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'{{Short description|Community area in Chicago}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Mount Greenwood |official_name = Community Area 74 - Mount Greenwood |other_name = Town of Big Brain |nickname = Big Brains |settlement_type = {{nowrap|[[Community areas of Chicago|Community area]]}} |motto = <!-- images and maps --> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_map = US-IL-Chicago-CA74.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location within the city of Chicago |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |pushpin_map = |pushpin_label_position = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location --> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Illinois |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook]] |subdivision_type3 = City |subdivision_name3 = Chicago |parts_type = Neighborhoods |parts_style = |parts = list |p1 = Mount Greenwood |p2 = Mount Greenwood Heights |p3 = Talley's Corner <!-- Area --> |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =7.07 |population_as_of = 2015 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 39,583<ref name="cmap">{{cite web|title=Community Data Snapshot - Mount Greenwood|url=http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/126764/Mount+Greenwood.pdf|website=cmap.illinois.gov|publisher=MetroPulse|accessdate=December 1, 2017}}</ref> |population_note = |population_density_km2 = auto |demographics_type1 =[[Demographics of the United States|Demographics]] (2015)<ref name="cmap" /> |demographics1_footnotes = |demographics1_title1 =[[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|White]] |demographics1_info1 = 86.72% |demographics1_title2 =Black |demographics1_info2 = 98.7% |demographics1_title3 =Hispanic |demographics1_info3 = 6.42% |demographics1_title4 =Asian |demographics1_info4 = 2.04% |demographics1_title5 =Other |demographics1_info5 = 1.29% <!-- General information --> |timezone = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CST]] |utc_offset = -6 |timezone_DST = [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CDT]] |utc_offset_DST = -5 |coordinates = {{coord|41|42.0|N|87|42.6|W|region:US|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --> |postal_code_type = [[Zip code|ZIP Codes]] |postal_code = 60655 |area_code = |blank_name = [[Household income in the United States|Median income]] |blank_info = $89,536<ref name="cmap" /> |website = |footnotes = Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services }} '''Mount Greenwood''', located on the southwest side of [[Chicago]], Illinois, is one of the seventy-seven [[community areas of Chicago]]. Mount Greenwood is about {{convert|14|mi|km}} southwest of the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]]. The New Mayor of Mount Greenwood is Walter Fleming after a very close battle against Mike Oxlong. Walter is a heavy supporter of racism against trees and loves to arrest plants. It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of [[Beverly, Chicago|Beverly]] and [[Morgan Park, Chicago|Morgan Park]] to the east, the suburb of [[Evergreen Park, Illinois|Evergreen Park]] to the north, the suburb of [[Oak Lawn, Illinois|Oak Lawn]] to the west, and the suburbs of [[Merrionette Park, Illinois|Merrionette Park]] and [[Alsip, Illinois|Alsip]] to the south. Mount Greenwood is known as the home of many [[Chicago Fire Department|Chicago firefighters]], [[Chicago Police Department|Chicago police officers]] and union workers.<ref name=LONGHAUL>{{cite news|last=Edwards|first=Brian|title=The long haul Most Mt. Greenwood residents are there to stay|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=February 22, 1991|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/204012078/}}</ref> ==History== In the mid-nineteenth century, German and Dutch farmers settled the area. The region received its name in 1879 when the surveyor George Washington Waite platted an eighty-acre land grant that he had received from the federal government.