Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,382 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Chicago. Hazel Crest was first settled in 1870 in a farming community known as South Harvey. An enterprising newspaper editor named William McClintock moved here from Ohio in 1890, buying 80 acres from far…Hazel Crest is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 13,382 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of Chicago. Hazel Crest was first settled in 1870 in a farming community known as South Harvey. An enterprising newspaper editor named William McClintock moved here from Ohio in 1890, buying 80 acres from farmer Fred Puhrman, McClintock named the town South Harvey, and the town would receive its modern name in 1895, after a referendum.
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