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Place Name
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Northbrook
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Place Status (Type)
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village
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Population
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32,308 (1990)
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Location
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Cook County, Illinois (IL), United States, North America
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Latitude
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42°07'N
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Longitude
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87°49'W
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Northbrook
, village (1990 pop. 32,308), Cook co., NE Ill., a
suburb NW of Chicago; 42°07'N 87°49'W. It was inc. as Shermerville
in 1901 and was reincorporated as Northbrook in 1923. Largely
residential, it has some industry and research laboratories and is an
insurance center. Once a farming community, Northbrook developed
industry after the coming of a RR in 1871. Botanical gardens and a
forest preserve are just E of the village. Settled 1836.
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