<ref name=GUIDE>{{cite book|last=Keating|first=Ann Durkin|date=November 15, 2008|title=Chicago Neighborhoods and Suburbs: A Historical Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0226428834|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|publisher=[[University of Chicago Press]]|isbn=978-0226428833}}</ref> <ref name=HANDBOOK>{{cite book|last=Zangs|first=Mary|date=July 1, 2014|title=The Chicago 77: A Community Area Handbook|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1625851464|location=[[Stroud|Stroud, Gloucestershire, England]]|publisher=[[The History Press]]|isbn=978-1626196124}}</ref> The proliferation of saloons led to a movement to turn Mount Greenwood into a "[[Dry county|dry area]]" like the nearby communities of [[Morgan Park, Chicago|Morgan Park]] and [[Beverly, Chicago|Beverly]]. To prevent this, a group of citizens successfully campaign to incorporate Mount Greenwood as a village. Twenty years later, in 1927, the community voted to be annexed into Chicago to receive better services. The promised infrastructure took longer than anticipated to be delivered due to the Great Depression. Those services finally came nine years later, in 1936, when the [[Works Progress Administration]] installed sewers.<ref name =EoC>[http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/848.html Encyclopedia of Chicago], accessed 4 July 2017</ref> Residents were still seeking improvements such as curbs into the 1960s.<ref name=HANDBOOK /><ref name=GUIDE /> Despite being annexed by Chicago, the area maintained a character similar to nearby blue collar city-suburbs.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Harris|first1=Richard|date=October 1994|title=Chicago's Other Suburbs|jstor=215755|journal=[[Geographical Review]]|volume=84|issue=4|pages=394–410|doi=10.2307/215755}}</ref> Mount Greenwood was home to the last farm in Chicago, owned by Peter Ouwenga until the mid-1980s when he sold his farm to the Chicago Public School system. The district built the [[Chicago High School for Agricultural Science]] on Peter Ouwenga's land, which was an experimental [[magnet school|magnet high school]] devoted to teaching [[agricultural science]] to urban students. It was the second school of its kind after [[W.B. Saul High School]] in [[Philadelphia]].<ref>{{citation|title=In Chicago, a Model Farm School|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|pages=B9|date=August 5, 1992|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/05/education/in-chicago-a-model-farm-school.html?pagewanted=1|accessdate=December 31, 2009}}</ref><ref name=LASTFARM>{{cite news|last1=Caset|first1=Banas|title=New Agricultural High School Sprouts On Chicago's Last Farm|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-08-16/news/8502230539_1_entire-farm-food-science-school-officials-hope|accessdate=15 July 2015|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 16, 1985}}</ref> ===Racial tension=== Mount Greenwood's history has been characterized by racial tension. In the 1970s, a Mount Greenwood civic group, joined two other community groups to file a complaint with the Department of Justice over racial quotas at the Robert Black Mini-Magnet school that allegedly favored minorities.<ref>{{cite news|last=Colvin|first=Robert|title=Groups Charge Civil Rights Violations in Magnet Schools|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=March 8, 1970|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]}}</ref> In 1992, the [[New York Times]] interviewed over one hundred residents of Mount Greenwood and [[Roseland, Chicago|Roseland]] in which Mount Greenwood residents seemingly endorsed the de facto segregation and expressed their beliefs in [[welfare queen]]s and other [[Stereotypes of African Americans|stereotypes]].<ref name=FENCES>{{cite news|last=Wilkerson|first=Isabel|title=The Tallest Fence: Feelings on Race in a White Neighborhood|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|location=[[New York, New York]]|date=June 21, 1992|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/21/us/the-tallest-fence-feelings-on-race-in-a-white-neighborhood.html?pagewanted=all}}</ref> Around the same time as the New York Times piece, residents successfully managed to restrict the number of minority students who could attend Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences which at the time had a predominantly black student body.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kass|first=John|title=19th Ward Getting Its Way On Ag School|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=January 7, 1994|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-01-07/news/9401070334_1_daley-white-students}}</ref> In the late 1990s, an African-American family alleged that they were driven out of the neighborhood by persistent vandalism and harassment.<ref name=DRIVEOUT /> In 2016, the area was the site of a clash between the [[Blue Lives Matter]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] movements after the latter came to Mount Greenwood to protest after the shooting of 25-year-old Joshua Beal by an off duty police officer.