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Journey back in time with 25 historical maps of Chicago Heights, dating from 1892 to present day. Explore and discover the history of Chicago Heights through detailed topographic maps, featuring cities, landmarks, and geographical changes.
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Parent places: Old maps of Chicago Heights on Old Maps Online. Discover the past of Chicago Heights on historical maps.
City History. “In the early 1890s a group of Chicago developers led by Charles Wacker determined to establish “Chicago Heights” as an outer-ring industrial suburb. They successfully recruited large-scale heavy industries such as Inland Steel, and built the impressive Hotel Victoria (designed by Louis Sullivan).
Chicago Heights is located six miles from the Indiana border at the crossroads of Lincoln Highway (Route 30) and Dixie Highway (Hubbard's Trail). Absalom Wells built a cabin on the ridge above Thorn Creek in the 1830s and was the first farmer in the area that was called Thorn Grove by the 1840s.
YearTotal (and By Category)5,048White (99.0%)47Negro (0.9%)5Chinese (0.1%)19,987White (89.5%)- Chicago Heights, IL
Sep 13, 2012 · Colangelo wound up owning the Phoenix Suns and Arizona Diamondbacks, but his childhood home along 22nd Street still stands to this day. Three houses away is the long-standing restaurant, 3 Star ...
Dec 27, 2004 · A local stop on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad contributed to growth, and by the 1920s Chicago Heights was home to about 20,000 people. The city’s heyday ran from the post-World War I ...
