Orland Park is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, with a small portion in Will County. The village is a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census, Orland Park had a population of 58,703. Located 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Chicago, Orland Park is close to several interstate highways, with the I-80 east-west coast connector as its southern border. The Metra commuter rail system links it to the Chicago Loop and from there to O'Hare and Midway airports. History Orland Park was first settled as "Orland" in 1834, with Henry Taylor being the area's first settler. Other original settlers include Ichabod and William Myrick, Jacob and Bernard Hostert, Thomas Cooper and John Humphrey. The Hostert brothers built log cabins for their families, which became some of the first homes built in Orland Park. In 1879 the railroad was extended to Orland Park, leading way for the towns first train station, "Sedgwick Station." This development took the town from an agrarian society to a commercial hub that provides shipping services to local farms. The village was incorporated on May 31, 1892. A mall named Orland Square Mall opened at the central part of the village in 1976. Geography According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Orland Park has a total area of , of which (or 98.72%) is land and (or 1.28%) is water. The main bodies of water in Orland are two lakes: Lake Sedgewick and McGinnis Slough. Communities bordering Orland Park include Homer Glen (in Will County) to the west, Orland Hills and Mokena (also in Will County but Orland Hills is in Cook County) to the south, Tinley Park to the southeast, Oak Forest to the east, and Palos Park and Palos Heights to the north. Demographics As of the 2020 census there were 58,703 people, 22,487 households, and 15,952 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 23,746 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 82.54% White, 3.42% African American, 0.21% Native American, 5.36% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 2.47% from other races, and 5.98% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.94% of the population. There were 22,487 households, out of which 51.67% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.33% were married couples living together, 7.96% had a female householder with no husband