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ward|first1=Joe|last2=Ludwig|first2=Howard|title=Black Activists 'Boxed In' By Shouting Blue Lives Matter Crowd At Rally|newspaper=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=November 8, 2016|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161108/mt-greenwood/blue-lives-matter-joshua-beal-mount-greenwood-protest-black-lives-matter-racism|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215124532/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161108/mt-greenwood/blue-lives-matter-joshua-beal-mount-greenwood-protest-black-lives-matter-racism|archive-date=February 15, 2017|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/ct-black-lives-matter-minimum-wage-activists-2-002-photo.html|last=Middendorf|first=Gary|title=Black Lives Matter protest in Mt. Greenwood|newspaper=[[Daily Southtown]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=November 2016|accessdate=June 24, 2016}}</ref> ==Geography== Its approximate borders are 103rd Street to the north, 117th Street to the south, [[Pulaski Road (Chicago)|Pulaski Road]] to the west, and Sacramento Avenue to the east.<ref name=MAP>{{cite web|url=https://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_MOUNT_GREENWOOD.pdf|title=Community Area: Mount Greenwood|publisher=City of Chicago|date=June 1, 2015|accessdate=June 22, 2017}}</ref> Mount Greenwood is a rarity amongst Chicago community areas as residents, the city and academics largely agree on its boundaries.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ludwig|first=Howard|newspaper=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=August 26, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2017|title=Where Does Beverly End And Mount Greenwood Begin? Readers Respond|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150826/beverly/where-does-beverly-end-mount-greenwood-begin-readers-respond|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029065200/http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150826/beverly/where-does-beverly-end-mount-greenwood-begin-readers-respond|archivedate=October 29, 2015}}</ref> The area has three neighborhoods; Mount Greenwood, Mount Greenwood Heights and Talley's Corner.<ref name=GUIDE /> Land use in Mount Greenwood consists of mostly of single family residential housing of which there is 748 acres, most of which was built between 1940 and 1970. The presence of the Chicago High School for Agricultural Science and St. Xavier University contribute to the 523 acres of institutional land use. Additionally, there is 365 acres of transportation use, 37 acres of commercial use, 30 acres of open space, 19 acres of multifamily residential housing and 8 acres of mixed use buildings.<ref name=CMAP2016 /> Mount Greenwood is home to a large number of cemeteries and, for a time, was nicknamed the Seven Holy Tombs. Although completely surrounded by the City of Chicago, Mount Greenwood Cemetery is in unincorporated [[Cook County, Illinois|Cook County]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Boundaries - City|url=https://data.cityofchicago.org/Facilities-Geographic-Boundaries/Boundaries-City/ewy2-6yfk|website=City of Chicago Data Portal|accessdate=16 July 2015}}</ref> ==Demographics== {{US Census population |1930=3310 |1940=4390 |1950=12331 |1960=21941 |1970=23205 |1980=20084 |1990=19179 |2000=18820 |2010=19093 |estyear=2015 |estimate=18783 |footnote=<ref name="cmap" /><ref>{{cite web|last=Paral|first=Rob|title=Chicago Community Areas Historical Data|url=http://www.robparal.com/downloads/ACS0509/HistoricalData/Chicago%20Community%20Areas%20Historical%20Data.htm|accessdate=3 September 2012}}</ref> }} The Mount Greenwood area has a reputation as a historical bastion of the [[South Side Irish]]. Mount Greenwood has the fourth highest percent of self-reported [[Irish Americans]] in the United States, at 46%.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kolko|first=Jed|title=America’s Most Irish Towns|newspaper=[[Huffington Post]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=March 16, 2013|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jed-kolko/americas-most-irish-towns_b_2885335.html}}</ref> The area has historically been predominantly white and Mount Greenwood was the destination for many Chicagoans during the [[white flight]] of the latter half of the twentieth century.<ref name=FENCES /> As recently as 1998, an African-American family moving into Mount Greenwood was a newsworthy item.