What is Jefferson Park, Chicago?
'''Jefferson Park''' is one of the 77 community areas of [[Chicago]], located on the Northwest Side of the city. The neighborhood of Jefferson Park occupies a larger swath of territory.<ref>https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=203805747565416512635.0004aced4d6df067bf9bd</ref> Jefferson Park is bordered by the community areas of [[Norwood Park, Chicago|Norwood Park]] to the northwest, [[Forest Glen, Chicago|Forest Glen]] to the northeast, [[Portage Park, Chicago|Portage Park]] to the south, and the suburb of [[Harwood Heights, Illinois|Harwood Heights]] to the south. A large [[Blue Line (CTA)|blue line]] station is in the neighborhood. Although the official community area map draws the boundary between Jefferson Park and [[Portage Park, Chicago|Portage Park]] at Gunnison Street and Lawrence Avenue, the Jefferson Park neighborhood extends to Montrose Avenue farther south. The neighborhood is named after President [[Thomas Jefferson]]. The Taste of Polonia has brought some of the nation's most known political figures to Jefferson Park to win the support of Chicago's Polish community. [[President of the United States|President]] [[George H. W. Bush]] hosted the festival in 1992 and in 2000, future [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] as well as [[Tipper Gore]], and [[Hadassah Lieberman]] made an appearance.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/090500/gen_0905005844.shtml|title= Quest for the Presidency: Cheney dances, rides public train 09/05/00<!-- Bot generated title -->|access-date= 2018-01-03|archive-date= 2008-05-13|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080513160728/http://quest.cjonline.com/stories/090500/gen_0905005844.shtml|url-status= dead}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Community areas of Chicago]] {{US-geo-stub}} {{Community areas of Chicago}}