Melrose Park, Illinois
Melrose Park is a village in Leyden and Proviso Townships, Cook County, Illinois, United States.According to the Encyclopedia of Chicago, in 1882 residents of a then-unincorporated portion of Proviso Township voted to establish their own municipality—called simply "Melrose" until 11 years later, in 1893, when the "Park" was added and population in the area began to steadily increase.On March 28, 1920, the F4 Palm Sunday tornado cut a 328-foot-wide (100 m) path over 1,094 yards (1,000 m) through the village and killed ten people.[3] At the turn of the 20th century, the population surge plateaued and industry began to stagnate; it was only after World War I that the local economy was able to recover, the result of some manufacturing companies setting up shop in the village.New industry, coupled with Melrose Park's prime geographic location next to the Proviso freight yards, led to a steady increase in the number of area jobs.The Melrose Park station provides Metra commuter rail service along the Union Pacific West Line.[14] In 2012, Melrose Park became home to the Chicago Vipers who play in the Continental Indoor Football League.They played their home games at Sports Zone before being renamed the Chicago Pythons and moving to Homer Glen.
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