What is Edison Park, Chicago?
'''Edison Park''' (formerly '''Canfield''') is one of the 77 [[:en:Community_areas_in_Chicago|community areas of Chicago]], on the [[North Side, Chicago]], [[Illinois]]. It is made up entirely of the Edison Park neighborhood, and is named after [[Thomas Edison]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA114 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=114}}</ref> who gave his blessing to this community namesake in 1890. According to the 2000 [[Census]], its population is 11,259. Edison Park has one of the highest concentrations of [[Irish people|Irish]] ancestry in Chicago, where they make up over three-fourths of the neighborhood's population. Edison Park is located between the [[Des Plaines River]] and the [[Chicago River]]. Early travelers would use the land in the area to carry their canoes from one river to the other. == History == Edison Park was originally settled in 1834 by the Ebinger family, consisting of John and Katherine Ebinger, their 21-year-old son, Christian Ebinger, and Christian's new wife Barbara Ebinger (née Ruehle). The Ebingers originally came from [[:en:Stuttgart|Stuttgart, Germany]]. From there they went to [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]] before leaving for Chicago in search of farmland, but left after finding the land too swampy.<ref>Dorothy Tyse, The Village of Niles, Illinois: 1899-1974 (Village of Niles, 1974), p. 7</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Community areas of Chicago}} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}}