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Robbins, IL. Cook County, 17 miles south of the Loop. Robbins is the oldest majority-black suburb in the Chicago area and one of the oldest incorporated black municipalities in the United States. Robbins is also characteristic of semirural black suburbs that developed in the United States during the Great Migration .
- Robbins, IL
- Andersonville
- Archer Heights
- Ashburn
- Austin
- Avalon Park
- Back of The Yards
- Beverly
- Boystown
- Bridgeport
- Bronzeville
After the Chicago Fire, many of the city's Swedes moved to this area on the North Side to rebuild their lives. It's believed that the neighborhood is named after Reverend Paul Andersen Norland, who was integral in attracting folks to join the community during its early years (neighborhood's pros: not engulfed in flames).
Named after Archer Avenue, which itself is named after William Beatty Archer, the first commissioner of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.
Not the most glamorous of origins, but in the 1800s, Chicago families would dump their furnace ashesin this area, and the name "Ashburn" stuck.
Named for Henry W. Austin, the real estate mogul who acquired and subdivided the land in 1866. The area was originally in the township of Cicero. Austin held the most power in that municipality, and its politicians brought major roads and elevated trains to the neighborhood. The other Cicero citizens objected and voted to expel Austin and have it a...
This neighborhood was originally named "Pennytown"for Penny, a local general store owner who sold popcorn balls. The area's Avalon Park Community Church lobbied to have the name changed, and Pennytown—and Penny's popcorn balls—are no more.
Named for its location in relation to the famed Union Stock Yards, this neighborhood was home to most of the Yards' workers. It's where the hog butchers for the world rested their heads at night.
There is some argument about whether this neighborhood is named after Beverly, Massachusetts, or Beverly Hills, California. It's often referred to as "Beverly Hills" because it sits on a glacial ridge that, at 672 feet, is the tallest natural point in Chicago.
This informal, colloquial name for the LGBT community area that stretches along North Halsted Street started being used in the 1970s, around the time of the first Gay Pride Parade.
This area was a fur trading outpost named "Hardscrabble" for years until it officially became the town of Bridgeport in 1836. Some insist that it's named after a bridge that spanned a canal on or near Ashland Avenue. There are no records of this bridge ever existing, however, leaving some to doubt this explanation.
This area on the South Side was apparently named "Bronzeville" by Chicago Bee theater editor James J. Gentry because he said it reflected the skin tone of its residents.
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Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0. Kinzie takes its name from one of Chicago’s earliest white settlers, John Kinzie. When the city's very first boundaries were set in 1830, the three main ...
Mar 6, 2019 · After narrowing down the list, praying, and talking, we landed on Current—A Christian Church. We wanted our name to communicate movement . . . that faith in God isn’t a stagnant relationship. We want people here to be moved by God and to keep moving in their walk with the Lord. We launched the new name in May 2010.
Mar 17, 2003 · Dearborn street, of course, derived its name from Fort Dearborn—so called in honor of General Henry Dearborn. East 1 of Washington, was Randolph, named in honor of John Randolph or Roanoke; then Lake—after Lake Michigan; next Fulton—after Robert Fulton; then Carroll—after Charles Carroll of Carrollton, and then Kinzie.
Feb 16, 2024 · Consider names like Bethel, meaning “House of God” (from Genesis 28:19), or Ebenezer, marking the place of help and victory in the Lord (from 1 Samuel 7:12 ). Each scriptural reference provides a foundation for the identity and mission of a church. Genesis 28:19: Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, “Surely the Lord is in this place ...
Sep 29, 2023 · Oxton Presbyterian Church. Trinity United Methodist Church. New Life Church. Calvary Baptist Church. Grace Community Church. First Assembly of God. East Central Baptist Church. These are just a few examples of common church names. There are many other churches with different names, depending on the denomination and location.
