MANHATTAN

Community Information

County: Will

Township:

Population: 7400 (2015)

Incorporated: 1886

Time Zone: CST

Postal Code: 60442

Area Code: 815

 

Overview

Manhattan is a village in Will County Illinois.The population was 6,071 at the 2006 special census. The community is located in the northeastern part of Illinois approximately 50 miles southwest of Chicago.

The Village of Manhattan, provides daily rail service to Chicago, Illinois at Union Station on their Metra SouthWest Service Manhattan is the southern teminus of the line.

Manhattan is served by School District 114, one of the higher-achieving districts in Illinois. Four 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 school students in the village presently attend Lincoln-Way West High School in New Lenox, Il.

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