<ref name=DRIVEOUT>{{cite news|last=Myers|first=Linnet|title=Neighborhood Improvements: A New Family Moves In--and A Racial Barrier Silently Falls|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=August 16, 1998|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-08-16/news/9808160362_1_black-family-moving-first}}</ref> According to a 2016 analysis by the [[Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning]], there were 18,357 people and 6,416 households in Mount Greenwood. The racial makeup of the area was 86.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 4.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.2% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]]. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 5.7% of the population. In the area, the population was spread out with 29.5% under the age of 19, 18.2% from 20 to 34, 22.5% from 35 to 49, 18.8% from 50 to 64, and 11% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years.<ref name=CMAP2016>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmap.illinois.gov/documents/10180/126764/Hegewisch.pdf|publisher=[[Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning]]|accessdate=March 19, 2017|title= Community Demographic Snapshot: Hegewisch|date=June 2016}}</ref> The [[Median income|median household income]] was $89,728 compared to a median income of $47,831 for Chicago at-large. The area had an [[Income distribution]] in which 10.8% of households earned less than $25,000 annually; 13.5% of households earned between $25,000 and $49,999; 16.1% of households earned between $50,000 and $74,999; 16.3% of households earned between $75,000 and $99,999; 27.8% of households earned between $100,000 and $149,999 and 15.5% of households earned more than $150,000. This is compared to a distribution of 28.8%, 22.8%, 16.1%, 10.7%, 11.3% and 10.3% for Chicago at large. Mount Greenwood's status as one of the wealthier Chicago community areas is further reflected in a home ownership rate of 87.5% compared to 44.7% rate for Chicago-at-large.<ref name=CMAP2016 /> Over 95% of Mount Greenwood residents have graduated from high school and over one third of residents have graduated from college.<ref name=CMAP2016 />{{clear}} ==Economy== The top 5 employing [[North American Industry Classification System|industry sectors]] of Mount Greenwood residents are public administration (21.8%), education (16.0%), health care (11.3%), retail trade (6.9%) and accommodation and food service (6.2%). A plurality of the workforce works in the surrounding suburbs with the remainder working in the central business district. A small number of Mount Greenwood residents work in Mount Greenwood.<ref name=CMAP2016 /> A significant portion of residents are City of Chicago employees.<ref name=LONGHAUL /> Over two thirds of these workers reside outside of Chicago and one fifth reside in Mount Greenwood and the surrounding neighborhoods.<ref name=CMAP2016 /> The area's main commercial corridor is along 111th Street.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mannion|first=Annemarie|title=Mount Greenwood took its name from the green lawns and...|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=September 28, 1998|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1998-09-28/news/9901070080_1_business-district-111th-streetscaping}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Graves Fitzsimmons|first=Emma|title=City to lend a hand in Mt. Greenwood: Rehab project to get $1.5 million in TIF assistance|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=August 28, 2009}}</ref> The corridor has seen an increase in the construction of new shopping centers since the creation of a [[Tax increment financing|TIF district]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Graves Fitzsimmons|first=Emma|title=Chicago's Mt. Greenwood neighborhood to get TIF district|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=August 28, 2009|accessdate=June 24, 2017 |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-08-28/news/0908260533_1_tif-parking-lot-shopping-center}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Ludwig|first=Howard|title=Ground Broken For Mount Greenwood Strip Mall As Tenants Sought, Owner Says|newspaper=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=June 23, 2017|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170623/mt-greenwood/mount-greenwood-strip-mall-111th-street-spaulding-ed-mcbrearty|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109132449/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170623/mt-greenwood/mount-greenwood-strip-mall-111th-street-spaulding-ed-mcbrearty|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 9, 2017}}</ref> ==Transportation== The nearest [[Metra]] stations to Mount Greenwood are on the [[Rock Island District]] line and include the [[103rd Street–Beverly Hills (Metra station)|103rd Street]] and [[107th Street–Beverly Hills (Metra station)|107th Street stations]] in Beverly and the [[111th Street–Morgan Park (Metra station)|111th Street]] and [[115th Street–Morgan Park (Metra station)|115th Street stations]] in Morgan Park. As a result, nearly 90% of commuters drive to work.