Manhattan is a village in Will County, Illinois located in northeastern Illinois approximately 40 miles south of Chicago.
Manhattan covers approximately 4 square miles with a population was 6,071 at the 2006 special census.
Manhattan has a station on Metra's SouthWest Service, which provides daily rail service to Chicago, Illinois (at Union Station). Manhattan is the southern teminus of the line.
Manhattan is served by School District 114, one of the higher-achieving districts in Illinois. Three schools lie in this district. Wilson Creek Elementary School serves grades K through 2, Anna McDonald School serves grades 3 through 5, and Manhattan Junior High School serves grades 6 through 8. High schoolers in the village presently attend Lincoln-Way Central High School in New Lenox, IL.
Manhattan serves as home base for Starcon, Inc., a major contractor in the petrochemical industry. Starcon primarily provides maintenance services to oil refineries.
Since the early 1990s the Village experienced consistent growth of 35-45 homes per year. Since 2003, the Village has permitted and average of 200 plus homes per year and estimates the number of new homes per year to average 250 units.
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