BlockBeverly Hills, Illinois
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chicago City. It lies in ZIP code area 60643. It lies near Blue Island Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Blue Island quadrangle.
On record in Beverly Hills
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Ridge Historic Districtlisted 1976 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1892 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Blue Island quadrangle1:24000
What happened here
An account from the chapter on Chicago city. The inset identifies its exact source book and publication year.
Index To Content
Chapter I. - First Settler of Chicago, 5. Various Appellations of Chicago. .Garies' River, 6. The Main River Bed Changed. .Chicago in Virginia. .Treaty of Greenville. . Original Site of Chicago. .Illinois in Indiana Territory. .Fort Dearborn Established. .First Commandants of the Fort. .Massacre of 1S12, 7. Captain John and Lieutenant Wm.
In the county-history sources
902,150 words on this townshipPolitics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois : Memorial Volume, 1787-1887; a Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1887 names this settlement in its chapter on Chicago City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.
Chapter X. - Municipal Election of 1881. .Harrison and Clark. .Veto of the Appropriation Bill. .Appointments. .Mayor Harrison's Second Inaugural, 255, 265. Assassination of Garfield.. Mayor's Address and Action of the City Council. .Action on the Death of Maj. Lannigan .. Mayor Harrison on the "Bridge Nuisance". .Visitors from New Orleans.. Mayor's Annual Message. .The Grand Jury_and Gambling. .Aldermanic Election of 1882 . Appointments. .The Mayor Visits Europe. .Resolutions on the Death of Peter Cunningham. .Mayor's Annual Message for 1882, 265,285. State Campaign of 1S82 . Election of Shelby M. Cullom to the U. S. Senate. .The "Harper Law". .The Female Suffrage Bill. . Municipal Campaign of 1883. .Harrison vs. Cary. .Appointments and Official Bonds.. Act-ion of Council on Death of Ex-Aid. William Wheeler, Aid. J. E. Geohegan, Aid. J. H. Foley and Ex-Aid. C. L. Woodman. . Aldermanic Election of 1884. .Mayor Harrison on Kiosques. .Annual Message for 1884. .Assassination of Aid. Michael Gaynor. .Action of the Council, 285 to 304.
Passage source: Politics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois : Memorial Volume, 1787-1887; a Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1887.
Examined in Their Own Behalf. A Funny Witness. . Letters from Anarchist Johann Most. .Arguments of Counsel for the State and for the Defense. .Capt. Black's Plea for the Defense. .State's Attorney Grinnell for the Prosecution. .Judge Gary's Instructions to the Jury.. The Verdict. . Sketches of the Condemned. .Sketches of the Jurors. . Official Police Department Report of Casualties at the Haymarket Story of the Conspiracy. . Rudolph Schnaubelt, the Bomb-thrower. The Grand Jury and their Report Sensational Evidence Heard. .Cost of the Anarchist Trials .Comments of the Arbeiter Zeitung. .The Socialists start a Political Movement. .Capt. Black Serves Notice for a New Trial. .The Arguments. . Remarkable Affidavits of Orrin Blossom and A. P. Love. .The Motion for a New Trial Overruled .The Condemned make Appeals in their own Behalf. .Speeches of Spies, Fischer, Schwab, Neebe, Lingg, Engel, Fielden and Parsons. .Sentence Pronounced. . Address of the Court. Sketch of Judge Cary, 379, 500.
Passage source: Politics and Politicians of Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois : Memorial Volume, 1787-1887; a Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, published 1887.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Beverly Hills: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yard No. 22 Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly Hills in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Flash Flood | Beverly Hills | $1,000,000 | Over 60 streets and 1,000 basements were flooded in and around the 19th Ward of the City of Chicago. Numerous cars were stranded in the flood waters. The force of the flood waters caused sewers to explode on 105th Street. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly Hills | $25,000 | A mature tree was blown over, crushing the front end of a car on the 9900 block of South Bell Avenue. Another tree fell onto a roof of a home on the 10600 block of South Hoyne Avenue. This tree damaged the roof of the home, a fence, a porch railing, and a concrete slab. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly Hills | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near and around the 19th Ward and Evergreen Park. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beverly Hills | - | At least 57 trees were blown down in and around the Beverly area. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Beverly Hills | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | 0.4 miles | 25 | |
| Washington Heights | 0.9 miles | 25 | |
| Morgan Park | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Brainerd | 1.6 miles | 25 | |
| Evergreen Park | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Mount Greenwood | 2.2 miles | 25 | |
| Merrionette Park | 2.4 miles | 25 | |
| South Englewood | 2.5 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1737398. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.