Stickney is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 7,110. The village is named for Alpheus Beede Stickney, a railroad executive who played a central role in establishing the Clearing Industrial District. It was well known in the 1920s and early 1930s as the home for several bordellos linked to mobster Al Capone's empire.