<ref name=CMAP2016 /> ==Schools and libraries== In 1956, [[Saint Xavier University]] moved to Mount Greenwood from the [[Douglas, Chicago|Douglas area]].<ref name=GUIDE /> By the 1980s, Mount Greenwood was home two of the last surviving farms in the city, one of which was developed as the [[Chicago High School for Agricultural Science]]s at the southeast corner of 111th and Pulaski.<ref name="LASTFARM"/> Mount Greenwood is home to one Catholic elementary school, three Catholic high schools ([[Brother Rice High School (Chicago, Illinois)|Brother Rice High School]], [[Marist High School (Chicago, Illinois)|Marist High School]], and [[Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School]]). Public grade schools in the area are Mt. Greenwood Elementary School and George F. Cassell Elementary School. The neighborhood is zoned to [[Morgan Park High School]]. Mount Greenwood, like many other Chicago neighborhoods, has its own branch of the [[Chicago Public Library]]. The library in this area looks identical to the [[Hegewisch, Chicago|Hegewisch]] Branch of the Chicago Public Library. The library has a significant Irish heritage collection. ==Parks== Mount Greenwood has 2.8 acres of park land per 1,000 residents.<ref name=CMAP2016 /> The booming Mount Greenwood community was among the neighborhoods identified for park development in the Chicago Park District's Ten Year Plan to provide increased recreational opportunities in post-World War II Chicago. In 1946, the Mount Greenwood Civic Council urged the acquisition of vacant Board of Education land along 111th Street. The park district purchased the {{convert|24|acre|m2|adj=on}} site in 1949, and slowly began improving the property. The park district constructed a fieldhouse in 1966, and added a swimming pool in 1973. The 1990s brought further improvements. A soft surface playground featured an airport/train station-themed play area. A refrigerated ice skating rink provides winter recreation. Several features of Mount Greenwood Park honor noted local citizens. A parking area is dedicated to Frederick G. Abrams, Sr. a Chicago Alderman and Treasurer of the Village of Mount Greenwood from 1918 to 1927. A baseball diamond bears the name Rooney Field, in honor of Rooney Richardson (--1982), who took an active role in community affairs. ==Politics== In the 2016 presidential election, Mount Greenwood was the only community area in the city of Chicago won by [[Donald Trump]]. The area cast 5,445 votes for Trump and cast 3,320 votes for [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Tanveer|title=How Every Chicago Neighborhood Voted In The 2016 Presidential Election|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|accessdate=March 16, 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317144802/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois|archivedate=March 17, 2017}}</ref> Mount Greenwood had also gone for the Republican candidate in 2012 with 4,908 votes cast for [[Mitt Romney]] and 3,983 votes cast for [[Barack Obama]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Tanveer|title=How Every Chicago Neighborhood Voted In The 2012 Presidential Election|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/obama-romney-president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-2012-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois|date=November 9, 2016|publisher=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|accessdate=March 16, 2017|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317233235/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/numbers/obama-romney-president-vice-president-every-neighborhood-map-2012-election-results-voting-general-primary-illinois|archivedate=March 17, 2017}}</ref> In the Illinois General Assembly, Mount Greenwood is located in the 18th legislative district and represented by Democratic Senator [[William Cunningham (Illinois politician)|Bill Cunningham]], Democratic Representative [[Frances Ann Hurley]] and Democratic Representative [[Kelly M. Burke]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ilhousedems.com/redistricting/2011-maps/Legislative_Districts_Public_Act/LD23.pdf|author=|title=PA 97-0006 Legislative District 18|date=May 18, 2011|accessdate=June 24, 2017}}</ref> Mount Greenwood has always been in the 19th ward. The current alderman is [[Matthew O'Shea]] of neighboring [[Beverly, Chicago|Beverly]].