Alsip

Alsip is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 19,725 at the 2000 census. It is a suburb of Chicago. Alsip was settled in the 1830s by German and Dutch farmers. The village is named after Frank Alsip, the owner of a brickyard that opened there in 1885. The village began to grow after the Tri-State Tollway was built there in 1959. Alsip is located at 41°40′14″N 87°43′56″W / 41.67056°N 87.73222°W / 41.67056; -87.73222 (41.670433, -87.732199). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 6.5 square miles (17 km), of which, 6.4 square miles (17 km) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km) of it (2.45%) is water. Alsip is bordered to the west by Worth, Illinois. To the...