Neighborhoods

Conrad Sulzer first settled this community in the Buena Park area at present day Montrose and Clark.  The “Graceland Cemetery” that was built in 1860 …

This area was first settled in the year 1856 by German farmer Ferdinand Rohn who built a farm where 71 Street and Lake Michigan meets …

This area was first discovered by European settlers in the year 1845. after 1845 there was not much settlement as the area was just roads …

This area was first settled in 1827 as the largest part of the Lawndale-Crawford settlement; from there many farms were built in the area. In …

This area was sacred Native American land for thousands of years before it was settled by the white man in 1833.  The man that drew …

This area was first settled in the year 1849 as Dutch immigrants who came here to settle this prairie land for the purpose of farming.  …

Rogers Park was first settled in the late 1830s by Philip Rogers, hence, how to area was later named after him. In 1872 Patrick Touhy …

This area was first settled by David Perriam in the year 1835 as he set up a small community to operate a toll bridge at …

This area was barren land early in the 19th century and was made to be part of Hyde Park Township in 1861; however, no one really …

The land that is now the Oakland neighborhood was first settled by Samuel Ellis (Ellis Avenue is named after him) in the year 1831 as …