve Hagerty May 8 2017 May 10 2021 45 Daniel Biss May 10 2021 present 46 Recent election results Edit In the 2012 presidential election Democratic incumbent Barack Obama won 85 of Evanston s vote compared to 13 for Republican challenger Mitt Romney 47 In the 2016 Democratic primary Hillary Clinton received 54 of the votes of Evanston Democrats to Bernie Sanders 45 48 During that year s general election Clinton won 87 of the vote in Evanston while Republican Donald Trump received just 7 49 Evanston s turnout for presidential elections has grown steadily since 2004 with 80 of registered voters voting in the 2016 general election 50 In the 2020 presidential election Democrat Joe Biden received 90 of the vote while Republican Donald Trump received only 7 51 Nicknames EditEarly after its founding because of its strong Methodist influence and its attempt to impose moral rigor Evanston was called Heavenston 52 In the early 20th century Evanston was called The City of Churches 53 The varied works of numerous prominent architects and many prominent mansions especially near the lakefront gave the town by the 1920s the sobriquet The City of Homes 52 54 a fact often touted by local real estate agents 55 Use of the phrase has been attributed to a 1924 speech at the local Kiwanis club 56 Since the late 20th century because of Evanston s activism and often left of center politics it is sometimes humorously or sarcastically referred to as The People s Republic of Evanston 57 58 59 The eastern border of the adjacent village of Skokie that falls within Evanston township schools and 60203 ZIP Code is called Skevanston a portmanteau of both names citation needed Education EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Evanston Illinois news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Public schools Edit High school Edit Evanston Township High School Most of Evanston and a small part of the village of Skokie is within the boundaries of Evanston Township High School District 202 60 The school district has a single high school Evanston Township High School with an enrollment of just over 4 000 covering grades 9 through 12 Primary schools Edit Evanston Skokie Community Consolidated School District 65 covering all of Evanston and a small part of Skokie provides primary education from pre kindergarten through grade 8 The district has ten elementary schools kindergarten through fifth grade three middle schools grades 6 through 8 two magnet schools K through 8 two special schools or centers and an early childhood school Dr Devon Horton is the Superintendent of Schools Private schools Edit Private schools located in Evanston Illinois include Beacon Academy a Montessori high school Chiaravalle Montessori School a Montessori school for children ages 2 14 Midwest Montessori School Pope John XXIII School a Catholic school serving children pre kindergarten through eighth grade The school dates back to 1886 with the establishment of separate schools serving St Nicholas and St Mary s parishes in Evanston The original St Nicholas School was in the building now called the Annex The main school building was built in 1954 In 1986 the two parish schools consolidated and the new school was renamed Pope John XXIII School 61 Roycemore School St Athanasius School a Catholic school for children from junior kindergarten through eighth grade St A s is a popular shortened nickname for the school and it is part of the St Athanasius parish in Northwest Evanston The mascot is RedHawks The school focuses on three key themes Love Learn Lead Library Edit Main Evanston Public Library The Evanston Public Library was established in 1873 62 and has a satellite branch at the Robert Crown Community Center Karen Danczak Lyons is the Library Director The North Branch of the Evanston Library was closed in 2021 Tertiary Edit In 2006 National Louis University closed its former main site which had 6 5 acres 2 6 ha of land with about 33 in Evanston the majority of the land was in Wilmette 63 Universities Edit Founded in 1855 Evanston is home to Northwestern University one of the nation s leading research universities Located along Lake Michigan Northwestern s campus spans 240 acres with an estimated 250 buildings Since 1908 Kellogg School of Management as well as Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary 1853 have institutions of which both share the campus with Northwestern Transportation Edit Shops along Davis Street looking west August 2006 The Davis Street Metra stop is visible in the lower half of the photograph Evanston s growth occurred largely because of its accessibility from Chicago by rail The Northwestern founders did not finalize their commitment to siting the university there until they were assured the Chicago amp Milwaukee Railway line would run there C amp M trains began stopping in Evanston in 1855 64 Evanston later experienced rapid growth as one of the first streetcar