BlockRogers Park, Illinois
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1995. It stands in Chicago City. It lies in ZIP code area 60626. It lies near Rogers Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Evanston quadrangle.
On record in Rogers 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 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Emil Bach Houselisted 1979 · 0.5 miles away
Theodore Rozek Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Anderson-Carlson Buildinglisted 2005 · 0.8 miles away
Mundelein College Skyscraper Buildinglisted 1980 · 0.9 miles away
Berger Parklisted 2010 · 1.0 miles away- Werner Brothers Storage Warehouse No. 6listed 2024 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1899 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1928 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Racine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Waukegan quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Evanston quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Evanston 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
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rogers Park: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evanston City Eng | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilmette City Eng. - Own Crews | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rogers Park in 12 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 | Flash Flood | Rogers Park | - | Numerous reports of street flooding came out of Chicago's northside neighborhoods. Multiple underpasses were flooded along DuSable Lakeshore Drive, including at Montrose and Foster Avenues. Standing water was reported near the Sheridan CTA station. A handful of basement flooding reports also came out of the area. A private weather station in Lincoln Square recorded 2.82 of rain between 1 PM and 4:30 PM central standard time, 1.9 of which fell in a 90-minute period ending around 3 PM. Another private weather station in West Ridge recorded 1.8 in the same 90-minute period. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Rogers Park | - | North Paulina St was flooded in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Rogers Park | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Oakton Street and Dodge Avenue. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Rogers Park | - | Quarter size hail was reported in West Ridge. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Park | - | Photos shared via social media showed large tree branches downed in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. Time was estimated using radar. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Park | - | A photo shared on social media showed tree limbs blown down on a car in the 7000 block of North Washtenaw Avenue. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Park | - | Scattered tree limbs were blown down in northeast Chicago including in the Rogers Park neighborhood. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Park | - | Multiple tree limbs were blown down in the West Ridge neighborhood of Chicago. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Park | - | A large portion of a tree 18 inches in diameter was blown down at Howard Street and Eastlake Terrace. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Park | - | A photo shared on social media showed a large tree limb blocking a road. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rogers Park | - | Video showed a large tree limb blown down along Sheridan Road. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Rogers Park | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolands Addition | 0.5 miles | 21 | |
| Birchwood | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| North Edgewater | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Winchester-Hood Garden Homes | 1.2 miles | 24 | |
| Oakton | 1.3 miles | 21 | |
| Granville Gardens | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| West Ridge | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Edgewater | 1.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802407. 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.