<ref name=FREMON /><ref>{{cite news|last=Ludwig|first=Howard|title=Matt O'Shea Wins 19th Ward Election With 72 Percent Of Vote|newspaper=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=February 25, 2015|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150224/beverly/matt-oshea-wins-19th-ward-election|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703104757/http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150224/beverly/matt-oshea-wins-19th-ward-election|archivedate=July 3, 2015}}</ref> '''Aldermen who have represented Mount Greenwood since 1927'''<ref name="Centennial List">{{cite web |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |publisher=Chicago Historical Society |accessdate=25 July 2018}}</ref><ref name="Ward maps">{{cite web |title=A LOOK AT COOK |url=http://www.alookatcook.com/ |website=A Look at Cook |accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Chicago GIS">{{cite web |title=Some Chicago GIS Data |url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/collections/maps/chigis.html |website=University of Chicago Library |publisher=University of Chicago |accessdate=2 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Tribune Wards 2012">{{cite web |last1=Germuska |first1=Joe |last2=Boyer |first2=Brian |title=The old and new ward maps, side-by-side -- Chicago Tribune |url=http://media.apps.chicagotribune.com/ward-redistricting-2012/index.html |website=Chicago Tribune |publisher=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="Chicago Democracy Project">{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Michael |title=Chicago Democracy Project - Welcome! |url=http://chicagodemocracy.org/oldsite.jsp |website=Chicago Democracy Project |publisher=University of Chicago |accessdate=4 September 2018}}</ref> *1927&ndash;1928: Donal S. McKinlay *1928&ndash;1929: ''Vacant'' *1929&ndash;1935: O.E. Northrup, Republican *1935&ndash;1950: Brian J. Ducey *1950&ndash;1951: ''Vacant'' *1951&ndash;1957: David T. McKiernan *1957: ''Vacant'' *1957&ndash;1975: Thomas F. Fitzpatrick *1975&ndash;1979: [[Jeremiah E. Joyce]], Democratic *1979&ndash;1991: Michael Sheahan, Democratic *1991&ndash;2011: Virginia Rugai, Democratic *2011&ndash;present: [[Matthew O'Shea]], Democratic == Notable people == <!-- Note: Only people who already have a Wikipedia article should appear here. This establishes notability. Their association should have a reliable source cited. Alphabetical by last name please. Others will be deleted. --> * [[Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly|Lar "America First" Daly]], [[perennial political candidate]] whose eccentric campaigns received national media attention due to the [[equal-time rule]].<ref name=FREMON>{{cite book|last=Fremon|first=David K.|date=October 22, 1988|accessdate=March 13, 2017|title=Chicago Politics Ward by Ward|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0253204909|location=[[Bloomington, Indiana]]|publisher=[[Indiana University Press]]|isbn=0-253-31344-9}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Equal Sequel|publisher=TIME|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,876112,00.html|date=1964-08-28}}</ref> * [[Tom Dart]], [[Cook County Sheriff's Office|Sheriff of Cook County]] since 2007. He is a Mount Greenwood resident.<ref>{{cite news|last=Connolly|first=Dermot|title=Election Results: Dart wins Cook County Sheriff’s primary|newspaper=Southwest News-Herald|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=http://swnewsherald.com/election-results-dart-wins-cook-county-sheriffs-primary-p4746-1.htm}}</ref> * [[Terrence A. Duffy]], chairman and CEO of [[CME Group]] which operates the world's largest options and futures exchange. He was raised in Mount Greenwood.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kapos|first=Shia|title=CME's Terry Duffy on the trade that changed his life|date=June 22, 2013|accessdate=July 7, 2017|newspaper=[[Crain's Chicago Business]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130622/ISSUE09/306229973/cmes-terry-duffy-on-the-trade-that-changed-his-life}}</ref> * [[Bridget Gainer]], Democratic member of the [[Cook County Board of Commissioners]]. Gainer, now a [[Lake View, Chicago|Lake View]] resident, was raised in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Gainer|first=Bridget|subject=|subject-link=Bridget Gainer|interviewer=Carol Felsenthal|title=Is Bridget Gainer a Mayoral Contender?