Neighborhoods

The area of Hermosa was a vastly barren and unsettled wooded area during the larger part of the 19th century unlike its neighboring communities around. …

In the year 1840 this swampy and oak forest lined land was officially discovered and documented by the Land Office of the City of Chicago. …

This area was first settled in the 1840s by German immigrants that built their farm houses in the area.  In the year 1850 this area …

Fuller Park was first settled by Irish immigrants in the later 1860s after the Union Stock Yards opened on Christmas Day 1865.  This area became …

The area that became known as Douglas was first settled in the year 1852 by Stephan A. Douglas (pictured below) who is well known for …

East Garfield Park has been a struggling community since the start in 1869.  After Chicago annexed this area in 1869 developers struggled to lay out …

In the year 1871 this area was purchased by John F. Eberhart who founded the “City of Chicago Lawn” which was a part of Lake …

This area became settled after the area was annexed into Hyde Park Township in 1861 by farmers that built scattered homes in this swampy area …

This area was not really settled in the early days as this swampy land was not fit for residential use even though three railroad track …

This area was a swampy region in the earlier part of the 19th century and there may or may not have been a few scattered settlers.  …