BlockRavenswood, 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 60640. The Survey maps it on the Chicago Loop quadrangle.
On record in Ravenswood
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.
Sheridan Park Historic Districtlisted 1985 · 0.2 miles away
Malden Towerslisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
East Ravenswood Historic Districtlisted 1991 · 0.3 miles away
Hermitage Apartmentslisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
Getty Tomblisted 1974 · 0.4 miles away
Balaban & Katz Uptown Theatrelisted 1986 · 0.4 miles away
Uptown Broadway Buildinglisted 1986 · 0.4 miles away
Graceland Cemeterylisted 2001 · 0.5 miles away
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 2008 · 0.6 miles away
Sheridan Plaza Hotellisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Castlewood Terracelisted 2009 · 0.7 miles away
West Argyle Street Historic Districtlisted 2010 · 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.
Storms near this place
6 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ravenswood in 6 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenswood | - | A private weather station measured a wind gust to 59 mph. |
| November 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenswood | - | A three foot diameter tree was blown down in the 1500 block of West Wilson Avenue. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenswood | - | Trees and tree limbs were blown down. |
| August 2021 | Flood | Ravenswood | - | Video shared on social media showed several inches of water at the Irving Park Road underpass at Ravenswood Avenue. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ravenswood | - | Multiple photos were shared on social media of trees and tree limbs that were blown down along Paulina Street, including near Berteau Avenue and also on Cullom Avenue between Hermitage Avenue and Paulina Street. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Ravenswood | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 0.2 miles | 24 | |
| Ravenswood Place | 0.3 miles | 24 | |
| Winnemac | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| Cedar Lawn | 0.5 miles | 24 | |
| South Edgewater | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Wolcott Gardens | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Summerdale | 0.9 miles | 24 | |
| Swedentown | 0.9 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802408. 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.
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.