suburbs The North Shore Line the interurban railroad that gave the area its nickname ran through Evanston and continued to Waukegan and Milwaukee The city is still connected to Chicago by rail transit The CTA s Purple Line part of the Chicago L system runs through Evanston From its terminal at Howard in Chicago the line heads north to the South Boulevard Main Dempster Davis Foster Noyes and Central stations before terminating at the Linden station in Wilmette Illinois Metra s Union Pacific North Line also serves Evanston with stations at Main Street Davis Street and Central Street the first two being adjacent to Purple Line stations The CTA s Yellow Line also runs through the city though it does not stop there Evanston is served by six CTA bus routes as well as four Pace bus routes Automobile routes from Chicago to Evanston include Lake Shore Drive the Edens Expressway I 94 and McCormick Boulevard although the first two of those do not extend to Evanston itself and require driving through Rogers Park via Sheridan Road or Ridge Avenue and Skokie respectively The main routes from the north are the Edens Green Bay Road and Sheridan Road Active modes of transportation include miles of sidewalks and bicycle lanes Economy EditCompanies based in Evanston include ZS Associates Top employers Edit As of 2015 according to the State of Illinois Dept Commerce and Economic Opportunity and Individual Employers 65 the top employers in the city are Employer of Employees1 Northwestern University 9 4712 NorthShore University HealthSystem 3 7273 Evanston Skokie School District 65 1 6004 Saint Francis Hospital 1 2725 City of Evanston 9186 Presbyterian Homes 6027 Rotary International 5258 Evanston Township High School District 202 5209 Jewel Osco 48010 C E Niehoff amp Co 450Commercial districts EditOnce the home of one of the first Marshall Field s 66 67 and Sears stores in suburbia Evanston has several shopping areas Downtown centered around the Davis Street Metra and L stops 68 Evanston s downtown adjoins Northwestern University There are over 300 businesses 69 several high rise office and residential buildings three traditional low rise shopping areas and over 85 restaurants It is roughly bordered by Emerson Street to the north Dempster Street to the south Ridge Avenue to the west and the Lake to the east Central Street actually several shopping districts linked along the northernmost of the city s principal east west arteries 70 71 with the most active clustered around the Central Street Metra station and characterized by specialty shops and restaurants 72 73 74 Dempster Street just off the Dempster L stop over 60 shops 75 76 Main Street approximately 3 blocks of mostly independent boutiques and restaurants 77 abutting both a CTA and Metra stop The neighborhood is also home to the Evanston Arts Depot 78 Howard Street Howard Street forms the southern border between Evanston and the City of Chicago The Howard Street CTA station is a transfer point between the Red Purple and Yellow line trains as well as several CTA and PACE bus routes Chicago Avenue not a separate shopping district per se this extension of what is called Clark Street in Chicago runs parallel to the rail lines and is the principal north south artery in Evanston from Howard Street north to its terminus at Northwestern University Chicago Avenue connects the Main Street Dempster Street and Downtown shopping districts Noyes Bordering the Noyes L stop with around a dozen restaurants dry cleaners and convenience stores Finance EditMagnetar Capital a hedge fund based in Evanston was ranked 4 among hedge funds worldwide by Institutional Investor Alpha magazine in 2015 79 Health care EditTwo hospitals are located within Evanston s city limits Evanston Hospital part of NorthShore University HealthSystem Ascension Saint Francis Hospital Evanston part of Ascension 80 University city relations Edit The Arch the main entrance to the Evanston campus of Northwestern University A perennial debate in Evanston is the issue of Northwestern University s status as a tax exempt institution 81 In the founding charter of Northwestern University signed in 1851 the state granted the school an exemption from paying property taxes and unlike other well off private universities with statutory exemptions 82 it provides its own police services but not firefighter paramedic services It pays water sewer communications real property transfer taxes and building permit fees but not property taxes Northwestern does not make Payments in Lieu of Taxes for the real estate it removes from property tax rolls Its backers like former Evanston mayor and Northwestern alumna Lorraine H Morton contend that the benefits of having an elite research institution justify Northwestern s tax status 83 These supporters highlight the fact that Northwestern University is the largest employer in Evanston 84 and that its students and faculty constitute a large