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  1. Robbins, Illinois. Location of Robbins in Cook County, Illinois. /  41.64306°N 87.70806°W  / 41.64306; -87.70806. Robbins is a village southwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,629 at the 2020 census. [2] Darren E. Bryant is the current mayor of Robbins.

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    • Illinois
    • 1917
    • Cook
  2. Robbins, IL. Cook County, 17 miles south of the Loop. Robbins is the oldest majority-black suburb in the Chicago area and one of the oldest incorporated black municipalities in the United States. Robbins is also characteristic of semirural black suburbs that developed in the United States during the Great Migration .

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  4. May 15, 2014 · Check out this list of cities, towns and villages in Illinois that were named for somewhere else. Some of the names took fairly circuitous routes to get to Illinois. There are even cities elsewhere in the country that were named for places in Illinois. This is not an exhaustive list. Does the name of your community come from somewhere else or ...

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  5. Robbins is one of the oldest incorporated Black communities in the United States and the oldest Black suburb in the Chicagoland area. Robbins was named for Eugene S. Robbins, a real estate developer who laid out the village's early subdivisions. The village's founder and the first mayor was Thomas J. Kellar, who said in an early interview, "Our ...

  6. Robbins, IL. Robbins was incorporated on December 14, 1917 and named for Eugene S. Robbins, a white real estate developer who laid out the village's early subdivisions. The village's founder and first mayor was Thomas J. Kellar, who noted in an early interview "Our people in Robbins are mostly people who get tired of the white fights and the ...

  7. Jan 15, 2019 · Robbins was started with the ethos of black self-determination rooted in the philosophies of black leaders like Booker T. Washington and Marcus Garvey who promoted self-reliance, black empowerment, collective work and responsibility at the turn of the last century. Robbins was founded by former slaves and descendants thereof during the period ...

  8. Robbins is a village southwest of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,629 at the 2020 census. Darren E. Bryant is the current mayor. Robbins is one of the oldest African American incorporated towns in the country and was home to the first black-owned airport. Robbins was incorporated on December 14, 1917, and ...

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