|url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/Felsenthal-Files/May-2017/Bridget-Gainer/|work=[[Chicago Magazine]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=May 23, 2017|access-date=August 6, 2017}}</ref> * [[Frances Ann Hurley]], Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives. A Mount Greenwood native, she has represented the 35th district since 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Swanson|first=Lorraine|title=Incumbent Hurley Wins Third Term: 35th District State House 2016 Election Results|newspaper=[[Patch Media|Mount Greenwood-Beverly Patch]]|date=November 9, 2016|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/gop-candidate-victor-horne-challenges-dem-incumbent-fran-hurley-35th}}</ref> * [[Jeremiah E. Joyce]], Democratic member of the Illinois Senate from 1979-1992. He was a member of the Mount Greenwood Lions Club.<ref>{{cite book|title=Illinois Blue Book 1979-1980|chapter=''Biographical Sketch of Jeremiah E. Joyce''|page=87|url=http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/38685}}</ref> * [[Norman J. Kansfield]], senior scholar in residence at [[Drew University]] who was suspended from being a minister in the [[Reformed Church in America]] in 2005 after officiating at his daughter's same-sex marriage. He was baptized in a Mount Greenwood Church.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Ramirez |title=Minister Cited for Performing Gay Wedding |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/18/nyregion/18priest.html |work=New York Times |date=2005-06-18 }}</ref> * [[Jordan Lynch]], [[quarterback]] for the [[Edmonton Eskimos]] of the [[Canadian Football League]]. He was raised in the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lambert|first=Dan|title=Mount Greenwood Native Jordan Lynch Named Heisman Trophy Finalist|newspaper=[[Patch Media|Mount Greenwood-Beverly Patch]]|date=December 9, 2013|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/mount-greenwood-native-jordan-lynch-is-heisman-finalist}}</ref> * [[Pat O'Connor (American football)|Pat O'Connor]], [[defensive end]] for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] of the [[National Football League]]. He was raised in Mount Greenwood.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ludwig|first=Howard|title=Two St. Rita Graduates Headed To Detroit After 2017 NFL Draft|newspaper=[[DNAinfo.com]]|location=[[Chicago, Illinois]]|date=May 1, 2017|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170501/ashburn/two-st-rita-graduates-headed-detroit-after-2017-nfl-draft|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905154603/https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170501/ashburn/two-st-rita-graduates-headed-detroit-after-2017-nfl-draft|archivedate=September 5, 2017}}</ref> * [[John R. Powers]], author of ''[[Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?]]'' and the ''Eddie Ryan Trilogy'', a fictionalized trilogy of his experience growing up in the neighborhood.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lambert|first=Dan|title='Patent Leather Shoes' Novelist, Mount Greenwood Native Dies at 67|newspaper=[[Patch Media|Mount Greenwood-Beverly Patch]]|date=January 22, 2013|accessdate=June 24, 2017|url=https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/patent-leather-shoes-novelist-mount-greenwood-native-dies-at-67}}</ref> * [[Margaret Smith (comedian)|Margaret Smith]], six-time [[Emmy Award]] winning [[standup comedy|standup comic]], actress, writer and producer.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Viecelli|first1=Vince|last2=Brady|first2=Bill|title=Stand-Up Comedy in Chicago|page=36|date=April 14, 2014|accessdate=June 24, 2017|ASIN=B00K5E0PLA|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1439642710}}</ref> ==External links== *[http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_MOUNT_GREENWOOD.pdf Official City of Chicago Mount Greenwood Community Map] * [http://dailysouthtown.mycapture.com/mycapture/index.asp?view=yes&groupingid=8776 Daily Southtown] photo coverage of Mount Greenwood * [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/848.html Encyclopedia of Chicago entry on Mount Greenwood] == References == {{reflist|2}} {{Chicago}} {{Community areas of Chicago}} {{Neighborhoods in Chicago}} {{Geographic Location 2 | Center = Mount Greenwood, Chicago | North = [[Evergreen Park, Illinois]] | Northeast = [[Beverly, Chicago]] | ESE = [[Morgan Park, Chicago]] | South = [[Merrionette Park, Illinois]] | Southwest = [[Alsip, Illinois]] | Northwest = [[Oak Lawn, Illinois]] }} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] [[Category:South Side, Chicago]] [[Category:Former municipalities in Illinois]] [[Category:Irish-American neighborhoods]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1817]]'