1827Government
== History ==
Joseph Curtis settled in what became Niles in 1827, and John Dewes followed in 1831.
1832Military
During the 1832 Black Hawk War, one band of Native Americans may have reached Billy Caldwell's property as part of an attempt to reclaim land lost to the United States.
1833Government
Hostilities ended in 1833, and most Native Americans immediately left, moving west of the Mississippi River
=== Niles and Niles Township founding ===
The Ebingers settled near...
1834Culture
John Ebinger and his youngest son Christian (at 21 newly married to orphaned Barbara Reuhle of Stuttgart in 1834; both of whom walked the route to enable their elders to ride) p...
1835History
Christian Ebinger or his son of the same name (born 1835 and the first white child born in the area, d.
1837Architecture
The North Branch Hotel was built in 1837 and the White House tavern in 1847.
1839History
By 1839, a traveling German preacher visited Dutchman's Point every two or three weeks.
1840History
Blacksmith Benjamin Lupton had returned to England to marry, then returned with his bride to Dutchman's Point in 1840, and remained the settlement's blacksmith for the next two ...
1849History
until it ceased publication in 1849; the Odgen family had longstanding connections with the Chicago area.
1858History
By 1858, Henry Harms had a store on Harms Avenue in Niles Center, the township's other population center, which was later renamed Skokie.
1872History
Adalbert Cemetery, the largest in the Archdiocese of Chicago in terms of burials, is the resting place of German immigrant Fredrak Fraske (1872–1973), who was the last surviving...
1880Military
1880) and Revolutionary war soldier John Ketchum.
1890History
By 1890, that area had six saloons, two blacksmith shops and three churches.
1899Government
The village of Niles was formally incorporated by the state of Illinois on August 24, 1899.
1912Disaster
The Niles Fire Department began providing service on February 19, 1912.
1941History
From 1941 to 1957, the course was host to the All American Open on the PGA Tour.
1946History
Niles became the first community in Illinois, and one of the first in the United States to establish free ambulance service, in 1946.
1950History
In 1950, Niles had only 3,500 people, but as former farms and nurseries redeveloped into housing, the population tripled in the next five years, then nearly doubled, reaching 18...
1959Education
Blase, the son of Greek immigrants raised in Chicago's Bridgeport neighborhood and a law and business graduate of University of Notre Dame, had moved to Niles in 1959 and initia...
1960Architecture
Golf Mill Shopping Center opened in 1960.
1964Government
In 1964, under then-new mayor Nicholas B.
1970History
Its population peaked in 1970 at 31,432 people.
1998Education
Until 1998 the Chicago Futabakai Japanese School was located in Niles.
2008Government
He would become Niles' longest-serving mayor, but resigned in a scandal in 2008 which led to his federal criminal conviction for steering insurance business to cronies.
2010Crime
In 2010 Blase, then 81 years old, was sentenced to a year and a day in prison.
2011History
In 2011, his name was removed from the plaza outside the village hall and post office.
2014Architecture
The Niles Leaning Tower has also been featured in many national magazines, including Oprah's "O" Magazine in 2014.
2020History
== Demographics ==
As of the 2020 census there were 30,912 people, 11,065 households, and 7,180 families residing in the village.
2021Government
Alpogianis, elected to the office in 2021 after previously serving as a trustee since 2013.
2023History
Per the 2023 American Community Survey five-year estimates, the Assyrian American population was 1,113.