Community Settlements

Historic Chicago Maps: Community Settlements

Maps created by the City of Chicago, Richard J. Daley Mayor, Department of Developement and Planning, Commissioner Lewis W. Hill. 1976.

Maps also found in the book “Historic city : the settlement of Chicago”, Chicago (Ill.). Department of Development and Planning. 1976.

Call number: F548.3.C480 1976.

URL: http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/121305

The digitized maps were based on the original paper maps, found at the Map Collection at Regenstein Library, University of Chicago, 2019, for informational purposes only. Minor discrepancies in the ethnic group coding due to paper discoloring, and close hues, especially in the orange spectrum. For easier reference the present street pattern of the city has been shown in a light screen.

Official disclaimer on the bottom left corner of each map: “The locations of various settlements are sometimes approximate. The neighborhoods were never totally homogeneous. The size of the color coded area is not indicative of the density of the population. The location of these settlements was based on Census data, parish and congregation records, general histories, and other sources included in the bibliography of”Historic City - The Settlement of Chicago".