Editing Oak Lawn, Illinois (section)

===Incorporation===
In 1909, Oak Lawn was [[municipal corporation|incorporated as a village]]. The following years, there were major improvements to local infrastructure and government services, such as the introduction of the [[Magistrate|police magistrate]] and [[Marshal#State and local marshals|village marshal]], along with the building of a [[village hall]] and jailhouse.<ref name="Village Adopts New Name, Government. Black Oak and After. Gordon Welles and Gerald Anderson">[http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/BlackOakVillage.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928085015/http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/BlackOakVillage.pdf|date=September 28, 2011}}, Village Adopts New Name, Government. Black Oak and After. Gordon Welles and Gerald Anderson.</ref> Electric lights were brought to [[95th Street (Chicago)|95th Street]] in 1911, the [[volunteer fire department]] began in 1923, Oak Lawn's first bank opened in 1925, and the [[Community High School District 218]] was formed. The population had grown to 2,045 by 1930, and civic improvements were steadily made over the next decade.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/ol100.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928084847/http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/ol100.pdf|date=September 28, 2011}}, Oak Lawn: A Century of Growth. The Centennial Commission. 1982.</ref> In 1934, a collection of one hundred books was the beginning of the Oak Lawn Public Library. By 1935, President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] created the [[Works Progress Administration]] as part of the [[New Deal]], which supported a variety of public works, including libraries. With the help of a WPA grant, the new library opened its doors in 1936.<ref name="The Oak Lawn Public Library. Black Oak and After.">[http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/BlackOakLibrary.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928085210/http://www.lib.oak-lawn.il.us/documents/BlackOakLibrary.pdf|date=September 28, 2011}}, The Oak Lawn Public Library. Black Oak and After. Verlyn Biere, edited by Grant Subs.</ref>