Midlothian, Illinois
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Bremen Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60445. The Survey maps it on the Blue Island quadrangle. 14,325 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Midlothian
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
George R. Thorne Houselisted 1997
Population over time
2 figuresMidlothian fell from 14,819 to 14,325 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14,819 | |
| 2020 | 14,325 | -494 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Midlothian in 2005, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 18 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Illinois State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Midlothian: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markham City Dept. of Public Works | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Yard No. 22 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midlothian in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midlothian | - | A fence panel was blown down near the intersection of 152nd Street and Kostner Avenue. A photo showed a large tree limb blown down into the street at the intersection of 151st Street and Kildare Avenue. |
| February 2024 | Hail | Midlothian | - | A report of 1.5 hail was relayed via mPING. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Midlothian | - | A private weather station, KILMIDLO4, recorded about 2 inches of rainfall in a 30 minute period. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midlothian | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| April 2007 | Flood | Midlothian | - | Ankle to knee deep water along low lying roadways. |
| October 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midlothian | - | A gust to 72 mph was measured at 147th and Cicero. |
| October 2007 | Hail | Midlothian | - | Quarter size hail was reported at 147th and Cicero. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midlothian | - | Estimated gust to 65 mph at 147th and Cicero. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midlothian | - | Measured gust to 74 mph. Twelve inch diameter tree limbs blown down. |
| July 2006 | Flood | Midlothian | - | Eight to nine inches of water at Route 83 and Cicero Avenue. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midlothian | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Midlothian | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robbins | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Posen | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Oak Forest | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Markham | 2.5 miles | 25 | |
| University Park | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Blue Island | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Dixmoor | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Crestwood | 3.1 miles | 27 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Midlothian | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2500754 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 413516. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











