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Olympia Fields Village: From Country Club Roots to Affluent Suburb
Olympia Fields grew from a four course country club project begun in 1915 to a 1927 village incorporation. By 1990 its population was 4 248 and 1996 estimates near 4 727. The area developed around golf, with Greek street names, Tudor clubhouse, and postwar housing expansion.
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South Metropolitan
Cook
Will
Kankakee Counties
Chicago
Olympia Fields
Illinois Central
Thornton Junction
Homewood
Matteson
Flossmoor
Chicago Heights
Lincoln Highway
Butterfield Creek
Amos Alonzo Stagg
University of Chicago
Stagg
Olympia Fields Country Club
Country Club
Rich Central High School
Tolentine College
Osteopathic Hospital