BlockLincoln Park, 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 60614. It lies near Simmons Island. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Loop quadrangle.
On record in Lincoln Park
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 20 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lincoln Park Lily PoolNational Historic Landmark · listed 2006 · 0.8 miles away
Sheffield Historic Districtlisted 1976 · 0.3 miles away
Biograph Theater Buildinglisted 1984 · 0.3 miles away
Ann Halsted Houselisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Reebie Moving and Storage Companylisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Building at 399 West Fullerton Parkwaylisted 2007 · 0.5 miles away
Belden Stratford Hotellisted 1992 · 0.6 miles away
Theurer-Wrigley Houselisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Building at 2440 N. Lakeview Avenuelisted 2011 · 0.6 miles away
Francis J. Dewes Houselisted 1973 · 0.7 miles away
Covent Hotellisted 2017 · 0.7 miles away
Yondorf Block and Halllisted 1984 · 0.7 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
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln Park: 4 past producers, 2 plants, 2 producers. 4 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 |
Storms near this place
10 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lincoln Park in 10 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2025 | Flood | Lincoln Park | - | About 8 inches of standing water was reported at the intersection of Clark St and Wrightwood Ave. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | - | Photos shared on social media showed multiple large tree limbs blown down near Lincoln Park in Chicago. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | - | Photos and video shared on social media showed numerous tree limbs blown down near Wrightwood Avenue and Hampden Court. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | - | A large tree was uprooted and fell onto three parked cars on Belden Avenue between Lincoln Avenue and Halsted Street. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Lincoln Park | - | A private weather station, KILCHICA677 , recorded 7.23 inches of rainfall between roughly 6 AM and 2 PM CST. |
| July 2023 | Heavy Rain | Lincoln Park | - | A private weather station, KILCHICA790, recorded 7.36 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | - | Several tree limbs were blown down south of Fullerton Avenue near Lake Shore Drive. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | - | A photo shared on social media showed the wall of a parking garage that was blown out at a car dealership near North Avenue and Halsted Street. A building next to the parking garage had been demolished and the wall that was blown out was not designed to be an exterior wall, likely contributing to it being damaged. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lincoln Park | - | Large tree limbs were blown down onto a car. |
| October 2021 | Flood | Lincoln Park | - | Standing water 4 to 5 inches deep was reported on a road in Lincoln Park. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-North District | 0.4 miles | 24 | |
| Belgravia Terrace | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| William Green Homes | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Fifty Acres | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Carl Sandburg Village | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Cabrini Addition | 1.4 miles | 24 | |
| Little Sicily | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Gold Coast | 1.6 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1772775. 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.