What is Ashburn, Chicago?
'''Ashburn''', one of [[Chicago]]'s 77 [[Community areas of Chicago|community areas]], is located on the southwest side of the city. Greater Ashburn covers nearly five square miles. [[Metra]]'s [[SouthWest Service]] provides Monday-Saturday rail service at the [[Ashburn (Metra)|Ashburn]] railroad station. In 1999, ''[[The New York Times]]'' did an article on the Ashburn neighborhood as a case study in the difficulties of neighborhood integration in Chicago. Wrightwood, to the east, was the first section of the neighborhood to integrate, becoming dominately African-American.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ashburn|url=http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/85.html|access-date=16 November 2011}}</ref> [[Timothy McCarthy]], a retired member of the [[United States Secret Service]] who took a bullet for President [[Ronald Reagan]] during the [[Assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan|assassination attempt]] by [[John Hinckley, Jr.]], was named [[interim]] village manager in July 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theregionalnews.com/index.php/newsx/160-local-news/top-news-story-2/35073-chief-mccarthy-named-interim-village-manager|title=Chief McCarthy named interim village manager|author=Connolly, Dermot|publisher=[[The Regional News]]|date=July 14, 2016|access-date=November 13, 2016|archive-date=August 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820115327/http://www.theregionalnews.com/index.php/newsx/160-local-news/top-news-story-2/35073-chief-mccarthy-named-interim-village-manager|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/doit/general/GIS/Chicago_Maps/Community_Areas/CA_ASHBURN.pdf Official City of Chicago Ashburn Community Map] {{Community areas of Chicago}} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}}