consumer base for Evanston businesses This controversy was revived in 2003 when the university purchased an eight story office building downtown removing it from the tax rolls An advisory referendum put on the April elections ballot dubbed by supporters as a Fair Share Initiative received a majority but was not passed into ordinance by the City Council citation needed During the tenure of Elizabeth Tisdahl as mayor relationships between the university and Evanston improved Upon arriving at Northwestern in 2009 president Morton O Schapiro forged a strong working relationship with Tisdahl 85 in 2015 two announced that Northwestern would begin to donate 1 million annually to benefit city services and programs 86 Notable people EditMain article List of people from Evanston IllinoisLocal media EditThe Daily Northwestern the student newspaper at Northwestern University The Evanston Review subscription weekly newspaper part of Pioneer Press The Evanston Roundtable a free online news site The Evanston Sentinel a free weekly African American newspaper Evanston Now an online newspaper and community websiteUse as film location EditEvanston s variety of housing and commercial districts combined with easy access to Chicago make it a popular filming location Evanston as of December 2008 is listed as a filming location for 65 different films notably those of John Hughes 87 Much of the 1984 film Sixteen Candles was filmed in and around Evanston 88 the 1988 movie She s Having a Baby as was the 1989 film Uncle Buck 89 the 1993 film Dennis the Menace 90 and the 1997 film Home Alone 3 91 A number of scenes from the 1986 Garry Marshall film Nothing in Common were filmed on the Northwestern University campus and Evanston s lakeshore 92 Although not filmed there the 2004 film Mean Girls is set in the Chicago suburbs and makes several references to the area The movie s screenwriter and co star Tina Fey had worked at the Evanston YMCA when starting her comedy career In the 2003 film Cheaper by the Dozen the family moves to Evanston 93 Additionally the baseball movie Rookie of the Year featuring Gary Busey and Thomas Ian Nicholas was partially shot at Haven Middle School 94 The 2015 ABC Family reality series Becoming Us was filmed in Evanston In The Princess Bride according to IMDb the screenplay says that the boy and his grandfather live in Evanston 95 This was also stated by Mandy Patinkin in a behind the scenes interview 96 The story s author William Goldman was born in Chicago and grew up in Highland Park a little more than ten miles north of Evanston Sustainability EditEvanston has gained recognition and reputation for efforts related to sustainability including those by government citizens and institutions In 2015 the city was named the World Wildlife Fund s Earth Hour Capital after competing against cities including Seattle and Cleveland In 2016 Evanston was again a finalist in the competition 97 Climate Action Plan Edit In October 2006 the city voted to sign the United States Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement 98 and a number of citizen task forces convened to develop a plan to reduce the city s carbon footprint 99 The Evanston Climate Action Plan ECAP accepted by the City Council in November 2008 suggested over 200 strategies to make Evanston more sustainable principally by reducing carbon emissions associated with transportation buildings energy sources waste and food production 100 101 In June 2011 the United States Conference of Mayors awarded Evanston first place in the small city category of the Mayors Climate Protection Awards based largely on the city s use of the ECAP which the city asserts has reduced emissions by 24 000 metric tons per year 102 103 On September 15 2011 Wal Mart presented Mayor Tisdahl with a 15 000 award in recognition of the honor which the mayor donated to Citizens Greener Evanston 104 Points of interest EditFrances Willard House Free School of Evanston Grosse Point Lighthouse Ladd Arboretum Mount Trashmore Northwestern UniversitySee also Edit Chicago portal Illinois portalNational Register of Historic Places listings in Evanston IllinoisReferences Edit Fiscal Year 2016 Adopted Budget PDF City of Evanston January 1 2016 Archived from the original PDF on September 27 2016 Retrieved September 24 2016 2020 U S Gazetteer Files United States Census Bureau Retrieved March 15 2022 Selected Economic Characteristics 2011 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates DP03 Evanston city Illinois U S Census Bureau American Factfinder Archived from the original on February 12 2020 Retrieved February 11 2013 Selected Housing Characteristics 2011 American Community Survey 1 Year Estimates DP03 Evanston city Illinois U S Census Bureau American Factfinder Archived from the original on February 12 2020 Retrieved February 11 2013 Profile of General Population and Housing 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