BlockFifty Acres, Illinois
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in Chicago City. It lies in ZIP code area 60642. It lies near Goose Island. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Loop quadrangle.
On record in Fifty Acres
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 12 of 26 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Montgomery Ward Company ComplexNational Historic Landmark · listed 1978 · 0.5 miles away
Peck and Hills Furniture Company Warehouselisted 2015 · 0.2 miles away
Yondorf Block and Halllisted 1984 · 0.5 miles away
Marshall Field Garden Apartmentslisted 1991 · 0.6 miles away
J. P. Smith Shoe Company Plantlisted 1985 · 0.6 miles away
Polish Roman Catholic Union of Americalisted 2013 · 0.7 miles away
North Wells Street Historic Districtlisted 1984 · 0.7 miles away
Emmel Buildinglisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away
Marshall Hotellisted 2017 · 0.8 miles away
Pulaski Park and Fieldhouselisted 1981 · 0.8 miles away
Swedish Club of Chicagolisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Dawson Brothers Plantlisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1889 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1929 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Chicago quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Chicago Loop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Chicago Loop 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; ... History of Chicago, Illinois, published 1895; Historical Review of Chicago and Cook County and Selected Biography. A.N. Waterman ... Ed. and Author of Historical Review, published 1908 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Chicago City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Chicago City - 902,150 words.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Fifty Acres: 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 plants. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Zinc, Ruthenium, Gold, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Silver, Gallium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Simmons Precious Metals Refinery | Ruthenium, Gold, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Silver, Gallium | Plant | ||
| Apex Intl Alloys-Chicago Plant | Aluminum, Zinc | Plant | ||
| Superior Graphite,Chicago Plant | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Us Steel Chicago Plant--South Works | Iron | Producer | ||
| Chicago Union Lime Works Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| City of Chicago Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cook County Highway Dept.-Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Grand and Campbell Ave Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lyons Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Stearns Lime and Stone Co Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Green Homes | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Cabrini Addition | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Frances Cabrini Homes | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Little Sicily | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Near North Side | 0.8 miles | 24 | |
| Little Hell | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Killgubbin | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Swede Town | 0.9 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122566196 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1772777. 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.